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ABOUT US

Celebrating the teacher
since 2013

The story of TeacherTribe.world and the people behind it.

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'Thought seed of Dr. Kalam'

The story of TeacherTribe.world

The TeacherTribe.world is a thought seed of our beloved former President, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. It was on his advice, that Greycaps launched this portal on India’s Teacher’s Day in 2013.

TeacherTribe.world​ is a social initiative that strives to bring educators together to share thoughts, knowledge and to celebrate the teacher. It is India's first comprehensive online initiative for teachers and a part of the Knowledge Tribe. Our aspiration is to foster a thriving teaching community and build a teachers' ‘Tribe’. TeacherTribe.world was initially created as TheTeacher.in. After an overwhelming, enthusiastic patronage from our audience, we have graduated to TeacherTribe.world. With this goal, we have created several ways for educators to engage with us and with one another, consisting of various social media platforms, a website and a dedicated mobile app.

 

The initiative is dedicated to serve as a platform for teachers to share their knowledge, experiences, and best practices. The cornerstone of TeacherTribe.world is to build an active forum for learning and sharing, which will create a vast knowledge pool to aid teachers to leave a greater impact on the children they teach.

 

TeacherTribe.world will interact with schools and educational institutions through its many initiatives with the core aim of celebrating the teacher.

Our core aim is simple: celebrating the teacher.

2013

Launched on Teacher's Day​

TheTeacher.in

Our first name, now TeacherTribe.world​​​

Dedicated Teacher Platform’

A platform for teachers to share their knowledge, experiences and best practices.

Our Story
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Our Team

Our Team
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Giri Balasubramaniam (Pickbrain)

Quizmaster and Director, Greycaps

Giri Balasubramaniam, affectionately called Pickbrain, is an educator and noted quizmaster. His company, Greycaps, has pioneered educational initiatives across Asia catering to a staggering 16 million youngsters. As a quizmaster Giri has hosted over 4000 shows across 11 countries. He is well known TED speaker and orator. Seen every weekend on national television he is the famous host behind the Tata Crucible Quiz, the RBI Quiz, TCS IT Quiz to name a few. He is the only quizmaster in the world to have hosted quizzes at the iconic Royal Opera House, London. Mr.Giri was mentored by none less than Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President of India. Before becoming an educator he worked with top brands like The Economic Times and Walt Disney. He was also an Indian Administrative Fellow (IAF) advising the Dept. of Education, Government of Karnataka for close to 2 years. An alumnus of Harvard Business School (HBS), he is also a masters in Gandhian Philosophy. It was at one of his quiz shows that Dr. Kalam suggested the idea of a Teacher initiative and the need to ‘celebrate the teacher’. On his advice, TeacherTribe.world (then TheTeacher.in) was created by Pickbrain and his team, in 2013.

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Rashmi Furtado

Co-founder and Senior Editor

Rashmi is a charismatic young leader with a lot of passion for education and children, in particular. She is a well-known educator, quiz host and CoFounder of Teacher Tribe. Miss Furtado is a leading professional woman quiz host in Asia. She has hosted over 1750 quiz shows across 60 cities of India and overseas at Kuwait, Singapore and Dubai. She is popular for hosting Tata Crucible, the RBI Quiz, the Union Bank Quiz, IBPC Quiz Dubai, Canara Bank Quiz, TCSiON IntelliGem, the Rural IT Quiz, BPCL, Mindtree, Bluestar, TCS Inquizitive, Cognizant Quiz to name a few. She has the honour of being invited to Kuwait by the IIT IIM Alumni association to host quiz shows in that country, the only woman to have done that. She is featured in magazines and is a recipient of several awards, including a Business World 40 under 40 listing, the Women Economic Forum and Quiz Host of the year by SMX Business Networks. She is recognised a woman leader from IIM Calcutta by a leading magazine. She serves on the advisory board and on the corporate board of educational institutions and ed-tech companies. A TEDx speaker, she is a proud alumnus of NIT-K Surathkal and IIM Calcutta. A speaker, a trainer, she is an inspiration to many young girls.

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Varsha Prasad

Editor

Varsha Prasad is the Editor of the Teacher Tribe, started on the advise of former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. She is a Master's degree holder in Communication and a University topper both in her graduation and post-graduation. She passed out of her institute as the Best All-round student. Varsha has been part of the editorial team of the Global Awareness Program (GAP), for over a decade now. She has been part of national level programs for schools such as TCS Intelligem, HDFC Aspirations Quiz, RBI Quiz to name a few. She has been mentored by none less than Bala Sir, former Director Academics, CBSE. She is an advocate for women to give their best at whatever they do. She has been with Greycaps for over a decade having joined the team as a young college intern to grow to lead the content team. A voracious reader, she loves her comics, TV shows, fictional characters and treasures her book collection. Varsha is currently leading the TeacherTribe.world initiative and is a well-known face with the teacher community across India.

Our Columnists

Our Columnists

Renowned individuals and experts who write for TeacherTribe.

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Dr. Vivek Baliga

Cardiologist, Consultant Physician

Dr. Vivek Baliga B. is a consultant physician and cardiologist, and Director of Baliga Diagnostics in Jayanagar, Bengaluru. He is a keen advocate of patient education and loves to blog about all things health related. Learn more about him at https://drvivekbaliga.com/

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Aarti Tibrewala Darooka

Financial Literacy Advocate

A chartered accountant and MBA, Aarti is an entrepreneur and financial literacy advocate. She has over 15 years of combined experience in consulting, advisory and travel industries. A national ranker in CA, Aarti is a published author, who has written a plethora of books for children’s financial education and is currently helping build awareness for financial literacy for women through her platform, ‘Sthreedhan’. YouTube - @sthreedhan Facebook - @sthreedhan Instagram - @sthreedhan

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Ishita Verma

Educator

With 30 years of experience in the corporate sector and school education, Ishita is a sociology graduate, PGDCA and a gold medallist in Educational Management. Her true passion lies in being with children, animals and nature. She excelled at designing and implementing innovative and sustainability-driven curriculum for the students of the schools she headed and helped set up. Ishita has conducted several in-service training sessions for teachers and parents; sessions for the Gyan Sarovar Sahodaya Schools (Gujarat); as well as webinars, chapter reviews and chapter frameworks for Collins India.

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Bhavna Tandon

Founder, QEDRAK

Bhavna Tandon holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology, a Diploma in Fashion Designing and has 18 years of experience as an Educationist. She has successfully led a team of teachers to attain excellence while stressing upon holistic growth of students. Bhavna is well-versed and adept with the nuances of dealing with children, parents and staff for their mental well-being while working in one of the leading schools in the city of Vadodara. She has also lent her expertise in the development of academic curriculum, not just for generic schooling but also for students struggling with emotional, behavioral and academic concerns. In January 2021, she founded QEDRAK, with an aim to plug the gaps in school education by enabling School institutions for restructuring and aligning their operations to NEP 2020, as well as empowering teachers through the variety of QEDRAK professional development courses, workshops and webinars.

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Chetan Anand

Digital Trust Leader

Chetan Anand is a Digital Trust Leader and a National Cyber Security Scholar with more than two decades of professional experience. He has rich experience in industries such as IT, ITES, Fintech, Healthcare/Pharma, Manufacturing and R&D in various capacities including Technical, Managerial and Leadership roles. He is an EdTech expert and a thought leader with widely published contributions including peer-reviewed international and national journals. He volunteers with global organizations such as International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ISACA and The British Standards Institution (BSI) as well as national organizations such as Information sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Chetan actively engages with the academia, government, industry and the media. The type of volunteer work includes engaging in faculty development programs in colleges, conducting training and awareness sessions in colleges, mentoring professionals at all stages of their career, contributing to ISO standards development, writing articles and blogs for ISACA and the media, journals; reviewing whitepapers, articles, and journals; book reviews, reviewing conference papers and posters, performing cybercrime intervention, being a key note speaker and being a panel member in conferences, conclaves and round table discussions at national and international levels. Some of his key certifications include National Cyber Security Scholar, CCIO, CPEW, ICBIS, ICCP, ICOSA, CPDPO, NLSIU Privacy and Data Protection Laws, OneTrust Fellow of Privacy Technology, CDPSE, CAISP, CPISI, IRAM2, ISO 42001 LA, ISO 27001 LA, ISO 22301 LA, ISO 9001 LA, ISO 27701, ISO 31000, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, SQAM and Agile Scrum Master.​ Weblink: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetananand

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The Teachers Collective

Parul Mathur and Sangitha Krishnamurthi

The Teachers Collective aims to reframe inclusion in schools through building teacher capacity, offline and online through customized masterclasses and self-paced courses. They aim to create 1,00,000 inclusive educators in the next few years and can be reached at www.theteacherscollective.co.in

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Shravan Shetty

Career Coach

Shravan Shetty is an Alumnus of Ohio University. He is an accomplished career coach and speaks extensively on employability skills, augmenting career competen cies aligning to the future of work. He has designed, developed and deployed 3000 plus programs for educational institutions, Fortune 500 Companies as well as social sector organizations from Infosys, ITC, UNDP, UNICEF, United Nations to organizations such as TAPMI Business School, Monster Jobs Malaysia amongst others. ​ Shravan is an accredited Career Coach from NCDA, USA. He holds credentials in Transactional Analysis, NLP amongst others. He has served as jury member for Entrepreneurial and leadership programs for young people from schools, B-Schools to Aspiring Entrepreneurs. In 2023, he was shortlisted in amongst the Top 100 Future Leaders In 2023. He has addressed schools on careers and leadership across India & the Middle East. In 2024, he received the Thrive 2024 award for Social Impact. He runs a series of workshops titled ‘Career Compass’ for schools.

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