Work Experience

Employment chronology
  • Assistant Professor in French and Francophone Studies at Shenoi Goembab School of Languages and Literature, Goa University, India
    • Designed learning experiences and facilitated courses on General Linguistics, Culture Studies, Didactics, Tourism, Business and Language Guided 3 MA Dissertations and 2 MA projects Developed syllabus for MA French and BA French Program
    • Directed and co-written 2 original plays
    • Coached students for the DELF and NET exams
    • Organised several cultural events and departmental outreach programs like ‘Language in Context’.
  • Teach For India Fellow at Chaitanya English Medium School, Pune, Maharashtra, India 
    • Delivered classes in English, Math, Social Science and Science, using a wide-range of ICT tools.
    • Collaboratively created effective classroom management with co-teachers.
    • Undertaken various projects
      • School-wide implementation of LifeLabs: a hands-on lab designed to foster creativity and rationality among children using science education as bedrock, 
      • SIM-Democracy: a board-game as an alternative teaching tool to inculcate democratic values in students,
      • Literacy intervention project for students from 1st  to 7th standard,
      • Nalanda Project:  a pilot study which used the KA-Lite platform to teach Math and provide differentiated and remedial instruction. The partners for the project include University of California San Diego, Motivation for Foundation Excellence, Foundation for Learning Equality-USA, Teach For India and Akanksha schools.
  • English Language Assistant at Lycée General et Technologique Félix Esclangon, Académie Aix-Marseille, France 
    Conducted English conversation classes on various aspects of culture and facilitated session on Indian History and Civilization in French. 
  • Interpreter for Instantanée du Monde à Goa , Radio France-Outre Mer
    Assisted Anne Bonneau: the anchor of the radio program- Instantanée du Monde à Goa , of Radio France-Outre Mer.

Fellowships and scholarships 
  • Exceptional French Language Teacher Award 2021 by French Embassy in India and Indian Association of Teacher’s of French
  • International Teacher Training Scholarship by French Embassy in India and Centre de Linguistique Appliquée, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
  • Scholarship to pursue online course IFOS Volet 3 by Institut Français, Inde conducted by Institut Français and CCI Paris Ile-de-France. 
  • Junior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission
  • Teach For India Fellowship