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Romey is a brilliant educator and an extraordinary human being. We are in awe of her
when we see her in action.

She has over 30 years of experience in education. She has  worked in conventional public education, in middle school level Montessori education, in the Sudbury model as a school founder and leader, and finally with EL Education, where she found her philosophical home.

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Apeksha is the Co-Founder of Tridha & Inodai, both exceptionally good Waldorf Schools in Mumbai.

She has two decades of experience in Waldorf Education and does year-long, intensive training for our teachers.

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Shailesh Aware & Abhay Bhatia of OOO Farms 

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Shailesh Aware & Abhay Bhatia of OOO Farms 

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Shailesh & Abhay have helped curate our Organic Farming Project. They are extremely busy with their fledgling venture, OOOFarms, and yet they give so much time to our project.

OOOFarms works with 800 farmers across 42 villages spanning 700kms of the Sahyadri Mountain range in Maharahstra.

They grow more than 300 varieties of indigenous food grains, fruits and vegetables

They are pioneers of the "Wild Food Festival" in Mumbai, where they make tasty dishes using 200 varieties of wild vegetables.

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Zoë is the Principal of B D Somani International School. She has been a crusader of child-centered, constructivist pedagogy her entire life.

She has worked at the extraordinary City and Country School, a 100-year old school, which is birth-place of the wooden building blocks program. She has been the Head of School for 16 years at Stevens Cooperative School, New jersey and the Principal of an international school in Myanmar.

Zoë has been a source of constant support and inspiration over the last 2-3 years. She has thrown open the doors of her school for our teachers (a rarity in India!!).

She is very committed to the idea of forming an alliance of progressive schools in Mumbai - a platform where teachers and leaders of these schools can learn from each other.

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Vijayam Ma'm is extremely humble and has a childlike curiosity. She deeply believes in the vision of The Polymath School.

She has been a Principal of one of the largest schools in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and then a Founder Trustee and Vice Chairperson of the Kerala Public Schools Trust in Jamshedpur, with 13 educational institutions under her

She has been honored with 6 National awards including The President of India‘s Award for teachers, the Sarvothama Acharya Award, Outstanding Woman Social Worker Award from FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry), the Akshaya Award for Tribal Education.

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Shweta is the Founder and CEO of Toybank, an NGO which helps disadvantaged children reclaim their childhood through play. Toybank just completed 15 years, a period during which it has impacted the lives of nearly 1,00,000 children, through more than 350 play centers.

Shweta started Toybank when she was just 21 years old. Her journey in bringing Toybank to this level is as inspiring as it is touching.

Both Shweta and her husband, Vikram, who also works full-time with Toybank, are dear friends, who have helped us keep our chins up during challenging times.

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Purvi is the Co-founder of Reniscience Education, an education consulting firm that promotes 21st century learning and teaching in and outside classrooms. She also works closely with the "I am a Teacher" teacher-training program.

She has done her PhD in Science Education from Teachers College Columbia University, and has worked as a "Community and Social Responsibility Coordinator" at the American School of Mumbai, a consultant with Kaivalya Education Foundation and as a Principal of an Akanksha Foundation School.

Children from our school have participated in her City as Lab (CaL) program - a unique city-based research project undertaken by school children for 3-4 months, which culminates in a one-day conference event.

Purvi is a very passionate educator and we have spoken and dreamt about starting a teacher-training program on Project-Based-Learning.

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Chris is the Head of Experiential Learning & Expeditions at the Heritage School, Gurgaon.  He has been a classroom teacher, a director of curriculum, and a head of school at Expeditionary Learning (EL) schools, and has been a practitioner of progressive education his entire life.

Chris is very passionate about bringing the EL-Education model to schools in India, especially schools with limited resources. He would like to use the The Polymath School as a proof-of-concept for EL Education in India.

Chris has three children (two daughters and a son). His wife Amy is the head of International Primary Program at Heritage and has over 20 years of experience in leading experiential and Project-Based-Learning (PBL) schools.