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  Nigel Ajay Kumar ?is a doctoral student at SAIACS, Bangalore and is currently wondering whether he will finish his dissertation before his one-year old daughter turns 18! He is married to Selena who has been a "teacher" in an alternative learning environment and is currently a "homemaker". Nigel swears that everything he now believes about education and children has been reshaped because of his interactions with her.
   
  Mridula Koshy is a writer. Her first book, ‘If It Is Sweet’, a collection of short stories, was released by Tranquebar Press in May 2009. She makes her home in Delhi where she lives with her three children - Saleem, Akshay, Surya - and her partner - Michael. She blogs at http://mridulakoshy.blogspot.com.
  Navtej Johar is a Delhi based Bharatanatyam dancer and a yoga exponent. He is the founder and artistic director of Studio Abhyas, a non-profit organization dedicated to dance, yoga, humane urban design and the care of stray animals. www.navtejjohar.com
 
  Priya Rajagopalan ?Turned from Applied Psychology to Teaching while researching inclusive education and fell for the ‘M’ word (Montessori) hook, line and sinker. Has trained for and taught in multi grade classrooms, ranging from preschool to junior high, from
Chennai to California. Is an avid reader with a nomad’s soul.
  Neha Bahl Was working as a journalist with a leading national daily until recently. A wanderer by nature, you read some of her arbitrary thoughts here: http://nehabahl.blogspot.com
 
  Dhananjay Joshi is a teacher, statistician, meditator and poet who loves to read. He is an idealist and can only do one thing at a time thanks to the years of Zen Buddhist training. He has no plans beyond the present moment - the big question is, how do things get done? He thanks his wife and daughters.
 
  Rachna Chawla
Currently toggling between ensuring holiday homework gets completed without doing it herself, and teaching a course on International Business; Rachna has been an investment banker, consultant, leadership facilitator & coach, outdoor educator, and run a business among other things. The only thing that has been constant is change. Can be contacted at rachna.chawla@gmail.com
 
  Pooja Sukhpal has an M.Ed. in Education and research experience with NEEV. She is a content developer and senior associate with iDiscoveri Education..
 
  Monita Sen is constantly being tossed about on the sea of teaching and learning as she juggles between being Head of Primary at Indus International School Bangalore, an IB workshop leader for the Asia Pacific region and a student of education herself. One day she will write her memoire entitled “Teacher by Day” but until then she lives for experience.
 
  Roopa Pai received her Phd in education from Emory university, USA. Has taught education at undergrad and post grad level in india and the US.
 
Pooja Nayak started off as a broadcast journalist in a mainstream news channel before moving away to teach, travel, farm and make a knife from scratch. Wants to grow her own vegetables soon, learn an Indian musical instrument someday and dreams of bathing elephants with a pail in one hand and a big coir brush in the other. Is currently working on a documentary on the dangers of processed foods. She can be reached at pooja.nayak@gmail.com.
 
  Sunanda Michelle Surendranath ?is a textile designer, curriculum designer, life skills facilitator, consultant for activity-based learning, and preschool teacher with Montessori training from New York. Feels at home in the mountains and has enjoyed experiences of the wilderness since the age of two.

  Sara Seinberg is a writer, editor, curator and photographer living in San Francisco. She has put her MFA from Tufts University to phenomenal use by working very
happily in a worker-owned grocery collective.
Seinberg been widely published and collected internationally. She loves kosher pickles and hopes to visit India one day.
 
  Kimgrace Haokip is a case manager with people with disabilities in a non-for-profit agency. She has been working in this field for 10 years. Prior to moving to USA, she was working as a speech and language therapist at VVS, New Delhi. She is interested in travelling and watching movies is one of her passions. Currently, she is doing her PhD thesis from JNU, New Delhi, which she hopes to finish soon!!
 
  Rohan Mukherjee has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and is currently a student of Public Affairs at Princeton University. Has spent time working with an activist NGO in rural Orissa, researching public policy in New Delhi, working for the government of India, and coordinating the construction of HIV clinics in Africa.
 

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