Charu Mathur

Background

About Charu Mathur

Charu Mathur is an educationist and a social entrepreneur from Pune, with an experience of about four decades in the field of education. A Fulbright alumnus of ‘International Leaders in Education Program - 2011’ of the US Department of State, she was also selected for training as NASA Educator and has attended Basic & Advanced Space Academy Programs organized by NASA, USA. Enthused and enriched by the program that she attended in the US, and combining an extensive knowledge of contemporary pedagogy with a deep passion for sharing her expertise with the professional community of educators, she started the ‘not for profit’ organization Socrates Foundation for Enhanced Learning, with the aim to bring about a paradigm shift in the archaic teaching-learning systems in the classroom. She has been instrumental in conceptualizing, designing and implementing innovative learning modules that have helped schools integrate technology in classrooms, assisted them in shifting to ‘virtual classrooms’ during the pandemic, shift from traditional teaching methods to Blended pedagogy, in short, to bring about a transformative change in teaching methodologies across classrooms. She has been actively involved with schools in building learning environments, developing out-of-the-box curricula and promoting hands-on learning. Her work as a social entrepreneur in education has been recognized through several awards, including Rotary Awards at South East Asia and District level in the Literacy Avenue, and more recently, was selected as one of the ‘Most Influential Women in Education 2023’ under the category ‘New Age Leaders’ by the leading magazine Business World Education, India. Organisations like the US Consulate, IREX (International Research & Exchanges Board), Rotary, Foseco India Limited, Persistent Systems Limited, and Tata AutoComp Ltd have supported various programs by Socrates Foundation, benefitting 7500+ teachers, students & hundreds of parents across India, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Nepal over the past decade.