
Mrs. Sheelu Rao
Ms. Sheelu Rao is a Gold Medalist in Master’s in Education and Diploma in Educational Management and Computer Software Techniques. She started as a teacher educator in KJ Somaiya College of Education, Training and Research, Mumbai and later became the Principal of Anand Niketan, an Experimental School in Ahmedabad.
In 2008, she founded Disha for Education Development and Centre for Initiatives in Science and Environment Education. Through her organization, she has reached out to students and teachers to bring in progressive changes in the educational sphere. Her Hands-on Minds-on approach to teaching science has been well-received in the learning community. She has conducted workshops for organizations like the Azim Premji Foundation (APF), GMR Foundation, and Promise Foundation in association with Sutradhar.
At ACT, she heads the Academic Handholding department, which focuses on whole-school development.
She is a passionate trainer having conducted more than 400 workshops for teachers and students.