Team

Sincere, friendly and outspoken Jaikumar is the editor of the Kannada section of the portal and responsible for the selection and validation of resources. He is also a poet, a writer of short stories, and the translator of a wide range of subjects from various fields and a literary critic. His other passions are cooking, photography teaching and reading world epics. He believes language should connect people instead of being a barrier and cherishes the “visva manava” culture of a  global citizen which in essence, means being a person who is not confined within the man-made walls that divide people.

Mujahid is the Educational Technologist in the team who looks after the technology innovation and applications possible in the Indian education sector. He is particularly interested in mobile learning and has been involved with Mobile based projects in the past. He also works on the usability and technical aspects of the Teachers of India portal.

A theoretical practitioner and a liberal orthodox in the social technical domain, Mujahid’s hobbies include reading (not just text), cooking which follows no rules, travelling and unravelling new places and culture.

“ Be yourself, everyone else is already taken” is Mujahid’s take on life.

Positive, energetic and cheerful, Nirag’s loud laughter rings through the corridors of the office and binds people together. Nirag is an expert in Yoga and likes teaching the same to others. “Believe in yourself” is a concept that Nirag  tries to live by. Nirag was the project co-ordinator for the portal. He was also looking into technical and financial aspets of the portal.

Pooja Hiranandani likes to write poetry and computer code.  She is a collector of obscure Hollywood films, fine-grained nuance and ceramic mugs. In the social sector, her interests lie in child labour, education and urban poverty on which issues she has been both, raging activist and arm-chair intellectual. On the teacher’s portal, she is involved in areas of user research and technology. 'Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.' is a quote that inspires Pooja.

As the editor of the Hindi section of the Portal team, Rajesh selects, validates and creates content and collaborates with other content partners. He is a person with a scientific perspective and critical thinking. Rajesh had edited Chakmak, (a publication of Eklavya ) as well as “Gullak” and “Palash”, the two magazines of the Dept. of Education, Madhya Pradesh, in the past. He hadeen a resource person for Nalanda, Room to read and the Department of Education, Madhya Pradesh government. He lives in search of his mission in life.

RamG Vallath as he is known loves life. He brings with him years of experience in the corporate world and the real world. He is passionate about education. In his spare time, when he is not solving math or physics  problems, he is reading up on history or mythology. He loves to tell absurd and wacky stories to children and has recently become a published author. He heads the publications team.

Ravi Babu is the confident and optimistic “technical problem solver”of the team. He is involved with the creation of websites as well as creating static and animated graphics. His hobbies include listening to Illayaraja’s music, watching old movies from the ‘80s and the ‘90s, reading and playing chess. Being self-motivated,  Ravi Babu works hard and likes a sound sleep in the weekend.  "To err is human, to really foul things up you need a computer" is Ravi Babu’s humorous take on technology!

Imaginative and rebellious, Sriparna is a subject matter expert in the team. She creates resources, helps in documentation and collaborates with content partners. She likes reading, writing poetry, travelling, films, music and food (for the body and the soul). "For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life” is a quotation from Herman Melville that appeals to her.