Foundations of Project Management

M.A in Education

Master of Arts - MA

Engineer's Degree

• Researched and created blueprint documents to track learning outcomes for K1-5
• Sketched efficient contextual lesson plans for over 50,000+ teachers
• Created content for 7 student-friendly books for elementary grades catering to 5 million students 
• Supported the project manager by working with multiple teams for the timely completion of projects

Senior Curriculum Developer

• Led and delivered 4 projects with a team of 10, by coordination with multiple teams – sales,
implementation, design, tech & product
• Monitored and evaluated the projects to track team performance and mitigate contingencies
• Reviewed projects such as student-led conferences, autocorrection, and practice questions from Quiznext, to ensure alignment with customer expectations
• Created gamified home practice content along with conducting a quality check (QC) for homework across subjects such as English, Mathematics, Social Science
• Developed content for Math online tutoring program (grades 6 to 8) and ensured 70% mastery during the pandemic
• Mentored 5 interns while managing their everyday task allocations
            

    
    

    
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Curriculum Development Manager

• Empowered 20 schools (40L business along with upselling) in the execution of the LEAD curriculum across Karnataka
• Coached 200 teachers to make the shift towards 21st-century teaching
• Designed training modules for school leaders, academic coordinators, teachers
• Pushed for data-driven decisions and designed more than 20 interventions with multiple stakeholders including parents to improve student learning

Academic Excellence Manager

•	     Developed content for 2 workshops on Social emotional learning for teachers and school leaders from 2 schools
•    	Conducted secondary research via journals for the above mentioned workshops

Content Development

•	     Developed content for student usage – designing the Mathematics and Social Studies workbooks and activity books catering to grades 2 and 3 
•	     Designed activity based Mathematics and Social studies lesson plans for teachers teaching grade 3; Lesson plans to be executed over 4 months
•	     Helped in measuring impact of the program through data collection from sample classrooms

Content Development and Data Collection

•     	Campaigned and recruited 89 school leaders for 2 a year school Improvement program
•	     Conducted surveys of 20 school leaders and helped in analysis of the data
•	      Managed the budget for 30 workshops and coordinated the logistics of for effective implementation
•	      Identified 120 potential target schools through market research and leading referral system

Relationship Associate

•     	Implemented pedagogic knowledge in classroom and boosted classroom average from 4% to 30% in mathematics in 20 months
•     	Served as coordinator to cultural events for an annual cultural festival called Chennai Students Kondattam (CSK) to engage 3500 students from the organization
•	     Facilitated sessions for co-teachers & implemented Firki teacher skill development project in school
•     	Launched a digital library project in the school by raising funds over Rs.50,000; Procured 1000 books and 15 computers by leveraging professional networks
            

    
    

    
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Fellow

•     	Designed sessions for 75 kids during a camp organised
•	     Mediated logistics and managed 45 volunteers who taught 150 students in the shelter home
•	     Taught business English to 25 students aged 18-25

Volunteer; Center Head

Professional with 6 years of experience in training, curriculum creation, instructional design, stakeholder management.

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