About Speaker:  Antony is an educationist with more 24 years of experience and a certified Coach. He started his career as a teacher at Don Bosco School.  In Rajya Shiksha Kendra (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan program of Government of Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal, he was instrumental in introducing research based monitoring indicators and building the capacity of SCERT and district education officials for research and training.  He worked in UNICEF to implement the quality package in Madhya Pradesh. As an Area representative for North India for Sight savers International he established its eye care program. As a Project Director in Save the Children he led the Technical Cooperation fund established by European Union for Ministry of HRD, Government of India and in coordination with NIEPA, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Nottingham College for School Leadership, CSIE Bristol and Institute of Education, London. The project saw the mainstreaming of School Leadership and teaching standards in SSA. He has organized thematic workshops for National and State level education officials. He is currently working as Chief School Excellence, Bharti Foundation. He is instrumental in expanding the education footprint of Bharti Foundation to 16 states and establishing systems and process for school excellence  A graduate from the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Gujarat, he has traveled extensively to most states/UTs of India, he has also visited Scotland, England, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Honk Kong, Malaysia and Australia. He is also Global Goodwill Ambassador (Humanitarian) registered charity in USA.  He is pursuing his Ph.D from Amity University, Noida. Along with a colleague he has authored “The Skills Edge”, a book for promoting Skills Approach in School Education. #INTERN #SkillsBeyondSchool #IndustryInnovators