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Who We Are & What We Do

We develop purpose-driven curriculum strategies ​to facilitate transdisciplinary and collaborative creative practices, empowering teachers, students and arts professionals across India.

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Our Vision

Our vision is to rethink the relevance of the arts in society and facilitate insight, discernment, innovation, and imagination that stems from a rich creative education. We aim to cultivate acts of arts-based and critical self- refinement and transform arts integrated education across India. 

 

We aim to empower education professionals and develop a framework of evidence-based creative education practices in applied theatre, the visual arts, storytelling, literature and music and create an inclusive, supportive environment for educators of all backgrounds and abilities to innovate approaches, engage students  and drive meaningful future impact across Indian education communities.

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Our Mission

Our goal is to transform education in India, empowering teachers, educators, schools and tertiary institutions with customised resources and tools that foster and encourage curiosity, creative thinking, teaching innovation, and transdisciplinary learning in the classroom and beyond.

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Values

Promoting Diversity 

Fostering a supportive environment for educators and embracing the  varied pedagogic, linguistic and cultural contexts in the country

Inspiring Creativity

Cultivating arts integration initiatives that increase knowledge of core disciplines and fostering a greater understanding and appreciation of the fine and performing arts.

Engaging Community 

Centralising collaborative creative practices, problem-solving across disciplines and community engaged learning

Innovating Curricula

Research-driven solutions reflecting current developments in education, promoting practical outcomes, social responsibility and empasising the cognitive and academic benefits of arts education

Developing Leaders

Furthering the research and practice of arts-integrated learning in South Asian education. Bringing together national and global disciplinary specialists and developing a vibrant professional community in the field

Leadership Team & Advisory Board

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Surekha Dey

Founder/Director

Storytelling, Poetry, Applied Theatre in Education

Chetna Malhotra

Advisory Board Member

Applied Theatre in Education

Annu Dey

Co-Founder / Advisory Board Member

Visual Art & Mental Health

Asish Dey

Co-Founder / Advisory Board Member

Visual Art & Mental Health

Abhishek Goswami

Advisory Board Member

Applied Theatre in Education

Jeeva Raghunath

Advisory Board Member

Storytelling in Education

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Education 

Rethinking and transforming education, empowering educators, parents and students through customised solutions that meet India-specific educational needs through innovative arts-integration across disciplines

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