Neelima Chopra

• Professional experience of over 15 years in the field of early childhood education and development • Undertaken capacity development of early childhood professionals at national and state levels • Liaison and building strategic partnerships with governmental and non-governmental organisations • Conducted major and minor research projects in ECE/ECD funded by different funding organisations like Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Indian Council of Social Sciences Research (ICSSR), Fetzer Institute, USA and Save The Children, India • Lead teams for various research and training projects and active involvement in project design, planning, tool development, monitoring and evaluation • Responsible for management of grants for the undertaken projects • Supervision of PhD scholars and Masters dissertation • Taught at different levels- University programmes (post graduate and undergraduate programmes) in ECE/ECD and in school (primary grades). • Well versed with quantitative and qualitative research methodologies • Advocacy and knowledge dissemination through organisation of conferences, seminars and symposiums • Over 20 Publications and paper presentations on ECD/ECE at international and national conferences. • Undertaken development of MOOCs and Radio talk shows on early childhood education/ teacher education Academic Qualifications: 1. PhD (Early Childhood Education), 2005 Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 2. MA (Educational Planning and Administration), 2004 Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 3. M. Sc (Human Development), 1998 Lady Irwin College, Delhi University, New Delhi