The Group
Aditya Pandya was part of the Post School programme at the Valley School. He then completed a two-year Foundation course in Art and Design from Srishti, Bangalore. He is at Shibumi part-time, teaching Art and English, pursuing Art independently the rest of the time.
Angela Jain has a B.Sc. in Chemistry and has studied at both Centre for Learning and The Valley School, where she was part of the Post-school Programme. She has had some experience teaching at Sahyadri School (KFI) and The Valley School, and is interested in exploring ways of learning and teaching science. She loves photography and books.
Kabir Jaithirtha B.Sc. PGDM (I.I.M. Calcutta) is a Trustee of the Krishnamurti Foundation, India, and is currently the Director of Rajghat Besant School(KFI). He has over 30 years of experience as teacher and administrator in KFI schools and CFL.
Kamala Subramaniam has a post graduate degree in education. She has taught in schools in Madras, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad, as well as The Valley School, Bangalore, where she worked for over a decade. Centre for Learning began with eight students in her home. She is a trustee of Shibumi, and though she will not be teaching, she will be deeply involved in many other ways.
Roopa Devadasan is a Public health doctor who turned into a yoga teacher after twelve years of practising medicine. She has been teaching science and yoga to children for the last five years. She enjoys children (most of the time!), music and cycling.
Sangeetha Gowra loves, among many other things, teaching Literature to school children. She has Masters degree in Literature, and has taught children of various age groups in the last few years. She has been teaching English to high school students at The Valley School since 2005.
Shalini Sekhar finished her schooling at The Valley School. She is currently doing a degree in Mathematics and Economics through the external programme offered by the London School of Economics and London University. Among other things, she teaches Mathematics and songs, and handles the library and website at Shibumi.
Sharad Jain finished his schooling at CFL and was part of the Post-school programme at The Valley School. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of Delhi. Currently he teaches sports and Hindi at the Valley School. Sports/fitness and theatre are his prime areas of interest.
Tanushree Borundia completed her A levels at CFL and went on to obtain a Bsc in Psychology through the Madras University. Her keen interest in education and love for children lead her to many non-formal schools, where she explored education as a way of life.
Usha Mukunda studied English literature in Calcutta and later took a post graduate degree in Library
Science from the Bangalore University. She worked at The Valley School and CFL, exploring ways of bringing
about an appreciation of books and reading. She is a trustee of Shibumi, and is deeply involved with the school.
Vijaya Lakshmi Jaithirtha has a Ph.D in English Literature and has taught middle and senior classes in Krishnamurti schools for more than 25 years. She is currently co-ordinating a vertical group of ages 13 to 16 at The Valley School. The key feature of this self study programme is learning at the students’own pace, thus enabling them to take a public examination when they are ready.
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