I am an Electrical Engineer graduate. Although, my passion towards art of mime was shaped during my  college days and after completing my graduation in May 2009, I Founded Mactrics- A Mime and Body  Theatre company in Chennai Tamil Nadu, as the Founder & Artistic Director.In the meanwhile, I joined the Indian Mime Academy, Hyderabad

Rajesh is a serial Entrepreneur and he has co-founded multiple edtech ventures that offer a range of services from work-integrated degree programs to aspiring students by partnering with leading universities and tech enterprises to career development solutions to graduating students. All the ventures put together enable over a million students every year on their journey

Deputy Director – Academic Development & Innovation Soumya Gulati is a learning evangelist with over 27 years of experience. She has a Masters in English Literature from Delhi University, a Diploma in Journalism and a Certificate in Pedagogy of Play by Fairydust Teaching, US. She also holds a certification in Coding In Early Years and

I am a versatile educator and leader with over 30 years experience in the teaching and school leadership; I have worked in different sectors within the education space, including Project management for an NGO. Widely travelled, I have visited over 25 countries across five continents.For the past 8 years, I have been working as the

Psychologist, Behavior Therapist (Work designation), Founder and CEO of The Bright Side Foundation  Swetha Desiraju is a Psychologist with a specialization in Clinical Psychology. She is passionate about the field of neuro-developmental disorders and is currently working in the same. She is the Founder of The Bright Side Foundation, a mental health NGO based in

Sujatha Namboodiri is an Engineer turned Early Childhood Educator. She is an alumna of IIT Kanpur (1998) with Masters Degree in Civil Engineering. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of Vidyarambh, an Indian Cultural Immersion Preschool in Bay Area, California (www.vidyarambh.org). Sujatha is a mother of three children who inspired her to switch

Aanchal, a gold medalist from Banaras Hindu University, is a trained child psychotherapist and a special educator. In addition to Hangout Library, Aanchal also runs CL Learning (www.confidentliving.co.in) which focusses on developing learning skills in children. My Hangout library has been conceptualized and developed by Aanchal Agrawal. Aanchal is a gold medalist from Banaras Hindu University,

Dr. Olayinka Umar-Farouk is a medical doctor and public health specialist with keen interest in healthcare management & reforms, health literacy, integrated service delivery & access, with bias for child health and gender equity. She has over fourteen years’ experience in the public, private and non-for-profit sectors in Nigeria.  She works as the Deputy Project

I am an aspiring Futurist and the Founder of “World we Desire”(global) and Startup Jugalbandi (India based) communities. Having spent a number of years working at Accenture and Capgemini, I am now focusing on facilitating Design Thinking and Futures Thinking workshops. My strengths lie in designing deep and playful sessions. Join me in any of

Thejaswi Shivanand is a children’s library educator and curator at Champaca Bookstore and Children’s Library. He was for many years a teacher and library educator at Centre for Learning school, Bangalore and is currently on the faculty of the Library Educator’s Course conducted by Bookworm Library, Goa. 

Dean & H.O.D Commerce and Management Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bangalore. A dynamic professional with over 3 decades (36 years) of rich experience in teaching, planning & managing the department of commerce and Management. Proven skills in managing teams to work in sync with the institution set parameters & motivating them for achieving excellence in

Janani is an Engineer who studied AI at Cornell University and worked in  Telecommunications in the USA, Defence in India, Digital Maps and Self-navigating cars for BMW. She is now studying  Ethics in AI. In between answering existential questions from her children, improving her german and hindustani music,  she is writing dystopian science fiction. She

s a host of this podcast, Krishna interacts with inspiring women who chose to pursue a passion apart from their regular roles. The podcast also has conversation with women with expertise on specific topics and shares ACTIONABLE strategies relevant for Indian women. She also writes the monthly column “Mirror on the Wall”, on Deccan Herald.

Vidhya is visually impaired since birth. She had to overcome immense challenges to navigate life as a blind person, as she was born in a village, which had no resources for a blind child. She had to overcome several obstacles throughout her education, especially to study subjects such as Math and Science due to their

I’m Sujani Raned, part of management team at Mitra for lIfe, a non profit working towards empowering children & young adults with Autism & Special needs. I am an engineering graduate and have 10 plus years of work exp6 in the IT industry. Growing-up alongside a family member with disability, and experienced the challenges, lack

Vijai Krishna Rajagopal, is the Director of Centre for Learning, Leadership and Excellence(CLLE). He is also the Director of the Vidyaniketan Group of Institutions, Bangalore. Starting his early career as a software engineer, he completed his Master’s in Educational Management (Hons) from the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. As an academic, over the last

 I worked as a volunteer at Spastics Society of Karnataka before joining the organization as a special educator, and then as a computer teacher and at present I am working as the Head of the Computer training & Assistive Technology.  I have been associated with the Organization for the last 20 years. I have worked

25 years of teaching experience at secondary school and college undergraduate levels Wide range of subjects taught (Economics, Business Studies, Entrepreneurship, Math, English, Geography)  Experience teaching in multi-cultural environments.  Volunteered with Balamandir Kamaraj Trust as the Member in Charge of Education Volunteering with e-Vidyaloka as a teacher & content developer for their online teaching portal