ITARI EBrochure 2016

Ms. Mala Palani
Head of Curriculum Development, ITARI
Ms. Mala Palani is a senior teacher trainer with rich experience in English Language Teaching
and Assessment Practices. Ms Palani has qualifications from several reputed Universities
and Colleges. Her PhD research submitted specializes on Testing and Assessment from
University of Leicester, UK. She holds an MA in ELT from University of Warwick, UK; M.Phil
and PGCTE from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad as well as TKT,
CIDTT and Delta from University of Cambridge, UK. She holds an MA in English Literature
from the University of Pune and a Bachelors of Arts and Education from Regional College
of Education, Mysore. She has been awarded a Fulbright IREX Teacher Excellence Award
from Chicho State University, California, USA.
Ms. Palani has worked with reputed IB and progressive schools across the country. She has
been a teacher educator training teachers in association with several reputed organizations
for the past 17 years. She is an accredited teacher trainer with the British Council, India;
Oxford Teachers’ Academy, UK; and Oxford University Press, India. Apart from training
she also enjoys writing. She has authored several popular school textbooks and teacher
training books published internationally. A few of her books used in Schools in SAARC
countries are the New Pathways Series, My English Folder, and Adventures with Grammar
and Composition (all published by the Oxford University Press).
At ITARI Ms. Palani is Academic Coordinator for the PGDIE programme. She is responsible
for curriculum development of existing and new academic courses and Teacher Executive
Programmes. She continues to research on Learner Motivation, Learner Autonomy and
Assessing for Learning.
Dr. Subhagata Chattopadhyay
Senior Faculty, ITARI
Dr. Subhagata Chattopadhyay is qualified with a Ph.D. in Information Technology, majoring
in Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning applications in healthcare, from Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur India. He pursued his postdoctoral research on Health
Information Systems and e-Health at the Australian School of Business, the University of
New South Wales, Sydney Australia. He worked in a multi-country-based project, namely
“e-Health for Healthcare Delivery for Developing Countries”, sponsored by World Health
Organization (WHO). Dr. Chattopadhyay received his M.Sc. (Bioinformatics) from Manipal
Academy of Higher Education (MAHE); Postgraduate diploma in Gynaecology (DGO) and
M.B.B.S from the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, Calcutta University. He had
practiced Gynaecology for more than a decade before turning his career into teaching and
research.
Dr. Subhagata Chattopadhyay worked as the Reader in Manipal Institute of Technology in
the department of Biomedical Engineering, Full Professor in School of Computing at National
Institute of Science and Technology, Orissa and headed two Engineering Institutes in West
Bengal. In his last assignment he worked at NationWide Primary Healthcare Services Pvt.
Ltd as the GM & Head of Pharmacy division and contributed in B2B development and
business growth. Dr. Chattopadhyay published over hundred research papers in various
international journals, conferences and books of reputes. He also has published a book,
namely “Advances in Therapeutic Engineering” (CRC Press, NY USA). Dr. Chattopadhyay
owns an Indian copyright for his innovative work on diagnostic software development for
the diagnosis of psychiatric diseases. Data Mining, Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence,
Expert Systems and Soft Computing remain his core research and teaching fields under
data analytics and uncertainty modeling. He joined ITARI in May 2016, and coordinates the
MA programme and the Teacher Executive Programmes (TEP), he is faculty on all other
Academic Courses offered at ITARI.
Ms. Anuradha Ghulati
Coordinator Curriculum and Pastoral Care, ITARI
Ms. Anuradha Ghulati is qualified with an M.B.A. from the Bharathiar University (affiliated
to the Madras University), and a B.Ed in English and Social Sciences from the Anamalai
University. She has teaching experience encompassing over 20 years in International as
well as National Curriculum Schools, across India. She has served at the Indus International
School in varying capacity for 10 years. She was initially deputed as a ‘Teacher Librarian’
for the PYP at Indus International School, Bangalore in 2006, and integrated the Library
curriculum from K-8 meeting the IBO standards, and graduated to be the Head of the
resource center. She then served in the PYP as a Grade Coordinator and IB PYP Teacher
successfully for over 3 years.
Ms. Anuradha was appointed as the Principal of the Indus International Community School
(IICS), Bangalore which she headed for 3 years. She has been responsible for the success of
the Community School in various areas including curriculum development, teacher training,
admissions, integrating technology platforms, parent involvement as well as research in
ESL and SEN. She has also worked in tandem with the Karnataka Spastic Society. Under
her leadership the Community School was awarded a special prize by the Karnataka State
Education Board for hundred percent Grade 10 results in very first year. Prior to joining Indus,
Ms. Anuradha served in the TechnoTurf Info Services (IBM) as a Course Coordinator for the
Avinashilingam Deemed University and was Faculty for Post Graduate and Undergraduate
Courses. She was responsible for training faculty heads of all disciplines. She has also
worked as a soft skills trainer for Edutech Info Services, Chennai and handled accounts like
TCS, Covansys and Southerland Technologies to name a few. She joined ITARI as Faculty
and Coordinator in March 2016. She teaches Communicative English, ESL and SEN on all
the academic programmes, coordinates curriculum projects, academic calendars, pastoral
care of trainee-teachers; and is in-charge of the ITARI resource center.
Dr. Anita Rao Mysore
Senior Faculty, ITARI
Dr. Anita Rao Mysore is qualified with a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, majoring in
Multicultural Education, from the University of Arkansas, USA. Her M.Ed. (specialization:
Educational Technology) and B.Ed. degrees are from Regional Institute of Education,
(NCERT), Mysore.
Anita was an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at University of Wisconsin-Parkside,
USA and taught undergraduate preservice teachers. As a Graduate Teaching Assistant
at the University of Arkansas, she taught postgraduates and undergraduates in the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She was Research Assistant-Curriculum at the
University of Arkansas Libraries and developed instructional resource materials for schools,
in association with teachers and students in the Northwest Arkansas region. Before her
departure to the US, Anita worked in Mysore city with K-12 students on a daily basis for
over a decade, as a Research Assistant, for studies in cultural psychology of US universities,
University of Michigan and Yale University respectively. More recently, she worked as a
faculty at ITARI for over three years, and after a sabbatical, rejoined in May 2016. Social
justice and equity issues are at the core of her teaching, research, and service or outreach
activities. Anita is Academic Coordinator of the PGCIE programme and is faculty for all
academic courses at ITARI.