Profile '09-'10

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Our 25 full-time faculty typically represent 8 nationalities.

Since the College opened in 1997, faculty have come from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the USA.

Faculty typically have at minimum a masters degree in the subject they teach, and usually one-third have doctorates. They share the UWC philosophy and, in addition to their teaching role, they are personal tutors, activity leaders, and share residential responsibilities.

Teaching faculty include the Head of College, Director of Studies and the University Guidance Counselor.

The teacher-student ratio is 1:9.

Current Faculty at Mahindra UWC

* head of department

  • Karen Haydock (USA)
    Biology
  • Kermeen Mehta (India)
    Biology
  • Sindhu Ramachandran (India)
    Environmental Systems and Societies, Chemistry
  • Sharada Vakil* (India)
    Chemistry

Mathematics

  • Anna Worlein (USA)
    Mathematics
  • Hritik Sampat (India)
    Mathematics
  • Parag Mehta* (India)
    Mathematics
  • Subarna Sampat (India)
    Mathematics

Visual & Performing Arts

  • Ben Clark* (UK)
    Music and Theatre Studies
  • Farida Pasha (India)
    Film Studies
  • Nandu Kumar (India)
    Art & Design

Triveni

  • Nandita Deosthale* (India)
    Director of Triveni and Development Office

University Guidance Counsellor

  • Shruti Tewari* (India)

College Counsellor

  • Zia Pochkhanawala (India)

Centre for Learning Support

  • John Forbes* (Australia)
    Director of Centre for Learning Support
  • Susan Long (South Africa)
    Academic Support

Head of Biodiversity and Conservation Education

  • Sindhu Ramachandran (India)

Librarian

  • Sarita Wadhawan (India)

Doctor

  • Dipak Wadhawan (India)

 

Head of College

  • Jonathan Long (UK)
    World Religions and TOK

Director of Studies

  • Cyrus Vakil (India)
    History

Languages

  • Claudia Dicken* (Germany)
    German, Spanish
  • Gauri Bhure (India)
    English A1
  • Harendra Shukla (India)
    Hindi
  • John Forbes (Australia)
    English A1 and Self-Taught
  • Maria Ovelar (Spain)
    Spanish, French
  • Michael Griffith (USA)
    English A1, A2
  • Shruti Tewari (India)
    English A2
  • Susan Long (UK, South Africa)
    English B
  • Usha Rajaram* (India)
    English A1

Individuals & Societies

  • Ben Clark (UK)
    World Religions
  • Cyrus Vakil (India)
    History
  • Freda Forbes* (Australia)
    Economics
  • Gauri Bhure (India)
    History
  • Mark Fisher (USA)
    Philosophy
  • Todd Motto (USA)
    Economics
  • Zia Pochkhanawala (India)
    Psychology

Natural Sciences

  • Hritik Sampat (India)
    Physics