Profile Summary
I am an educator, teaching coach, writer and a nonprofit leader, dedicated to transforming education through inclusion, empathy, and learner-centered practices. Drawing from diverse background in engineering, management, and education, as well as personal experience as a parent of a child with autism, I champion the rights of neurodivergent learners and promote holistic, context-sensitive approaches to education for everyone.
I am a strong advocate for neurodiversity, inclusive education, and non-standardized learning. I believe we need to create and promote accessible alternatives to test-driven systems, emphasizing emotional development, autonomy, and real-world engagement.
Currently, I lead Farm Hill Education Trust (FHT), a non-profit working in the areas of education, neurodiversity and community. Through FHT, we run Subodha Learning Community, a homeschool support center and Sambhavam Center for Autism, an early intervention center, in Bangalore. We also run Farm Hill Learning, a neurodiverse, close to nature learning community, near Hosur.
I write and translate children’s literature in Telugu and English. I also write educational content promoting empathy, inclusion, and educational reform.
I envision a world where education systems celebrate diversity and uphold the dignity of every learner. My work aims to create safe, affirming spaces for children often underserved by mainstream models, paving the way for more compassionate and effective approaches to learning.
Formerly, I was lecturer in electrical engineering, a management consultant and an ed-tech product manager. I have an MBA from IIM Bangalore and I am currently (2024-26) pursuing an M.A. in Education at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) with a focus on philosophy and sociology of education.
Experience
Farm Hill Learning is an inclusive, neuro-diverse community of teachers, parents and students learning together in a close to nature setting. Since 2018, we have acquired a farm and built the infrastructure and the organization needed to run a learning community. As of 2025, we work with a neurodiverse population of about 15 families. At Farm Hill Learning, I teach Mathematics, Economics, Physics and History across grade levels. I also recruit teachers and coach teachers and parents.
Subodha Learning Community is a support center for learners on the autism spectrum, based in Bangalore. At Subodha, we support neurodiverse learners and their families through education, employment and life.
Sambhavam is an early intervention center for autism, based in Bangalore. At Sambhavam, we work with families living with autism, delivering early intervention, counselling, and consulting.
At Farm Hill, I raise funds, recruit, train and manage the academic as well as support teams, and run the overall operations of the organization.
As consultant – evaluation and monitoring, I visited government schools across the state, interacted with various project teams and delivered periodic reports on project status and provided implementation feedback for the various project agencies.
At TIDE, I worked across areas like strategy, product design and operations, bringing together my experience as a consultant, manager, and educator.
Over the next four years, I sold the product, interfaced with the customers, ran an operations team, recruited, trained, and managed people in the operations team and sales team and so on. I left in 2016 to start my own venture.
Towards the end of the year, I joined as a Center Manager at the IMS Koramangala center. In 2011, I went back to consulting.
In 2010, I left consulting to be an Autism Dad.