Profiles:
The Core Team | The
Governing Council
The
Governing Council Members
1.
Mr. Ramesh Chandra:
Mr. Ramesh Chandra, a graduate in Civil Engineering from
I.I.T. Kharagpur and a Masters in Structural Engineering
from the University of South Hampton, UK is the Managing
Director of Unitech. He has been involved in corporate
planning, design and business promotion of civil and real
estate projects, and construction management. Under his
able leadership Unitech’s turnover has grown from
Rs. 29 crores in 1985 to Rs. 341 crores in 2002.
2.
Prof. Shyam Menon: Proctor, University of Delhi and
Dean, Department of Education, Delhi University, Prof.
Menon’s specialization is in curriculum development
and science education. For the last two decades, he has
been working closely on issues related to elementary education,
teacher development and higher education. He has been
a Fulbright fellow and visiting faculty at the University
of Wisconsin and Director, School of Education, IGNOU.
Along with several publications and research projects
to his credit, he plays an advisory role to significant
state and government committees on education.
3.
Dr. Bindu Prasad:
Clinical psychologist and special educator, Dr. Prasad
is a consultant to Sardar Patel Vidyalaya and Spastic
Society of Northern India and conducts private practice
at her own clinic in Alaknanda. She has presented academic
papers and conducted workshops on learning disabilities
and family therapy in India, USA, Norway, Finland and
Israel. Dr. Prasad is the founder of the Indian Association
for Family Therapy in India.
4.
Prof. Poonam Batra:
Professor in Education at the Maulana Azad Centre for
Elementary and Social Education, Department of Education,
University of Delhi. Prof. Batra has been instrumental
in developing the vision and framework of the country's
first professional degree programme, the Bachelor in Elementary
Education (B.El.Ed.) now established in six colleges of
the University of Delhi. Her specialisations include pedagogic
studies, gender studies, teacher development with a deep
commitment to professionalise elementary education.
5.
Ms. Kamla Menon: Ms. Kamla Menon is the incharge of
Mirambika School run by Sri Aurobindo Educational Society.
She has worked as a Geography teacher at Kamala Nehru
College, National Council of Educational Research &
Training and The Mother’s International School for
the last 27 years.
Her
interest in alternative education and making the present
system of education more meaningful continues both in
and out of Mirambika.
6.
Ms. Usha Srinivasan: Ms. Usha Srinivasan graduated
with B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry from Delhi University and
is an M.Ed.from Madras University. She has been a founder
member and treasurer of the Civil Services Society and
was a member of the Core Group which set up Sanskriti
School, New Delhi, where she was its Principal in its
first year. She has been the Director of Teachers Resource
Centre at Naval Public School, New Delhi. She has been
a consultant for WWF India, Development Alternatives,
National Council for Science and Technology Communication
for various environmental development programmes. She
is also an author of books/manuals on Astronomy, Environment
& Science.
7.
Ms. Ritika Goyal: Ms. Ritika Goyal is a practicing
advocate at the High Court. She is the Treasurer &
Founder-Trustee of The Gnostic Centre. She is involved
in the creation of education aids (publications, multimedias)
and is also a resource person for courses and workshops
on the training of the mind. She is the Co-Editor of The
Awakening Ray (journal on education and self-development).
8.
Dr. Vidya Gupta: Dr.
Gupta is a senior consultant paediatrician and neonatologist
at Apollo Hospital and G.M. Modi Hospital, New Delhi and
practices in her own clinic in Lajpat Nagar. Dr. Gupta
was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1998 and the Fellowship of
the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK
in 2000.
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