Dr Suvarna Kharat, RMSA on Maharashtra State School Education
Channel: ORF Mumbai
Date: 02/04/2014

Dr Suvarna Kharat, State Project Coordinator, RMSA, at the round-table conference on "How Maharashtra can Infuse Innovation and Creativity in its Education System" organised by Observer Research Foundation, Mumbai on 21st March 2014 in Mumbai. 

Chief Secretary of Maharashtra Dr J S Saharia released "Thinking Out of the Box in Education: what India can learn from Israel", a research report by Aparna Sivakumar at the event. 

Shri Sunil Dhamne, DMC (Education), MCGM; Chairman of ORF Mumbai; Deputy Consul General of Israel in Mumbai Mr. Matan Zamir, along with senior officials from the Government of Maharashtra and 90 experts and activists working in the field of education were present.
The round table focused on four areas --
a) Science and Learning by doing,
b) Teaching innovations in the rural context,
c) Can we have a special scheme to nurture gifted children, especially from underprivileged families?
d) Educational best practices in BMC schools.