Meet our Co-founders
Kavita Gupta Sabharwal
Founder & Managing Trustee,Neev Schools
Priti Anand
Director,Neev Early Years
Teacher Training Institute Leadership team
The first step for the success of the institute is building a strong team that leads the change. The team will consist of educators par excellence with a desire to make an impact in the changing world of education, exhibiting leadership capabilities.
This core team will initially constitute of 4 people to start up:
- To define the strategic purpose of the Training Institute, plan and execute through a capable, committed, high-integrity team and a growing network of trainers across the country and world.
- An able administrator with a desire to lead a high performing team.
- A Teacher Mentor who understands different teaching strategies and learning styles.
- To guide trainers and teachers on implementing their learning of pedagogy and knowledge in the classroom, executing courses themselves and through others. An individual who understands, assimilates, translates and creates the modules for knowledge; teaching and learning strategies.
- Must be active teachers or trainers currently demonstrating deep and progressive teaching practise in the Early Years and Primary Years age group, with a hands-on approach.
- An individual who understands, assimilates, translates and creates the modules for knowledge; teaching and learning strategies for the Early and Primary classroom practices.
- To guide trainers and teachers on implementing their learning of pedagogy and knowledge in the classroom, executing courses themselves and through others. An individual who understands, assimilates, translates and creates the modules for knowledge in their areas of expertise; teaching and learning strategies.
- Must be active teachers or trainers currently demonstrating deep and progressive teaching practise in the Middle and High school age group, with a hands-on approach.
- An individual who understands, assimilates, translates and creates the modules for knowledge; teaching and learning strategies for the middle and high school classroom practices.
Eligibility:
- Candidates must have a Master’s Degree or Doctorate in Education or Education leadership from a leading Overseas or Indian university, with global exposure and at least 10+ years of practice as an Educator, Mentor, and Trainer.
KAVITA GUPTA SABHARWAL
Founder & Managing Trustee - Neev Schools
Kavita’s professional experience till 2002 was largely in corporate strategy and finance functions she headed for one of India’s largest publicly listed firms, Lupin Pharmaceuticals. She switched to education after frustrations with pre-school education for her own children - starting Neev in 2005 with a vision to avoid the extremes (overly academic/overly unstructured) and strike the right balance for overall early childhood development. This vision then moved to starting a grade school which works with the programmes of the International Baccalaureate. Besides the teacher training institute, Kavita also aims to start a community school for under-privileged children bringing Neev’s education to impact children across socio-economic strata.
With a Master’s Degree in Biotechnology from Mumbai University, she completed part of the MBA programme at Harvard Business School before returning to restructure the family business.
An avid reader, who believes in the power of books to change lives, Kavita is also cofounder of the Neev Literature Festival, that aims to grow and recognise the impact of children's literature in India, through multiple initiatives, including the Neev Book Award.
Priti Anand
Director - Neev Early Years
Priti comes from a family where many have been in the field of education. She started her career as a teacher when she was 20 years old after completing her BEd from Delhi University’s Lady Irwin College. After 5 years of teaching she travelled and lived abroad in Ireland and US for a few years, finally settling in Bangalore in 2001
She has been with Neev since Neev started in 2005 and is committed to the mission and vision of Neev and works towards putting Neev on the global map for bringing the best global practices in Early years keeping it contextual to our country India.
Kavita and Priti will continue to build the vision of Neev in their existing leadership roles, while providing the vision for the teacher training institute, which will have its own full time leadership team.
