DevNetJobs logo
Network of Indian Development Professionals
Over 165,000 members >> Join today
Shyla Reddy
Pre-service Training Lead , Government and International Non-profit
Bangalore, Karnataka
Senior Education Manager with 25 years’ experience working with State Governments and several International donor-funded projects. Looking forward for challenging jobs or consulting opportunities. My strength lies in achieving targets on time, crisis management, team building and relationship management.Willing to relocate anywhere in India for the right opportunity.
Send email Contact Shyla Reddy
Area of Expertise:
  • Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
Professional Experience:
I have over thirty years of experience in Education sector and performed a variety of roles and managed various projects across institutions throughout my career, having progressed from Classroom teaching, program management, to regional leadership and education fundraising management. Throughout this experience, I find that my greatest successes have been achieved consistently through the identification and analysis of performance quality – implementing appropriate solutions to enhance learning quality at a holistic level.
I headed two large Junior Colleges in Bangalore district and successfully managed with excellence for which I was awarded ‘Best Teacher’ award twice by the department of Public Instruction. I had mentored large teams and achieved organisational goals by maintaining a cordial professional learning atmosphere.
I headed three-block resource centres Under the Government of India’s flagship Program Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and was instrumental in bringing thousands of out of school children to formal schooling through “Back to School” campaigns. I had a team of 40 block and cluster resource persons and we implemented all the interventions of SSA with quality assurance and on time. My team and I worked with disadvantaged sections and created awareness about the government schemes and motivated the women to send their children to schools.
I was the team lead to design, develop and deliver the Information Communication Technology tools to enhance the teaching-learning Process in a USAID funded project. I worked as Teacher Professional Development Specialist and was engaged in Capacity building programs across different states in India.
I am proficient in procurement and in the preparation of bids and managed the procurement of worth 10 million rupees in one year under SSA with complete transparency and accountability.
I have worked as Regional Team Leader in a DFID (U.K) funded project in North East Region of India supporting the Rastriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan Program. I co-facilitated one year long professional development program on “Strengthening Research Capacities” for the practicing professionals from District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) and College of Teacher Education (CTE) across all the eight states of north east region. I successfully managed two states and two teams. I was part of the team to review the existing policies in teacher management and development and provided recommendations to improve the teacher management and development policies to the State. I am specialized in the preparation of Medium term Plans and Annual work Plans and budgets.
My other area of expertise is research and facilitated the Program evaluations and research studies related to policy decisions.
My core strengths are: crisis management, efficient decision-making, team building, stake holder management, event management, people management and change management.
My core values are: honesty, integrity, sincerity
Education:
I am from Karnataka Education Services cadre with bachelor’s degree in Science, and Master’s in Education. I am pursuing my doctoral studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Throughout my career I have undergone several professional development trainings which include:
• Educational Planning and Management training from NUEPA, New-Delhi
• Training on integrating Art and culture in education from Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi
• Training on developing technology tools for teaching and training
• Scouts and guides training from Bharath Scouts and guides, Karnataka
• Professional development training in EMIS, activity-based teaching-learning, program evaluation, program logic models, development of tools and preparation of evidence-based plans.
• Actively took part in the International Institute of Education Planning (UNESCO)-Massive Open Online Course on Learning Assessments organized in February 2016.

• I enrol in Massive open online courses and continuously update my knowledge.
Affiliations and Achievements:
• Co-authored a Research article on Working Together: How Teachers Teach and Students Learn in Collaborative Learning Environments published in International Journal of Instruction in Jan 2014.
• I was part of International Visitor Leadership Program from 6th March 2010 to 26th March 2010 to study Science Education in American Secondary Schools, which was sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

Available for:
  • Job opportunities

    Years of Experience:
    More than 20 years
    Highest Qualification:
    Masters
    Languages:
    English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu
    Nationality:
    Indian
    LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shylaja-reddy-01154b18?trk=hp-identity-headline
    Jobseekers: Subscribe to Value Membership | Broadcast Resume
    Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions | Advertise | Contact us
    Copyright @ 2011, DevNetJobs.org, All rights reserved