Committed to learning,
re-learning, and reworking

Sharel believes that children are at the center of the learning experience, empowered by dreams, and equipped with skills to become life-long learners. At Vedanya she provides each learner with an educational experience that engenders excellence and an all-round development. Fostering inquiry and empowering students with skills, courage and optimism to pursue their dreams is her passion. At Vedanya, she is building an environment for innovation, academic excellence, creativity, and nurturing values to make learning a fulfilling exercise.

Kanika has an optimistic eye for life and as an educator enjoys to work with students to meet their fullest potential. Kanika’s philosophy stems from the belief that every child is unique, and they learn and thrive at their own pace. Creating stimulating learning environment, incorporating diverse and hands-on materials and helping children to design new educational experiences, are just the few areas in which she excels. Having collaborated with a Japanese school she has acquired skills befitting a global perspective.

At Vedanya, she is working alongside her peer group to develop life-altering traits, novel teaching techniques and leadership qualities, to enhance the collaborative pursuits for the learners.

Storyteller by passion, Divya strongly believes in Albert Einstein’s thought that “Curiosity is more important than Knowledge.” There can be no better way than stories, to inculcate this curiosity – What will happen next? How? When? As a trained and certified Story and Phonics educator for over 7 years, she has been engaged with ideating, curating and conducting Edu-dramas to ignite creativity and imagination in little hearts. To hone on the innate curiosity to wonder and explore the realm around, Divya loves the world of young minds and hearts. From language skills, and value skills, to empowering children with a thrill to learn, she is excited about new horizons and new destinations at Vedanya. Her journey with several milestones has just begun.

A passionate Montessorian, a trained learner, Juhi indulges in safe, happy spaces for children to take ownership of their own learning. Experienced in working with young minds during foundation years, she advocates learning through play. For her, a child’s favourite toy is a book. It creates a world of dreams, of rabbit holes and chocolate factories; of the little boy who never grew up and the young girl who became a fairy. At Vedanya, Juhi embarks on holding the tiny fingers of the learners and leading them into an environment of words, colour, ideas and creation. She wishes to ignite curiosity and joy in the hearts of all children, for the road that lies ahead of them.

A spirit of inquiry and curiosity in learning have been the two tenets that Swati has vowed in her teaching- learning journey which is nearly a decade old. Se truly reflects the Vedanya philosophy of being a learner forever as she lives by the adage cited by Benjamin Franklin: “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” As a teacher, she advocates the process of learning being more important than just the end result that accrues. The classroom is her space and boundaries are broken in the quest for new truths and dreams. Swati with her positivity and strong family values comes to share these invaluable traits with her peer group and learners. Her penchant for reading and love for music finds a perfect blend in her role as a homeroom teacher for the little ones at Vedanya.

A certified Montessori teacher, IT professional and a post graduate in Business administration, Dhwani Grover stacks an experience of over 15 years in the field of education. Her natural inclination towards education saw her shift from the corporate to the academic world. Her association with a renowned preschool in Gurgaon, for over a decade, helped in developing her interest areas and enhancing her skills. A learner at heart, she revels in the arena of learning through the play way method and the magic of exploration. Her warm personality has not only been welcoming amongst children but also comforting for first time parents. Her varied interests include helping underprivileged children to learn the rudiments of reading and writing under the aegis of a Gurgaon based NGO. Dhwani derives inspiration from nature. The simple art of growing a plant embodies care, patience and empathy, qualities that she believes every individual needs to nurture. As an educator for the little learners at Vedanya, Dhwani brings in knowledge coupled with fervour in her journey within our happy space.

Shambhavi switched from being a fingerprint expert to being an educator and has not looked back since then. Vibrant and energetic, she brings in a lot of vitality into her classroom with the learners. Her belief that 'If a child can't learn the way we teach, we should teach the way they learn’, is what guides her in her endeavour to create a happy learning atmosphere around. At Vedanya, she enhances language acquisition through expression, creativity, music, and movement

"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive; but to be young was very heaven." This Wordsworthian line truly reflects the delight that Medha brings into a classroom full of kids. She loves to be one among them and one for them. With books and colours and paint brushes and clayey fingers she enjoys indulging children to become active learners of their own choosing. With a ready smile and a cheerful face she is beside the children as they pick up new skills or scale up old ones. Patient and soft- spoken Medha brings her youthful spirit to Vedanya Flower Valley to help spread a joy of togetherness in learning.

A passionate artist, who believes in practical learning and expression of art through emotions is a creative teacher to the core. Helping learners to give expressions to their thoughts and feelings is her belief and she works with sensitivity to explore all avenues of artistic expressions of such emotions. At Vedanya, Sweta is building close bonds with the children through artistic hues and powerful images.

Books are special. Each book has a special smell, a unique feel and an exceptional thrill that nothing else has. Ask a librarian and she will tell you that story. Romi, is an eager explorer having moved in and around books for nearly 14 years of her life. She enjoys supporting children in identifying that special book that they are looking for. She thrives in collaborating with teachers to choose that title which provides the thrill of learning. She also revels in curating resources for the academic team to nurture the joy of reading and sharing. At Vedanya, Romi will sustain our Learning Resource Centre and make it a happy, inviting place for all curious minds.Pratik believes that each child is born with a scientific curiosity and a maker-mindset that can be nurtured into powerful 21st-century skills.

‘I chose the road less travelled by, and that has made the difference.’ Inspired by Frost, a young man, set himself free from judgements about who could or could not be a teacher, started doing bouncing babies, a mother-toddler programme and speech and drama classes with music in 2004, right after graduation. This programme along with the training from Julia Gabriel and experiences across Intellitots and Klay, led Manu to embark on this fun-filled journey and he is now with us at Vedanya. He strongly believes that children both girls and boys need to be exposed to male role models who are nurturing and caring so that some of the existing stereotypes can be broken.

Arun Chahal is a physical therapist and a personal trainer with more than 12 years of experience. He believes, that fitness is just not a goal but a lifestyle. He specializes in movement-based training, TRX, TP Therapy, Dynamax Med Ball and YBELL fitness. As a coach, he helps young enthusiasts develop their athletic performance, rehabilitation and movement-based training. He has trained over 1000 individuals across age groups.

Ritu is an educationist and RCI certified counsellor with a rich plate of experience in teaching and counselling. She believes that each one of us can achieve our true potential when we put in a wholehearted effort. An IIT Delhi alumnus, her professional journey began as a research associate in the chemical industry from where she moved, carved her own path, dictated by her passion for working with children and understanding human behaviour. She gradually transitioned to counselling after acquiring professional training from National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development. As a counsellor she works with children, adolescents, and adults empowering them to deal with concerns like anger, anxiety, emotional regulation, stress, and grief. Ritu has worked in various school environments from elementary through higher education in different capacities and countries. She is a strong advocate for the social-emotional wellbeing of children and adolescents. At Vedanya, Ritu collaborates, consults, strategizes and guides parents, teachers, and other stakeholders to support children reach their potential.

Born and brought up in Delhi NCR, Sumit received training in various western dance forms like contemporary, street jazz, funk, hip-hop, lyrical jazz as well as Ballet. A professional dancer for over 10 years, he is exceptionally talented coupled with a vast knowledge about dance styles and intricacies of varied dance movements. His passion has brought him to Vedanya, where his energy and verve will inspire our learners to be expressive and lively.

Early Childhood educator, Communication specialist, Comic Book creator, Eco-Warrior, SowGood facilitator, animal and Insect lover... Chai wears many hats on any given day. Her favourite hat, though, is the one she wears on every visit to Vedanya...that of a learner. Every experience with her encourages a spirit of enquiry and helps us learn about the world around us and, more importantly, about the world within.

The only certified Capoeira expert in Delhi, Shiva aims not only to impart the knowledge and skill of Capoeira, but also to learn from his students in the process. He provides a unique age and gender-agnostic group-based, arts and skills programme in an inclusive non-competitive format.

Pragati Chaswal, founder of SowGood Farming in 2017, believes that when learners connect with nature, they learn to appreciate life. It is a learning farm for children, by children.

She has worn many hats as an Ex-advertising professional, urban farmer, dog lover, integral education evangelist, promoter of nature-friendly living and more.

Her passion for farming bloomed when she started growing plants with her son as a simple learning exercise and observed he learnt more by connecting with nature than reading from books.

Through the whole journey of a seed to building farm essentials like chairs, choolah for cooking or huts, she has helped foster qualities like patience, drive, resilience, co-existence, intuition, teamwork and gratitude as first-hand experiences in her innumerable learners over the years.

At Vedanya, she is bringing our vision of sustainability come to life and engage each learner in the process of nurturing ‘Nature’.

With over 20 years of teaching Capoeira to disciples of all ages, Reza MAssah a.k.a Prof. Baba has founded the Centre for Capoeira India, the first Capoeira Academy in the country, in Mumbai. He initially learnt Capoeira in Israel and later travelled to Brazil, Germany and Russia to master the art form. In Capoeira, Prof. Baba provides a unique age and gender-agnostic group-based fitness, arts and skills programme in an inclusive non-competitive format.