Arijit Ghosh

CEO

Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India23 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over two decades of experience in K-12 education.
Expert in designing large-scale student assessments.
Proven track record in policy advocacy across multiple countries.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in educational program management and policy advocacy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Program ManagementPolicy AdvocacyContent DevelopmentMarket Research

Other Skills

Strategic implementationContextualizationStandardizationMonitoring and evaluationStakeholder managementContent planningTeacher trainingMarket studyCommissioning authorsConducting teacher trainingAcademic PublishingPublishingTextbooksBooksEditorial

About

 Dynamic professional with a diverse experience in K-12 segment spanning over two decades.  Proven track record of designing programmes and developing business in India and also Nepal.  Experience in designing and leading large-scale student learning outcome assessments in government schools  Experience in raising consciousness on issues related to quality in schools through school inspection and audit.  Experience in policy advocacy in India and other countries (Nepal, Vietnam, Taiwan, Myanmar, Kenya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe) and development of research reports.  Experience in managing contractual and financial functions of capacity-building programmes, mainly in the area of 21st century skills involving organisations like DfID, MacArthur Foundation, UNICEF and state governments.  Experience in leading and managing diverse programmes involving corporates and partners like British Petroleum, Shell, Macmillan, KPMG, UNESCO and NCERT.  Proficient in strategizing capacity building programmes with rich content mapped to needs and focused on outcomes.  Experience in cross-functional team management, project management and efficacy measurement.

Experience

23 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Seth m. r. jaipuria schools

2 roles

Vice President Academics

Promoted

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

Asst Vice President - Academics

Dec 2021 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

Education quality foundation of india

Vice President

Jan 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Gurgaon, India

British council

2 roles

Head - School Programmes

Promoted

Jun 2015 – Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Job responsibilities:
 Strategic implementation, contextualization, and standardisation of all projects under the DfID-British Council co-funded programme 'Connecting Classrooms' across the country, integrating it into the national school curriculum to support raising standards
 Working with national and state governments, donor agencies, policy makers, and corporate partners to design programmes to contribute towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
 Leading and developing business of ‘International School Award’—a whole-school development project focused on internationalism, quality education and global citizenship
 Managing relationship with network of all-India British Council School Ambassadors and training facilitators involving head teachers and senior teachers of prominent institutions across the country
 Incorporating a robust monitoring and evaluation plan focusing on outcomes for programme impact and scalability
 Strategic implementation of a digital plan for effective advocacy and outreach of the current programme
 Management of stakeholders involving British Council School Ambassadors, school heads, government bodies, donor agencies, corporate partners
 Academic editor for all publications by the Schools' Team of British Council

Strategic implementationContextualizationStandardizationMonitoring and evaluationStakeholder managementProgram Management+1

Senior Project Manager Digital - Schools

Oct 2012 – May 2015 · 2 yrs 7 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Pearson education india

2 roles

Commissioning Editor

Promoted

Jan 2012 – Oct 2012 · 9 mos

 Planning and timely delivery of annual publishing programme of Mathematics and Science books for K-12 segment and ensuring that the final product is of highest possible quality within the constraints of time and budget
 Driving the commissioning process and liaising with author(s) and reviewer(s) assuring that quality/timelines are met
 Complete content planning of digital courseware (Active Teach) with primary focus on interactive features and content presentation
 Conducting teacher-training workshops; doing market research and developing market intelligence to expand the publishing programme
 Developing the sales team with product briefing, training and supporting in business development wherever required

Development Editor

Dec 2010 – Mar 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos

Content planningMarket researchTeacher trainingContent Development

Macmillan publishers india limited

Manager - R & D

Jun 2008 – Jan 2011 · 2 yrs 7 mos

 Doing market study and research to identify publishing gap areas and designing innovative projects
 Commissioning authors for suitable projects and assuring that time deadline is met
 Conducting teacher training workshops in fields of Science, Modern teaching methodologies and Soft Skills
 Handling business operations in Nepal; line managing a member of staff based in Kathmandu
 Heading marketing team to promote Cambridge ESOL suite of examinations and digital classroom solutions to schools and colleges and supervising four marketing executives of East India

National gems h s school

Teacher - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

Aug 2002 – May 2008 · 5 yrs 9 mos

 Heading the Physics and Chemistry Department in the senior section for 3 years
 Heading the Quiz Club of the school focused on improving critical thinking amongst the students
 Planning and execution of various inter- and intra-school events like quizzes, debates, carnivals, sports, etc.

Market studyCommissioning authorsConducting teacher trainingMarket Research