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| Ms. Rita Mehta |
| Ms. Mehta has a B.A., B.Ed. from the Bombay University
and the Diplome de Langue from Paris. She was the recipient of a scholarship
from the French Government to attend the Faculte de Dijon and visit the
Rhone- Alpes region. |
| She has conducted an exchange programme between Queen
Mary's School, Mumbai, and College Dargent, Lyon and taught French at
the SL, HL& Ab Initio (Beginner) level at The Kodaikanal International
School (KIS). Ms. Mehta has mentored students for the Extended Essay and
has conducted an Exchange Programme every year with the Lycee Francais
from 1992-2001. Recently, she returned to KIS to assist them with the
French IB program. |
| She attended a language B programme in Bangkok and was
recently was sent to Singapore to attend the Ab Initio (beginner level)
workshop. She was also sent by KIS to attend the NESA conference at Colombo. |
| Ms. Vidhya Bhaskar |
Vidhya Bhaskar is the IB Coordinator of B.D.Somani International School since July 2007. She has previous experience of teaching IB Economics and IB Business Management at The International School Bangalore and at Ecole Mondiale World School.
She is a post graduate in Economics from Mumbai University.
She has undergone training in IBDP Economics (Singapore), IBDP Business Management (Mumbai) and IB Coordinator (Singapore).
Level 1.
She has introduced Model United Nations (MUN) as an after school activity and has guided and lead student delegates to successful MUN conference in Istanbul, Cairo and Jordan. She has initiated inter school MUN conferences every year at School. |
| Mr. Martin Cox |
Mr. Cox has taught for 22 years in international schools and has 16 years experience of teaching I.B.
He began his teaching career at Bexhill Grammar School in East Sussex, which later became a Sixth Form College. During his 14 years there he became Head of the Social Sciences Dept. and taught ‘A’ and ‘O’ Levels in Economics, Politics, Law and Business Studies.
He has been Head of Economics at Hillcrest Secondary School in Nairobi, Kenya. It was in Kenya, among other things, that Mr. Cox climbed Mount Kenya, learned to scuba dive and even played football at the national stadium.
Six years later he was employed at the Antwerp International School in Belgium. And it was here, after 20 years of ‘A’ Levels that he began to teach I.B. Economics, as well as some I.G.S.C.E. He attended several I.B. Workshops and eventually became an I.B. Examiner. He also became Head of Humanities.
In 2006, waiting to see more of the world, Mr. Cox moved on to The United Nations International School in Hanoi, Vietnam where he continued to offer I.B. Economics, but was also introduced to the M.Y.P. in the I.B. Programme.
Mr. Cox joined B. D. Somani International School in July 2008. |
| Mr. Saghir Shaikh |
Mr. Shaikh has completed his M.Phil in Subject Communication from
YCMOU. He has a Master’s Degree in Physics & Urdu Literature from the
University of Mumbai. He has also been awarded a Diploma in Operational
Research in Teaching, Counseling & Guidance from Mumbai University.
He has 10 Years of Teaching Experience in junior college, as well as 2
years of experience in A-level teaching in a Mumbai school. He has undergone training in IBDP Physics Level 1 and 2 and IDBP Theory of Knowledge.
He has 10 Years of Teaching Experience in junior college, as well as 2 years of experience in A-level teaching in a Mumbai school. |
| Mrs. Renu Kapoor |
Ms. Renu Kapoor is a double postgraduate in Chemistry from the University of Mumbai with a Diploma in Higher Education. She has been awarded many merit scholarships for her outstanding performance at the graduate and postgraduate levels.
Ms. Kapoor has taught undergraduate courses in Chemistry for over twenty years in various colleges of Mumbai. She has also been involved in running Community Service programmes in her previous institutions and has conducted examinations for the University of Mumbai.
Ms. Kapoor began teaching the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and the IGCSE educational programme in 2004 when she joined the Ecole Mondiale World School. She has attended international educational workshops in Chemistry and Theory of knowledge and teaches these subjects in addition to co-ordinating the IGCSE programme. |
| Dr. Meghana Dixit |
Dr Meghna Dixit holds a Ph.D. in Drugs Synthesis. She has been associated with B.D. Somani International School for the past two and a half years. She teaches Chemistry (Higher Level and Standard Level) and Theory of Knowledge to students pursuing the IB Diploma program and chemistry to students of the IGCSE program.
She has participated on behalf of the School in the IB Chemistry Level 1 workshop held in Malaysiya and IB Chemistry Level 2 workshop held in Mumbai. She has also participated in a Theory of Knowledge workshop Level 1 at Delhi and is thoroughly well versed with the requirements of the IB Diploma and IGCSE programs.
Dr Meghna brings along with her a rich academic and industry experience. Prior to joining B. D. Somani she was working as a professor and was a guide and a coach to students pursuing the B.Sc and M.Sc. programs. Dr Meghna was working as a Research Scientist in the areas of Drugs and Pharmaceuticals before she decided to contribute through the academic medium. She is a well rounded personality with a very keen interest in Art and Indian Folk culture and has represented India on numerous occasions in SAARC and other International Cultural forums. |
| Mrs. Sunita Nair |
| Sunita Nair has a Master’s degree in Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Education. She has a rich teaching experience of 16 years. Though born in Kerala State, she did all her formal education in Pune. She has worked in prestigious colleges like Wadia College for 5 yrs., Fergusson College for 5 years and other good schools in Pune. She also has experience in teaching the A level Biology & I.G.C.S.E Biology & Chemistry syllabus with RIMS International School & Junior College. She has underdone training in IBDP Biology Level 1 (Singapore), Biology Level 2 (Mumbai) and Theory of Knowledge Level 1 (Thailand). |
| Mrs. Bernadette Vaz (Mathematics Grade 9 to Grade 11) |
Bernadette Vaz, is an M.Sc (Statistics), B.Sc ( Mathematics & Statistics) and B.Ed (Mathematics/Science) from Bombay University. She has a cumulative work experience of 16 years in teaching.
She has taught Mathematics at Cathedral and John Connon Senior School, Mumbai. |
| Mr. Atul Kumar |
| A graduate in French Culture, Language and Civilization
from JNU, Delhi, Mr.Kumar is also a theatre practitioner. For the past
23 years he has worked as an actor, director, producer and teacher. He
heads The Company Theatre, which specializes in experimental theatre training,
research and performance. |
| Mr. Kumar has conducted theatre workshops and educational
programmes for all ages all over India. Mr.Kumar has also trained in dance
-- Kathakali and Kalerippayattu-- in Kerala, in Visual Theatre & Marionettes
in France, and has performed extensively all over the world. |
| Mr.Kumar is currently involved in developing an International
Residency for theatre research and performance in the rural Maharashtra. |
| Mr. Aninmesh Kumar Singh |
Mr. Singh has an M.A and a B.Ed. degree from Mumbai. He began his teaching career in a boarding school in Navi Mumbai. He was there for ten years. There he started a programme called International Award for Young People, literary known as Duke of Edinburgh Award. He has been awarded a recognition certificate by the Duke of Edinburgh Award. He is presently handling IB Hindi HL, SL and IGCSE programme.
He has recently attended Language B Hindi IGCSE workshop in Ahemdabad. He also attended IB Hindi workshop in Mumbai. He has started the IAYP programme in the school. |
| Dr. Rakesha Chaturvedi |
Dr Rakesha Chaturvedi has completed a Masters in Modern History from the University of Allahabad and was awarded the Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lecturership Award by the UGC, India. She is a Phd in Modern History.
She taught Undergraduate classes in the University of Allahabad and for a
year was the Visiting Lecturer in the SNDT University, Mumbai, where she
taught Twentieth Century World History and History of the Contemporary World.
Dr Rakesha was a Senior Level Teacher of History and Civics in the Bombay
International School before joining BD Somani IB School. She has attended the IB
Workshop,History [level 1]at Banglore and the TOK Workshop in Delhi. |
| Ms. Carmenne Kalyaniwala |
Ms. Kalyaniwala teaches English literature and language, French and
Theory of Knowledge at our school.
She has a Masters degree in English Literature from the University of Mumbai,
where she stood second(2006). She has taught English at schools in Eragny, a
'nouvelle ville' (new city) on the periphery of Paris. She has participated in
the IGCSE course workshop in Delhi on English language and literature and has
also been sent to Bangkok, Thailand for an IB course workshop in the same
subject |
| Mrs. Seema Sharma |
| Mrs Sharma has a B.Ed, M.A(English Honors), M.Ed from Panjab University, Chandigarh. She has an M.Phil in English Literature( Dissertation & Majoring in American Literature)from Alagappa University,Chennai.
Being a qualified teacher as well as a Teacher -Educator, She has had a
varied experience of teaching in school as well as college. She has
been the Senior Faculty of English at TIME and IMS institutes. |
| Ms. Nehal Chheda |
Ms. Nehal Chheda completed her Masters in English Literature from SNDT University and her B.Ed from St Xavier’s Institute of Education.
Ms. Nehal has attended the IGCSE English Language workshop in Delhi and an IB Level 1 workshop in Mumbai & Level 2 workshop in Thailand.
She has taught English at the Junior College at Ruia College, Matunga. She also worked as a part-time English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher with Yashawantrao ChauhanMaharashtra Open University (YCMOU). She has trained young adults for GRE, CAT and CET at Vidyalankar Institute, Dadar and taught technical writing at Vidyalankar Institute of Technology.
Ms. Nehal is also a professional photographer. She has studied photography from Sir J. J School of Art. Moreover, She is a diploma holder in Bakery and Confectionery from Hospitality Training Institute.
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| Ms. Kausiki Sridharan |
Ms. Kousiki Sridharan, is a post graduate in Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.) Madras. She also holds a degree in Education. She was also a recipient of a Merit Scholarship from I.I.T. (Madras). She has experience of teaching A.P.Calculus (both AB and BC levels).
In B.D.Somani International School, she is teaching Maths HL and Maths SL in the I.B. curriculum along with A. P. Calculus. She has attended Asia Pacific Regional wokshops for both DP Maths SL and DP Maths HL. She also prepares students for SAT (Maths) Examination.
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| Ms. Savitri Ganeshan |
Ms. Savithri Ganesan teaches Math, Additional Math and Physics to the students of the IGCSE and Math to the students of the IB Diploma courses. She has 15 years of experience in the field of teaching under the National, ICSE and IGCSE curriculums.
She completed her Bachelors in Mathematics from Madras University, her B.Ed from St. Xavier’s Institute of Education, Mumbai and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management of Education from Mumbai University. She is also a qualified Early Child Care Educator from University of Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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| Ms. Sananda Mukhopadhyaya |
Ms. Sananda is a graduate of Political Science from St.Xavier's college, Mumbai.
Her journey in the Theatre began in school and continued through college. In the process, she has gained rigorous work experience and training in various aspects relating
to the stage. Her specializations are technical theatre and performance. She is
also trained in 'Odissi ' a form of Indian classical dance. She began teaching drama
at the primary level which she still continues to do while teaching IB diploma Theatre Arts.
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| Mr. Rasik Andaria |
Mr. Rasik is a commerce graduate of Osmania University and a post graduate diploma holder of Computer Science from National Computing Centre UK. He holds Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Management from Datamatics , a government commercial diploma from Mumbai University. He has lectured Management and Information Technology subjects for BScIT, BBA, MBA, MCA and MScIT at the study centre of Sikkim Manipal University. He has over eighteen years of experience in the field of teaching, software curriculum expertise in development, training and coordinating the information technology section of the schools. |
| Mr. Arwa Kheriwal |
Arwa Kheriwala completed her BA and BED in France. She is qualified to teach French as a foreign language.
She taught in a school in Madagascar for three years, then came to India. Since then, She has been teaching at the Alliance for the last 20 years. She completed an IB workshop in Singapore for ab initio French. Apart from that, I have attended many workshops in France and India. At present, I am teaching ab initio French in the school and businesse French as well as advanced level French at Alliance.
She is studying for a diploma in teaching professional French from the CCIP Paris.
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| Ms. Reshma Israni |
Ms. Reshma has completed her B.ED from University of Mumbai.She has done her Masters in Commerce from Mumbai University and graduated from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics. She has completed a diploma in computer programming and in graphics and animation from Aptech Institute of computer education.
She has been actively involved in social service activities and has been the Chairman of Aga Khan Social Welfare Board for South Bombay. She is now involved in working for better quality of life for the senior citizens and social awareness campaigns. |
| Mr. Sanjay |
Mr. Sanjay has M.A in Economics, B.Ed from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata and M.Phil from Madurai Kamaraj University. He started as a Lecturer in Calcutta University and then later, Head of Commerce, at a boys Residential School, near Mumbai.He has participated in various seminars and workshops and was a coordinator for a Financial Markets Management course conducted by CBSE, NSE and BIFM- together.
He writes articles about mutual funds. Mr. Sanjay is one of the life members of Indian Economics Association. |
| Ms. Zeba Khan |
Ms. Zeba has done her B.A. from Bombay University and a Diploma in Commercial
Art from Nirmala Niketan College. After which she pursued her M.A. in
Advertising and Public Relations from Madurai Kamraj University.She has been successfully accredited as a Moderator by CIE for Art and Design
Course work. She has undergone training in IGCSE Art and Design. (Dubai) and
IBDP Visual Art. (Singapore).
She has been teaching the IGCSE and A Level Syllabus in Dubai and Mumbai for
eleven years. Zeba has successfully organised and held workshops and
exhibitions for the students. |
| Dr. Anjana Prasad |
B.Ed from Pune University.
M.Sc (Zoology) &Ph.D (endocrinology) from Magadh University.
Diploma in fashion Designing
Teaching experience of 3years - A level and O level In CIE
Teaching experience of 3years –IBDP
Attended 1st and 2nd level IB workshop
Assistant examiner in theory and internal assessment in IBDP-BIOLOGY |
| Dr. Ruchika Kapoor |
Ruchika Kapoor has done her B.Sc in Biology and Chemistry. M.Phil and Ph.D in Zoology. She has had a wide exposure of five different universities of India including Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar, Punjabi University Punjab, Andhra university, Mumbai university and Delhi University. She has done her B.Ed in English and Natural Sciences from Anamalai University.
She began her teaching career in Wilson college teaching B.Sc Zoology, then moved on to St. Xavier’s college Mumbai to teach B.Sc. Life Sc. She has taught B.Sc Zoology in two colleges at Delhi before joining B.D Somani International School. During these years she has attended workshops in Biochemistry , genetics and on Bioinformatics (from NIIT).
She has done IB workshop in Environmental systems and societies held at Singapore and Biology level 1 held in Mumbai in 2008. |
| Mr. Mahesh Shinde |
Mr. Mahesh Shinde has graduated from YCMOU/ Mumbai University and has a Diploma in Physical Education from Mumbai. He is also began his career as a certified Touch Rugby Coach of the Western Indian Rugby Football Union (WIRFU).
He began his career as a Hockey Coach with DAV Public School, Nerul and then proceeded to be a Physical Education Teacher with St. Mary’s ICSE School, Koperkhairane, Navi Mumbai.
Mr. Mahesh is a passionate sports person and has been playing as well as teaching various games like Football, Hockey, Touch Rugby, Basketball, etc. for a very long time. |
| Dr. Dipesh Karmarkar |
Dr. Dipesh has M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Mumbai. He has a teaching and research experience of 13 years. He has taught geography at undergraduate (B.A., B.Com, B.Sc.) and postgraduate (M.A.) levels in the University of Mumbai. He has worked as a Visiting Professor of GIS (Geographical Information System – a computer software/hardware system) for M. Arch. Course (YCMOU) in Raheja School of Architecture, Bandra, Mumbai.
His field of research includes historical geography, cultural geography and development geography. He has read and published a number of research papers in regional, national and international conferences. He has also served as a research associate in the Department of Geography, University of Mumbai for a couple of research projects; one of the projects was funded by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), London, UK. He also writes for newspapers and periodicals in Marathi on various socio-economic issues of relevance.
He is also a student of theatre and has done some script writing and direction for the Marathi stage in Mumbai. He has also scripted and directed a number of street plays on social issues. |
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