Dr. Gururaj Karajagi is a renowned
educationist, published researcher,
curriculum designer, columnist, writer,
and TV personality. He has served as a
member of the State Resource Group (SRG)
for the implementation of Total Quality
Management (TQM) in the colleges of
Karnataka.
Dr. Karajagi was a long-time Principal of
the V.V.S. First Grade College for Women,
Bangalore and a Director of the V.V.S.
Academic and Administrative College,
Bangalore; the founder Principal and
Academic Director of the Jain International
Residential School, Bangalore, as well as
the founder Director of the International
Academy for Creative Teaching (ACT),
Bangalore.
Through ACT, Dr. Karajagi has been
instrumental in building over 40 high quality
schools worldwide. His areas of interest
include Creativity, Creative & Critical
Problem Solving Skills, Communication
skills, Motivation, Work Ethics and Human
Values.
Dr. Vidya Shetty is a teacher of English
literature, education and linguistics; and a trainer, writer, curriculum designer
and researcher with administrative
and managerial experience in school
and collegiate education, curriculum
development and implementation.
Starting as a lecturer at St. Agnes College,
Mangalore, Dr. Shetty later had illustrious
tenures as the Principal of Presidency
Schools, the Director of the Presidency
Group of Institutions, Bangalore; Principal of
Presidency College; and Director of Manipal
K-12 Education and Director-Academics for
Pearson Schools.
Dr. Shetty has designed a unique Humanities
programme for Shrishti School for Art,
Design and Technology, and developed the
EFL and ESL programme for foreign learners.
Presently, she is also the Editor-in-chief of MENTOR magazine,
and a Director for Edumedia India Pvt. Ltd.
An experienced, practicing educator and textbook author of 30 years, Mr. Kaisar Dopaishi has developed productive student-focused environments
to maximize learning experiences in
international/public residential/day
schools.
Mr. Dopaishi has been in leadership
positions in renowned residential
schools such as Barnes school(Devlali),
Sherwood College(Nainital) and Kodaikanal
International School. He is part of the IB
examination body, the accreditation team
for IB & Middles States Association of
Schools and Colleges, and a Philadelphia
workshop leader for IB Economics and general pedagogy.
Mr. Dopaishi has worked in the American High School Diploma, IGCSE, ICSE and ISC areas. He received the 12th Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi National Award for his outstanding contribution to education by the National Education Society & Saraswathi Vidya Bhavan.