Vinita
Shah
Vinita is a founder of the Teach India Project.
She was born in India and lived and worked there until she
came to the US. She is
an author, cook, number cruncher and eternal optimist.
The internet, development policy, current affairs and global
business intrigue and move her.
Pallavi Datar
Pallavi is interested in Global studies and the impact of social
networking on children's education.
As a founder of the Teach India Project she hoped to create
an online resource for information about India which would appeal to
children as well as educators. As a finance professional Pallavi
watches and tends our bottom lines.
Steve
Preston
Steve Preston is a retired elementary school principal.
He is also the president of The Burlington (Massachusetts) Community
Scholarship Foundation . He is interested in promoting Global
Education , especially the history and culture of South Asia. His
goal in joining the Teach India Project was to find the means to
send educators to India.
Aruna
Varshney
I came to U.S.A. thirty years ago with my husband. I
have been teaching in Shishubharati for last twenty years.
Shishubharati is the
Tara
Olshaw
Fourth Grade Teacher Burlington MA
Has the
greatest job, hanging out with fourth graders, inspiring her to
explore the world and learn every day.
Teaches diverse students from
many corners of the earth; using global awareness lesson plans that
open the world to her students.
During the summer months you can find her reading memoirs,
take classes or traveling with study groups throughout the world.
Jing Ting Wee
Ting is from Singapore. She has lived in
Boston for seven years-- four at Boston College, one working at a
private elementary school in Newton, and two at Simmons College
where she recently completed her M.A. in English. She hopes to teach
high school English and supports the Boston Celtics (who were sadly
ousted by the Heat this eleventh year of the second millenium).
Meenal Pandya, Sumita Sinha, Amitabha Deb, Suman Shah