Past Events
Dr. Mark Macleod
Award-winning writer, publisher, poet, academic, television presenter and former teacher in the Charles Sturt University, Australia
Awareness and Involvement of Children in Social Justice Issues
- Sunday 31 January 2021
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Maherra Desai
Clinical psychologist and the Head of Quality Assurance in the Department of Psychiatry Research at the Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai
The Scars of Shaming
- Saturday 30 January 2021
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Fr. Godfrey D'sa (Special Guest Speaker)
Founder of Prafulta, Centre for Psychological Wellness, member of the Bombay Psychiatric Society (BPS), President of the Salesian Psychological Association (SPA) and the Conference of Catholic Psychologists of India (CCPI)
Managing Depression in the Post-COVID Situation
- Sunday 24 January 2021
- 5:20 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. IST
Sraddhalu Ranade
Scientist, educator, international teacher trainer and researcher at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry
Integral Parenting
- Sunday 24 January 2021
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. IST
Jim Lim Teck Hwee
Director and Principal Trainer - REAL Academy, Singapore, international speaker, author and social worker who specialises in the areas of parenting, mentoring and character building
Cyberwellness: The Power of Human Relationships In Cyberspace
- Saturday 23 January 2021
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Varsha Makhija
Practicing clinical psychologist, founding member and co-principal of The Gateway School of Mumbai, a school for children with learning challenges
It Takes a Village to Raise a Differently-Abled Child
- Sunday 17 January 2021
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Suzanne Rodricks
School Leader in Dubai Scholars, special educator, data-driven curriculum designer and international speaker
Nurturing Creativity with the Arts
- Saturday 16 January 2021
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Bittu Sahgal
Environmental Activist, writer and Founder of the Sanctuary Nature Foundation
Mindfully and Heartfully Connecting Children to the Earth
- Sunday 10 January 2021
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Fr. Joe Pereira
Padma Shri awardee, Roman Catholic priest, social worker, founder and managing trustee of Kripa Foundation for people affected by substance abuse
The Changing Faces of Addiction
In and Post Pandemic
- Saturday 09 January 2021
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
R. Sridhar
Innovation facilitator, author, consultant, coach/partner, IDEAS-RS, TEDx Speaker and Former Director at Ogilvy & Mather with a formidable reputation as an idea coach with 400 creativity workshops
Inauguration
- Friday 08 January 2021
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Dr. Sujata Sriram
Associate Professor and Dean - School of Human Ecology, TISS
Inauguration
- Friday 08 January 2021
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Sallyann Della Casa
Sole Inventor of a method and algorithm for measuring Soft skills. Founder and Chief Identity Hacker of GLEAC, a technology company which measures and develops soft skills, and the Growing Leaders Foundation.
Inauguration
- Friday 08 January 2021
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Dr. Mazda Turel
Consultant Neurosurgeon. Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Grant Medical College and Sir J J Groups of Hospitals, writer and international speaker
From Infancy to Adulthood -
What Neuroscience Teaches Us About the
Malleable Brain
- Sunday 13 December, 2020
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Rakesh Godhwani
Founder of School of Meaningful Experiences, adjunct faculty of Communication at IIMs in Bangalore and Udaipur, writer and creator of online courses on effective business communication
Actionable Strategies for Improving the Education System
- Saturday 12 December, 2020
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Khursheed Khurody (Special Guest Speaker)
Advisor to Global NGOs, an accomplished musician steeped in the study of the Humanities, the Liberal Arts and Western Classical music
Have you heard the Music? Should you hear the Music? Do you hear the Music?
- Sunday 06 December, 2020
- 5:20 p.m. to 5:50 p.m. IST
Mahera Goel
Early and Elementary School Principal- Fazlani L'Academie Globale
Weaving the Social Emotional Quilt in Early and Primary Years
- Sunday 06 December, 2020
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. IST
Fiona Reynolds
Educational Leader, Adaptive Schools Trainer, Deputy Head of American School of Bombay and Director of Teaching and Learning, ASB
Mindful Leadership in Educational Leaders
- Saturday 05 December, 2020
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Dr. Coomi S. Vevaina
Education Futurist, award-winning writer, TEDx speaker, storyteller and former Head of the Department of English, University of Mumbai
Creating a Source-fully Intelligent Evolutionary Narrative through H – TEAMS
- Sunday 29 November, 2020
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Nitin Orayan
Founder of Learning Space Foundation, author, social activist and creator of education programmes for rural and tribal learners
Need for Creating Sustainable Livelihood Solutions for Rural Educated Youth
- Saturday 28 November, 2020
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Manit Jain
Co-founder of the Heritage group of Schools, leading authority in experiential learning, co-chair of FICCI’s School Education Committee; co-founder of I am a Teacher (in collaboration with Boston Teacher Residency).
Creating an Experiential Learning School
- Sunday 22 November, 2020
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Satya Raghavan
Education for ALL with Digital Pedagogy
- Saturday 21 November, 2020
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Inauguration
Shaheen Mistri & Kiran Bir Sethi in conversation with Bachi Karkaria
- Friday 20 November , 2020
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Youth Forum: Voicing their Truth
Students representing all school boards and colleges and university in conversation with Dr.Coomi S. Vevaina and Ms.Deepa Soman
- Sunday 18 October, 2020
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
YOUTH FORUM
Diya Rajput
Krisha Mankarmi
Gauri Thakur
Sia Dande
Parameshwari Nair
Aarav Kumar
Sumeet Rajput
Arjun Rajda
Balraj Kaur Hanspal
Tejas Bhosale
Binaifer Sahukar
Solution-focused therapist working particularly with anxious and depressed adults, children and families
Solution-focused Parenting
Relationship counsellor and family therapist Ms. Binaifer Sahukar, strongly believes in the healing power of talking. She has 27 years of experience as a psychotherapist with an MSW in Family and Child Welfare (TISS 1992) and an M.Sc Psychology (Madras University 2002). She also consults at Viacom 18 and VJTI Engineering college. Ms Sahukar is effective in her handling of both straight and gay couples and is particularly good at counselling individuals struggling with depression and anxiety. Once a month, she has group therapy sessions called Story Swappers at which an eclectic group of corporate professionals, students and housewives sit in a warm non-judgmental circle swapping stories of their joys and stresses. She has conducted numerous workshops to spread mental health awareness in both educational institutions and corporate organisations.
- Sunday 6th September, 2020
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST
Vishnu Karthik
CEO - Xperiential Learning Systems, Director - Heritage Xperiential Learning School
What the pandemic has reminded us about what good education should be
Vishnu Karthik is currently the CEO of Xperiential Learning Systems and Director of The Heritage Group of experiential learning schools. Vishnu is keenly interested in building instructional leadership capabilities, cognitive neuroscience, education technology, college readiness and placements, student leadership development, adolescent coaching, authentic assessments, and deeper learning curriculum. His articles on education, K-12 schools, and cognitive neuroscience have appeared in newspapers including The Hindu, TOI, TNM, and Swarajya. He is a practitioner of Yoga and Vedanta and believes that his work is a medium to reach his deeper self. He is also a proud father of a beautiful daughter who has Down Syndrome.
- Sunday 09 August, 2020
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. IST