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An exemplary teacher, devoted to inclusiveness is what defines our guest speak - Ms.Neena Jacob . She personifies acceptance, inclusiveness and compassion. Lead by example is her motto. She is currently one of the trustees at The Sethu Foundation , Goa. The core focus of The Sethu Foundation is to bring many more children into the mainstream education. A trained architect at the J J School of Art, Neena chose education as her profession. She has impacted the lives of ~ 45,000

With an experience of 37 years in the teaching profession, Prof. Dr. Leena Chatterjee, retired in 2021. Celebrated and decorated, she ranks among the most popular faculties at IIM Calcutta. She has recently joined at BITSoM. Accidental Educator Prof. Leena Chatterjee never thought she would become a professor. Both parents were professional social workers. She learned the value of “being helpful”. Her father encouraged her to read books in sociology and psychology. She was

~ Written by Juili Dharmadhikari and Deepa Soman Mobile Breast Cancer Screening The Pink Ribbon Laleh Busheri leads Prashanti Cancer Care Mission (PCCM), Pune is a non-profit that works in the cause of breast cancer detection and treatment. At PCCM she and her Onco-surgeon husband, Dr. C. B Koppiker, provide needy patients free of cost treatment. Generous donors have helped PCCM put up world-class technology and amenities for diagnosis, biopsy, mammography, sonography, surger

Prof. Dilip Soman, Director, BEAR or Behavioural Economics in Action at Rotman , University of Toronto, is our Lumiere Learning Monday guest speaker on Monday 7th June 2021. He teaches a popular MOOC or Massive Open Online Course, Behavioural Economics in Action that has been attended by over 3 mn learners. What is Behavioural Economics and what makes it so popular? The new emerging discipline of behavioural economics is a combination of human behaviour, economics and various

Written By: Shruti Vishwanath and Deepa Soman Introduction: Covid turned our lives upside down. Loss and the inability to meet, grieve and mourn for our departed. Talking, telling stories of our loved ones, celebrating their lives, is what we need. When Dr. Sushama Ramchandani spoke of her mother's passing, she had stories waiting to be told, Torchbearer mother, ahead of her generation, conventional, playing her domestic roles and doing what she felt she need to do - social w