Learning Facilitator Executive Director

JANAJIT RAY

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Profile Overview

A multi-dimensional creative personality, well-experienced & noted, student-centred learning facilitator, educator, head of school, institutional management professional & consultant in the K-12 domain as well as a journalist, editor, author, musician & actor-director, passionately committed to contributing substantially towards empowering young people – especially at the secondary, senior secondary & the college level – to realize their fullest potential by way of helping them grow all the senses, feelings, abilities, qualities & talents needed not only to revolutionize learning, creation & application of knowledge but also to look for innovative alternatives and solutions in the ever-evolving environment of life in the 21st century. The spheres of special expertise, skills & competencies include:

Involvement in Voluntary Social Service

Has been involved in voluntary developmental projects with disadvantaged communities of various kinds from student days (in school & university) to over three decades of professional career in school education. Has been associated with the work of setting up school centres for children with special needs, rehabilitation

Institution Building

Education Management & Leadership

Policy Creation & Implementation

Student Management

Pastoral Care

Curriculum Design & Management

Resources Management

Recruitment

Teacher Training

Team Building

Admissions, Branding & Marketing

Budgeting

Financial Management

Research

Verbal & Written Communication

Journalism

Content Creation & Management

Publishing & Publications Design

Editing, Proof-reading

Blog Writing

Creative Writing

Theatre

Music

Website Content & Design

Crisis & Disaster Management

Advocacy Skills

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of child labour, running evening schools for children & adult education units, disaster relief as also projects of international bodies like Round Square International Services during career as a school-teacher & head of schools. This was instrumental in appointment as Executive Director of Pratichi, the NGO established by the Nobel laureate – Dr Amartya Sen - & is still voluntarily associated with this NGO. Education

B. Ed., Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, 2000

M.A. in English, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, 1984

B.A. (Hons.) in English, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, 1981

Pre-Degree (1978) & School Certificate (1976) from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, WB.

Completed International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) administered & certified workshops on leadership & management of IB schools (Mumbai, 2001 & 2002), three Primary Years Programme in- school three-day workshops (Oakridge International School, Hyderabad -2002, 2003, 2004), Theory of Knowledge workshop (Mumbai 2004), Diploma Programme Coordinator workshop (New Delhi 2005

& Singapore 2007)

Consulting Experience

Independent K-12 Specialist & Education Consultant-cum-Advisor, Dehradun July 2021 – Ongoing

Provide consulting & advisory services – to educational technology (EdTech) companies focused particularly on the K-12 school segment – with products & programmes that effectively integrate technology & learning for high-quality upskilling, learner experiences

Provide the governing bodies of K-12 schools with innovative time-relevant consulting & advisory services about quality assessment, strategic & operational advice based on global best practices

Create blueprints & strategies for setting up new schools & restructuring existing schools

Conduct Quality Assessments in schools using various global quality assurance frameworks & tools

Provide the governing bodies of schools with suitable blueprints & implementation strategies as well as appropriate processes to ensure a systematic paradigm shift from an adult-driven, content-focused, memory-based, exam-oriented, cattle class one-size-fits-all archetype of programming data passively into students to an engaging, active model of self-directed learning driven by the individual as well as collective learning needs of students, based on their interests & queries, research & learning as also the applicability of the same to life.

Run a multi-facility education platform for regular tuition to school students, tuition for admission into renowned residential schools, career counseling, study abroad counseling, personality development programmes, coaching, mentoring, English enhancement, storytelling & theatre workshops, etc.

Advise on senior management & staff recruitment as per requirements of individual schools

Develop & design educational guides, policies, manuals & SOPs as per requirements of individual schools

Strategize for corporate educational organizations concerning marketing, branding & business development

Participate in national & international seminars, workshops, symposia as a resource person for leading global & Indian corporates

{igebra.ai}, Hyderabad December 2022 – Ongoing

Operates as the Growth Consultant of this unique EdTech start-up dedicated to making children growing up now fall in love with & thoroughly enjoy learning mathematics as well as the basics of data & machine learning

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Assists the Board of Directors by providing the requisite support vis-à-vis designing certain courses focused on upskilling & training of school teachers as well as school students with the effective use of tools & techniques related to the Automated Intelligence (AI) domain for making the learning experience genuinely engaging, stimulating, easy to process, memorable & personalized.

Assists the Board of Directors in connecting the company with school managements, influential organizations of schools & doyens in the world of school education to help in their brand-building, marketing as well as sales-enhancing efforts.

Tutoroot Technologies, Hyderabad August 2021 – November 2022

As Advisor to the Board of Directors of this start-up EdTech platform for online tuition for exam preparations, assists the company in designing student-appropriate EdTech products, curating the relevant content, training the faculty for delivering engaging live online lessons & helping with the brand-building, marketing as well as sales enhancing efforts.

Setting up the International Examinations Excellence Centre of the company to cater initially to providing online personalized academic assistance/ tuitions for the IGCSE conducted by CAIE & IBDP conducted by IBO.

President, Ray Education Services, Gurgaon August 2016 – January 2018

Founder President of an innovative educational consulting services venture in the K-12 school segment that delivers quality assessment, strategic & operational advice based on global best practices

Creating blueprints & strategies for setting up new schools & restructuring existing schools

Providing Quality Assessment using various global quality assurance frameworks & tools

Advising on senior management & staff recruitment as per requirements of individual schools

Developing & designing educational guides, policies, manuals & SOPs as per requirements of individual schools

Strategizing for corporate educational organizations with regard to marketing, branding & business development

Taking part in national & international seminars or workshops or symposia as resource person for leading global & Indian corporates

Eden Public School, Imphal September 2016 – April 2017

Responsible for planning, branding & marketing, quality audit, curriculum development, recruitment, team building & professional development programmes for the teaching staff People Combine Educational Initiatives, Hyderabad May 2010 – April 2011; May 2016 – April 2017

Responsible for scouting & sourcing locations for new schools

Responsible for planning, branding & marketing, quality audit, curriculum development, team building & professional development programmes for the teaching staff.

Writing articles for the official blog of the company & other social media handles on relevant issues of school education, Oakridge International School & other socially important matters Manthan International School, Hyderabad January 2009 – April 2011

Assisted the governing body of this unique institution in the spheres of overall planning & design of the educational programme, curriculum development, recruitment, team building, professional development programmes for the teaching staff, quality audit as well as branding & marketing strategies

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Sparkrill International School, Warangal February 2006 – October 2009

End to end project planning & management of the school

Responsible for initiating & supervising all activities on planning & design of the educational programme, curriculum development, recruitment, team building, professional development programmes for the teaching staff, quality audit as well as branding & marketing strategies Employment History

Executive Director, Pratichi Institute, Kolkata February 2019 – July 2021

A member of the senior management team of the NGO founded & chaired by Professor Amartya Sen, the Nobel Laureate, specializing in research-based action in the fields of school education, primary healthcare, gender equity & democratic rights

The main spheres of professional work included strategy, image-building, overall administration of the research institution, editing & publishing of project reports, providing oversight to research projects, organizing public discussion events, policy-making procedures on primary school education

& fund-raising from various national & international organizations as well as individual donors. Principal, Adamas World School, Kolkata February 2018 – January 2019

Overall Head of School of a seven-year-old English medium educational institution affiliated to CBSE for Grades IX & X as well as Grades XI & XII

Successfully led the process for affiliation to CBSE for Grades XI & XII

Envisioning & developing end-to-end policies & systems of operational procedures for the school to establish itself as a composite 21st-century learning community

Incorporating the best of globally bench-marked & accepted practices to ensure that the school is acknowledged as a true ‘world’ school

Director – Principal, The Espee Global School, Roorkee January 2015 – July 2016

Overall Head of a co-educational day-boarding school affiliated with CBSE.

Successfully led the process of affiliation with CBSE for Grades IX & X.

Initiated the process of authorization from the IBO for running the PYP

Re-envisioned & implemented a strategic admissions policy

Established a unique integrated programme of holistic education Principal, DRS International School &

Country Head – Academics, MDN Edify Education, Hyderabad January 2013 – November 2014

Overall Head of an international co-educational day-cum-boarding school with affiliations from IBO for PYP/ IBDP; CIE for IGCSE; & CBSE for Grades X & XII

Provided direction to systems of general administration, educational leadership & school management

Head of the Academic Division of the franchise business with over 40 schools all over India

Interacted with potential franchise partners to expand business

Built a holistic scholastic & co-scholastic curriculum & developed global/local capabilities including teacher training, guidelines for curriculum planning/editing & publishing of books/periodicals. Principal, Yadavindra Public School (YPS), Mohali July 2010 – January 2013

Overall Head of a well-reputed 33-year-old co-educational day-cum-boarding school affiliated to CISCE

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Envisioned & implemented strategic policies to modernize the well-reputed but aging IPSC school

Organized International Excursions to empower students & staff to comprehend best global practices

Led the general administration, educational leadership & school management procedures including pastoral care, image building, admissions, marketing & public relations Vice President, People Combine Educational Initiatives Ltd, Hyderabad March 2008 – April 2010

Part of the Senior Management Team of the company that ran the Oakridge Group of Schools

Established national & international alliances for setting up ‘new generation schools’ across the globe

Planned & implemented innovative initiatives for K-12 schooling

Strengthened the Oakridge footprint by establishing three new Oakridge Group schools Founding Principal, Oakridge International School, Hyderabad April 2001 – February 2008

First Head of an international co-educational day-boarding school with affiliations from IBO for PYP/ IBDP; CIE for IGCSE; & CBSE for Grades X & XII

Envisioned & implemented all school policies

Facilitated affiliations from the IBO for PYP/ IBDP; CIE for IGCSE; & CBSE for Grades X & XII

Envisioned & implemented the admissions, marketing & branding strategy for the school taking the school student strength from 0 to 2700

First IBDP coordinator & teacher for Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Headmaster, The Heritage School, Kolkata September 2000 – February 2001

First Headmaster of a new long-day co-educational school affiliated with CBSE for Grades X & XII

Contributed to developing end-to-end policies & systems for the school Principal, Manava Bharati India International School, Mussoorie March 2000 – August 2000

Overall Head of reputed 59-year-old co-educational day-cum-boarding school affiliated to CBSE for Grades X & XII

Ex-officio Principal of Rajendra Smriti Mandir, a state-authorized teachers’ training centre for ladies run by the same organization

Envisioned & implemented efficient school policies Vice Principal, The Sagar School, Tijara, Rajasthan June 1999 – November 1999

First Head of School of a new fully residential co-educational school

Contributed to developing end-to-end policies & systems for the school Housemaster & English Teacher, The Doon School, Dehradun February 1989 – June 1999

Housemaster of Oberoi House, the first to be given charge of an entire house with 90-plus students

Teacher of English for students from Grade VI to Grade XII

Master-in-charge of school publications including The Doon School Weekly & The Academic Journal of The Doon School

Master-in-charge of the School Exchange Programme

Master-in-charge of the Round Square Conference & The Doon School Representative to the International Round Square Conferences

President of the Masters’ Common Room (the teachers’ association) in 1994-95. Senior SubEditor-cum-Reporter, The Telegraph, Kolkata June 1985 – January 1989

Started as a Trainee Journalist on completion of MA in English 6

Worked as a sub-editor for the most part in the editorial section & then the business desk

As a reporter contributed special stories & reports on nearly every page of The Telegraph

Also wrote regularly as a music critic, drama critic & book reviewer

Contributed articles in both English & Bengali in other publications of the Ananda Bazar Patrika Group of Publications.

Key Achievements

Felicitated by the Department of Tourism & Culture, Government of Andhra Pradesh for outstanding contribution in the field of international school education in Andhra Pradesh; May 2014

Shortlisted for Best Principal Award, 2014 by Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi

Mentor, Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi; 2014

Awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award as an educationist by Brainfeed magazine in 2014

Participated in the World Conference of the Heads Standing Association (HSA) of the International Baccalaureate (IB) in 2007 at San Francisco, USA & in 2005 at Bangkok, Thailand

Founder Member of the Board of Directors of The Association of International Schools of India

(TAISI)

Member of the Advisory Council of South Asian International Baccalaureate Schools Association

(SAIBSA)

Editor-in-Chief of Echo, an international educational magazine published by the Round Square; 1993

– 1998

Invitee to various Round Square & IB World schools in India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Australia, UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, USA, Kenya & South Africa

Invitee to various universities in India, USA, Australia, Singapore, UK & other European countries

Visited several government schools in London on invitation of UKIERI, a British government initiative

Member, Board of Governors, Espee Global School, Roorkee.

Member of the Board of Governors of Yadavindra Public School – Mohali & Patiala

Member of the Indian Public Schools Conference (IPSC)

Member, Board of Governors, Oakridge International Schools, Hyderabad

Member, Board of Governors, Sparkrill International School, Warangal

Member, Board of Governors, Manthan International School, Hyderabad

Member, Board of Governors, Pailan World School, Kolkata

Ex-officio Member of the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA)

Ex-officio Member of the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA)

Director – Academics & Education Consultant of the Eden Public School, Imphal

Consulting Editor, Oil Asia, a quarterly journal for the Indian energy sector; 1990 – 1993

Speaker on the different kinds of schools in India over the BBC World Service in London; 1993

Trained in technology-aided learning by SchoolNet India (later IL & FS); 2001

Participated in various training programmes on educational management & educational leadership at IIM, Ahmedabad; IIM, Kolkata & ISB, Hyderabad

Participated in various televised debates & discussions on 21st Century School Education in India

Participated as a speaker at various workshops, summits & conferences on School Education organized by the Times of India, Deccan Chronicle, Digital Learning, Brainfeed publications as well as IIM

(Kolkata), CII & TIE

Authored a series of five textbooks on social studies for primary classes published & marketed by Allied Publishers

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Authored various articles & papers in a variety of newspapers, magazines & journals in India & other countries

Co-scholastic Activities

Trained in Hindustani Vocal Music & Rabindra Sangeet

Produced, directed & acted in various amateur English & Bengali Plays

Acted as a character artiste in a Telugu feature film – Collector Gari Baria

Actively involved in debating, quizzing & certain sports (cricket, football, basketball & table tennis) at the school & college levels

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