Chetana Keni has worked for 10 years with various corporates like Dell, AOL, Intel, KPMG etc in various profiles for over a decade. Her quest for an education system that would enable her child to build a toolkit4Life along with a packet of certificates led her to give up her thriving corporate career and venture into education in the year 2006. Her research on how can humans reach their true potential led her to create child-centric child-led methods of teaching-learning which were well received by the families and educationists she worked with Today, she is a visionary who successfully set up a progressive school in Bangalore that has risen to be India's Best Alternative School for 4 consecutive years. She feels there is a mind-shift needed in the way India perceives what education is, the learning experiences its students have, the kind of learning outcomes that decide their achievement and its impact on their life, now and in the future. She is an Education Thought Leader and works with different stakeholders across India to enable children to be more engaged, learn how to learn, and map their learning outcomes to real-life applications. She works at Udhyam Learning Foundation on a UNICEF funded project to impart 21st century learning skills. She also coaches young adults, entrepreneurs and is a consultant for EdTech Startups, new-age school setups and is a leading authority on Teacher Training, Progressive Education, Skill-based Education, Alternative Education, Early Intervention, is a consultant for Counselling and Curriculum PlanningHer strengths are instructional design, creating learning solutions that will drive the user’s experience, satisfaction, and adoption. She is an effective trainer. She is a problem-solver who has led various learning initiatives to enable the customers and partners. She is a mentor and team player with strong collaboration skills and agility building a healthy and engaging team. She is a project manager having strong negotiation skills and analytical abilities.She has a double post-graduation in Commerce and Psychology, a PG Diploma in computers, is Microsoft certified, and has several diplomas and certificates in Education. She has over 23 years of work experienceAwardsTransformational Leader of the Year 2019India's most Prominent Woman for Outstanding Contribution to Alternate Education 2019Rashtriya shiksha ratan award 2019Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2019WEFT Sheroes Award 2020