Learning Forward

Episode #24: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Rita Singh, she became an Educator by chance, fell in love with her work in no time, and the story unfolds... enamouring thousands with her smile, passion and positivity. People say that her positive energy can be felt from the school gates itself. With over three decades of experience and a national teacher awardee, Rita shares her life story in a nu...

Reflecting on the Joy Of Learning experience, post the eleven weeks of the COVID19 Lockdown period. Educators from Billabong High International School and The Fabindia School share how the sessions held them together in the period of turmoil, how they found social and emotional support, the skills they picked up, the trust they built and above all the love for learning was rekindled. Sanika Joshi,...

Joy Of Learning (JOL) explores twenty-two values that can be taught through schools. This program will inspire you by using examples of where the values are already being used by children and adults in schools and share practical tools to stimulate discussion and philosophical debate. It will also help people to take stock of their values and how they wish to lead their life. In this episode, Sand...

Episode #23: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Nandan Kuthiala, promoter of a well-established school, an alum of Mayo College, Ajmer and Delhi University. Wears many hats as a professional - industry, real estate, forestry - he calls himself an accidental educationist and set up a school. Nurturing a legacy is challenging, people have high expectations and social wealth creation is never easy, Na...

Episode #22: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Dr Amrita Dass, she has shaped the lives of countless learners by altering their course of life. Dr Dass is a leading Educationist and Career-Consultant of the country has conducted career counselling programmes in more than 200 schools, colleges, professional institutes and universities in India and abroad. With doctoral studies at the University of...

Episode #21: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Peter Church, Chairperson AFG Venture Group. Peter is Special Counsel, Stephenson Harwood English law firm with operations in multiple jurisdictions including London, Hong Kong and Singapore. Chairperson, Bangkok International Associates – a Thai law firm. Non-Executive Director, Singapore International Chamber of Commerce. Chairperson, Indochina Star...

Episode #20: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Anjan Kumar Chaudhary, a Mathematics teacher and experienced pastoral care specialist. With many years of working in residential schools, he shares how the school works to help with the personal and social development of every individual. He recollects his long years as a Housemaster, how the 24x7 environment shapes the lives of young people, the emot...

Episode #19: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Monisha Datta, she did her schooling from different parts of the country, her academic accomplishments include BSC, PGDCA and MBA. She has worked as a corporate trainer and programmer with TATA but her passion to work with children eventually got her to leave the corporate sector and joined the education sector. Currently, she is the Principal of a sc...

Episode #18: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Anubha Goyal, she believes to be a successful person is one who is kind and compassionate, who has great values and can connect with other human beings. As an experienced school leader, the love of children and the compassion of her colleagues keep her going. For her education is building a value system for an individual and this can only happen in a...

Episode #17: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Hema Surapaneni an educator with twenty-eight years of experience in teaching, consultation, advisory and has helped establish prestigious schools from the ground level. Hema has trained teachers for the last 15 years in various professional learning modules. ‘Child Safety and Safeguarding’ certified by the Association for the Advancement of Internati...

Episode #16: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Dr Neeta Bali, Director- Principal and Head of School at GD Goenka World School. Dr Bali has the skill and passion to turn around any institution as a Head and her track record as a Head clearly reflects this. Her repertoire includes varied curricula- CBSE, ISC, ICSE, IGCSE and IB-DP as well as AS and A levels. A seasoned speaker, an author and a teac...

Episode #15: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Priyakee Gupta, who gave up a career as an Advocate to become a Teacher and a school promoter. A  firm believer of Sarswati - Goddess of Wisdom. She is of the view that a Teacher is even beyond the best Mother or any other individual who helps make a person become a holistic being. She co-owns a beautiful school with her husband, lives on campus 24x7x...

Episode #14: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Smriti Krishnia, a young leader now serving in the Indian Revenue Sevice, with Economics at her core she studied at the Lady Shriram College for Women and went on to do her Masters at the University Of Oxford. With Internships at UNIDO and The Fabindia School, she has worked with Sandeep to build Learning Forward India and is the spirit behind the boo...

Episode #13: Sandeep Dutt speaks with Sumit Dargan a Thought Leader at INACE.ORG , an experienced educator, has had the opportunity to deal with students and faculty over a large and diverse background of nationals, expatriates and boarding communities and have worked concertedly to further the optimal skills of the learners to newer heights. Sumit talks of education as a service and for him stepp...

Episode #12: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Dr Charu Mathur Advocate on Record at Supreme Court of India, has rich and diverse expertise in corporate commercial civil criminal and constitutional matters, is a regular practitioner who represents many educational institutions and leading private groups. She also caters to advisory and consultation assignments. Fond of reading, a great Mom and one...

Joy Of Learning (JOL) explores twenty-two values that can be taught through schools. This program will inspire you by using examples of where the values are already being used by children and adults in schools and share practical tools to stimulate discussion and philosophical debate. It will also help people to take stock of their values and how they wish to lead their life. In this episode, the...

Extract from the discussion organised by the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies over a Webinar on Thu 11th Jun 2020 from 4.30 to 6 pm. The panellists Dr Alok Shukla, IAS, Principal Secretary, Education of Chhattisgarh;  Chitra Ravi, an educational visionary, who is the Founder of a school education reform company called Chrysalis; Prof Pankaj Jain who runs Gyanshala affordable schools...

Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Bharati Thakore, the founder and CEO of New Millennium Education Partners shares with Learning Forward India why it is most important for us to help private schools to survive through the current times and what the government must do to help deliver affordable quality education. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learningforward/supp...

Episode #11 - Sandeep Dutt speaks with Shivranjana, a writer trained in Development who has spent the last 7 years studying the psychology of emotional abuse, specifically within the family and has written her first book Hineni on the subject. Interested in looking at the systems and the human being in relation to these systems, this work led her to gain deeper  insight into oppression and oppress...

Episode #10: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Bharati Thakore, the founder and CEO of New Millennium Education Partners and the India Head of the prestigious Collège du Léman International Boarding School, Geneva, Switzerland.  A millennial education entrepreneur with experience in education-centric - media, communication, research, film-direction, event curation and corporate development. Bharat...

Episode #9: Sandeep Dutt speaks with Prof. Vivek Bhandari, former Director of the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), a graduate from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, a post-graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, the USA and with PhD in History from the same university. Prof. Bhandari spent time at the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), the University of Penns...

Episode #8: Sandeep Dutt speaks with Dilip Chenoy. Wikipedia says Dilip Harel Mitra Chenoy was the Managing Director & CEO of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), he was appointed Secretary-General of FICCI, a leading industry body in India. Dilip has devoted his life to skill-building and nurturing great institutions, his leadership has had a significant impact on the lives of young peo...

Episode #7: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Sanjay, an alumnus of HPS, founder of Potter's Wheel Education Services and Co-Founder of Acme Instructional Techniques Private Limited, a company involved in designing and developing innovative educational products and a recipient of "Best Education Product" from the Government of AP. He is a fellow member of Teach for India and has been involved in T...

Frederick Brown is Learning Forward’s deputy executive director, opening remarks at the LFIN Retreat 2019. The goal of the retreat is to foster professional learning and social interaction for empowering Educators to work for better learning outcomes. The program will include an agenda for professional learning and discussions, as well as other informational and social events. --- Support this pod...

Frederick Brown is Learning Forward’s deputy executive director, opening remarks at the LFIN Retreat 2018. The goal of the retreat is to foster professional learning and social interaction for empowering Educators to work for better learning outcomes. The program will include an agenda for professional learning and discussions, as well as other informational and social events. Fred talks about exc...