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Meet the Faculty

Leadership Team

 
Head of Academy Dr Jonathan Long
Deputy Head of the Academy, Pastoral Care Jeffrey Anthony Doerfler
PA to Head of Academy Vaishali Purohit
Principal, Senior School Koel Ray
Principal, Junior School Sreelatha Kumar
Dean of Academics Neeraja Nibhanupudi
Dean of Students Suresh Madhavan
Head of Finance Mukul Vashishatha
Dean of Experiential Learning

Vlad Gogelescu

 

 

Admissions

 
Dean of Admissions Arjun Puri
Manager, Admissions Pramoditha Jamalpur
Admissions cum Events Officer Zareen Hashmi
   

Senior School Faculty

 
Principal, Senior School Koel Ray
PA to Senior School Principal Deepa Hitange
Assistant to Dean of Students-cum-Student Life Coordinator Nilesh Talaulicar
   
Coordinators/Counsellors/SEN/Fellows  
Academic Development Coordinator Joanne Gogelescu
Diploma Programme Coordinator Sudipta Roy
Associate Diploma Programme Coordinator Dr Sujana Veeramachaneni
Theory of Knowledge Coordinator Sudeep Ghosh
Creativity, Activity, Service Coordinator Venkat Reddy
Middle Years Programme (MYP) Coordinator Meenakshi Joshi
Head of Middle Years Rajesh Kayiprath
MYP Personal Project Coordinator Chandrabhan Yadav
TPP - Coordinator, Internship & Leadership Pratibha Thimmaraya
University Counsellor  Pragati Pandey 
Inclusive Education Coordinator (SEN) Namrata Bhushan
Extended Essay Coordinator Vlad Gogelescu
Creativity, Activity, Service Coordinator (CAS) Venkat Reddy
   
Science  
   
Biology & Environmental Systems and Societies Vinay Singh
Environmental Systems & Societies / Integrated Sciences Pratibha Thimmaraya
Chemistry Dr. SureshKumar Manthiriyappan
Chemistry Megha Saban
   
Physics Sudipta Kumar Roy
Physics Suhel Vakkal
Physics Sathish Gadarla
Senior Lab Technician Giribabu Kuna
Lab Technician Sudhakar Konapala
Lab Technician Smriti Mandal
   
English  
HOD, English Gopika Jadeja
English / ToK Sudeep Ghosh
English / ToK Chandreyee Das Gupta
English / MUN Coordinator Saloni Chesney
   
   
Mathematics  
HOD, Mathematics Tarun Seth
Dean of Studies, Mathematics & ToK Neeraja Nibhanupudi
   
Mathematics Teacher Coach Vani Vishwanath
Mathematics Subhashini Chandra
Mathematics and MYP Personal Project Coordinator Chandrabhan Yadav
Mathematics Santhosh Reddy
Mathematics Krishnendu Saha
Mathematics Usha Shivakumar
   
Expressive Arts  
HOD, Arts Nandakumar P. K.
Visual Arts Meenakshi Joshi
Visual Arts Visweswara Rao Brahmanapalli
Music Chin-Yen Huang
Theatre - Arts Dr Chandrasekhar Indla
Theatre - Arts Subesh Poddar
   
Languages  
HOD, Hindi / Senior Tutor Dr Karuna Arya
Hindi / CAS Coordinator Venkat Reddy
Hindi Dr Sunita Ghosh
Hindi Radhika Tiwari
Hindi Neetu Reddy
Hindi Dr Chandrakant Shinde
Hindi Sushmita Banerjee
Telugu Sai Krishna Ranga
   
HOD, Foreign Languages Manisha Deshbandhu
French Mopuru Raghu Rami Reddy
Dari / Persian Ahmed Ferozi
   
Humanities (I&S)  
HOD, Economics / ToK Gaura Joshi
Economics & MYP Coordinator Rajesh Kayiprath
Economics and Business Studies Rahul Menon R
MYP – I and S / History Ritu Seth
Global Politics / Extended Essay Coordinator Vlad Gogelescu
Geography Joanne Gogelescu
History/ToK Koel Ray
Individual & Societies  Aarushi Dutt
Individuals & Societies / History  Sarmishtha Adhya
Humanities  Afeera Maryam
Economics/Humanities

Suresh Madhavan

   
ITGS & Design  
Acting HOD Koel Ray
Design & Computer Science Mehabunnisa
ICT / ITGS Surya Prakash Vemparala
Design & Data Management Veni Veeramachaneni
   
Physical Education  
HOD, Physical Education Srungarapati Ravi Kumar
Physical Education  Ramesh Kumar Kaliraman
Swimming Assistant Seena Remadevi
   

Library

 
Head Librarian Madhu Bhargava
Librarian, Senior School  Shakeel Ahmed Khan
Librarian, Junior School Veena Bhat
   

Learning Enrichment Team

 
HOD Learning Enrichment / English as an Additional Language (EAL) / Special Educational Needs (SEN), Gifted & Talented (G&T) Susan Long

SEN

Namrata Bhushan
 

EAL/SEN

Morag Kallepu

EAL

Rema Vishwanath

EAL

Elizabeth Holden Eckel

EAL

Aarushi Dutt

Learning Enrichment

Faridah Lakhani

Academic Support 

Amanda Khongwir
   

Junior School Faculty

 
Principal, Junior School Sreelatha Kumar
PA to Junior School Principal Shabana Awadiya
Primary Years Programme (PYP) Coordinator Abhimanyu Das Gupta
   
Teachers  
Day Care Shwetha Emandi
Grade 1A Home Room Rhitesha Paul
Grade 1A Co-Teacher Neetu Chennuri
Grade 1K Home Room Madhulita Patnaik
Grade 1K Co-Teacher Simran Sinha
Grade 2A Home Room Mitu Sharma
Grade 2A Co-Teacher Laila Narsingani
Grade 2K Home Room Chetna Sharma
Grade 2K Co-Teacher Swati Kansal
Grade 3A Home Room Anjum Budhwani
Grade 3K Home Room Disha Kerkar
Grade 4A Home Room Lavanya Pavan Vadavalli
Grade 4K Home Room Vidhya Pallath
Grade 5A Home Room Sanjana Amarnani
Grade 5K  Home Room Sheila D'Souza
Hindi Sushmita Banerjee
Hindi Meena Uniyal
Telugu Kasthuri Varanasi
Telugu Deepika Aluvala
Visual Art Florence James
Music December Lynn
Physical Education Vajravani Polavarapu