As a part of Teach For India’s 3400+ strong Alumni network reaching 33 million children in India, these former Fellows are bringing a positive change throughout the country
Mumbai, 8th March 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact continues to exhibit its looming presence across the world, along with its uncertainty. Its worst impact has been on emerging economies. The most severely affected are children from low-income backgrounds who may have been pushed into child labour and might not be able to return to schools if conditions don’t improve. A UNESCO assessment estimates the decrease in enrolment at 11 million globally, at the primary and secondary levels indicating an unprecedented learning crisis. As a country with the world’s largest youth population, this is a concern for India’s economy. The World Bank puts the long-term economic impact of pandemic led learning loss at $400 billion for India.
India’s agents of change
More than 3400 Teach For India Alumni are reaching more than 33 million children - that's 1 in 10 children in India - at various levels of the system from schools, communities to governance and policy - level initiatives. More than 77% Alumni continue to serve in the social sector, a commitment that is fueled by belief.
On International Women’s Day, here are some women leaders that are making a difference.
Jasmine Sachdev
Jasmine has been in the education sector for 7 years. After the Teach For India Fellowship, she worked as a teacher with Ark (Peepul) and has been a Coach for Teach For India’s teacher training program Firki. She is also a theatre artist and has worked on small projects with the Roundhouse and Arts for Social Change India. Currently, Jasmine is working on Project Anjuman with Creatnet Education and the Delhi Government which aims to build creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication in children through visual and performing arts. She studies Drama and Movement Therapy in London.
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Tanvi Metre
Tanvi Metre is an Economics graduate, a Teach For India Alumnus and a founding team member of iTeach Schools. iTeach operates free and high quality secondary schools serving students from the most disadvantaged households, in a private-public partnerships model in Pune and Delhi. Starting her career as a teacher, Tanvi then went on to set up iTeach's Development and Communications vertical. Since 2017, she leads the ten-member iTeach Student Alumni Wing (SAW), which provides essential support to 900+ iTeach Schools' graduates - ensuring that they make their way to and through college.
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Kimberly Fernandes
Kim has worked in education and development for close to a decade. Their experience in the field includes teaching K-12 students and young adults, teacher training, curriculum development and monitoring and evaluation. They have Masters degrees in Statistics and Measurement from the University of Pennsylvania and International Education Policy from Harvard's Graduate School of Education. Kim's current work is focused on early childhood development and disability. They are currently pursuing a joint doctoral degree in education and anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. https://www.linkedin.com/in/
Ramya Krishnan
Ramya worked as a Team Lead at Central Square Foundation where she handled the strategy and execution of CSF’s philanthropic investments. After working at IBM for 2 years, she joined the Fellowship in 2015. She hopes to build digital systems that improve communication, administration and analytics of learning outcomes.
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Shaan Suhas Kumar
Shaan is a beauty pageant titleholder, educator, environmentalist and filmmaker. She holds the title of Miss Earth - India 2017 and is a Teach For India Alum. She is also a Climate Reality Leader, a Climate Tracker South Asia Fellow. Shaan is the State Ambassador for the World Wide Fund for Nature's Earth Hour. She currently leads outreach and selection of participants for Wedu Global in the Asian Region.
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Shreya Krishnan
Shreya was a practicing Architect and worked in Ed-Tech prior to joining Teach For India. Post her Fellowship, she co-founded The Better Design Foundation (TBDF) in 2019. The organization aims to create equitable development opportunities for the underserved through human-centered design.
Through co-creation with students, TBDF creates improved learning environments that contribute positively to psycho-social and academic outcomes in students while allowing teachers to employ a variety of strategies. https://www.thebetterdesign.
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To read more about the Impact that Teach For India Alumni are making, read the 2009 - 2021 Impact Report here.
About Teach For India
Teach For India’s Fellowship places outstanding working professionals and college graduates as Fellows - who work full-time as teachers for two years in low-income and under-resourced schools. With operations in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Bangalore, Teach For India has over 900 Fellows impacting more than 32,000 children across the country. Post Fellowship, they join a growing movement of over 3400+ Alumni working at all levels of the education sector. A part of the global Teach For All network of 59 countries, with a shared vision of an excellent education for all children, Teach For India’s mission is to end educational inequity in India by creating a strong pipeline of driven, skilled talent within the educational ecosystem. https://www.
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