01/02/2015 To Whom It May Concern: I am writing a letter of recommendation for Mrs. Vishakha Subodh Deshpande to be considered for your Emerging Leaders competition. Vishakha has had an outstanding career in the Early Years sector. She has dedicated her life to the pursuit of bringing holistic and appropriately researched best practices to Early Years education in Maharashtra and other states in India. Although she is well known in Maharashtra for her significant contribution to Education, she has also trained many teachers from other states outside of Maharashtra in the principles of effective early years pedagogy. She has trained over 3,000 teachers as part of her work with Grammangal. This work also includes extensive research and curriculum design and delivery. Her work with the Maharashtra Bal Shikshan Parishad (MBSP) is another major contribution to the field. This organization is committed to providing low income earners and tribals educational resources and facilities to enable them to access future levels of education. 2001 she has been a very active member and participant in the World Forum Foundation on Early Childhood Care & Education, Redmond, WA, USA. She has presented papers in Athens, Auckland, Montreal, Kuala Lumpur and Honolulu on brain research and early years education as well as compatible curriculum design, creativity and social dimensions which affect early years education. Her current work with Gokul Kidz Pvt. Ltd. provides her with an opportunity to share her valuable years of research and practice with a global audience. She is currently the Lead Curriculum Developer and Operations Manager for an international company dedicated to providing best practices in education for the early years. This works involves local interactions and training teachers to implement the curriculum both in India and abroad. Vishakha has worked in the industry for almost three decades. She is relentless in her mission to expose young children to age appropriate curriculum and to serve the all round needs of the individual which include the intellectual, social, physical, emotional and spiritual domains. In order to achieve this, she continues her work with various organizations to keep this agenda alive. I thoroughly recommend Vishakha as a suitable candidate for an Emerging Leader role in our society. Yours sincerely, Prana O’Sullivan (B.A, Dip. Ed, Grad. Dip TESSOL, M.Ed. University of Melbourne)
01/02/2015 To Whom It May Concern: I am writing a letter of recommendation for Mrs. Vishakha Subodh Deshpande to be considered for your Emerging Leaders competition. Vishakha has had an outstanding career in the Early Years sector. She has dedicated her life to the pursuit of bringing holistic and appropriately researched best practices to Early Years education in Maharashtra and other states in India. Although she is well known in Maharashtra for her significant contribution to Education, she has also trained many teachers from other states outside of Maharashtra in the principles of effective early years pedagogy. She has trained over 3,000 teachers as part of her work with Grammangal. This work also includes extensive research and curriculum design and delivery. Her work with the Maharashtra Bal Shikshan Parishad (MBSP) is another major contribution to the field. This organization is committed to providing low income earners and tribals educational resources and facilities to enable them to access future levels of education. 2001 she has been a very active member and participant in the World Forum Foundation on Early Childhood Care & Education, Redmond, WA, USA. She has presented papers in Athens, Auckland, Montreal, Kuala Lumpur and Honolulu on brain research and early years education as well as compatible curriculum design, creativity and social dimensions which affect early years education. Her current work with Gokul Kidz Pvt. Ltd. provides her with an opportunity to share her valuable years of research and practice with a global audience. She is currently the Lead Curriculum Developer and Operations Manager for an international company dedicated to providing best practices in education for the early years. This works involves local interactions and training teachers to implement the curriculum both in India and abroad. Vishakha has worked in the industry for almost three decades. She is relentless in her mission to expose young children to age appropriate curriculum and to serve the all round needs of the individual which include the intellectual, social, physical, emotional and spiritual domains. In order to achieve this, she continues her work with various organizations to keep this agenda alive. I thoroughly recommend Vishakha as a suitable candidate for an Emerging Leader role in our society. Yours sincerely, Prana O’Sullivan (B.A, Dip. Ed, Grad. Dip TESSOL, M.Ed. University of Melbourne)
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