Educator & behavioural science researcher

Learner engagement in EdTech and MOOCs

Work spans the Learner Centric MOOC (LCM) model, faculty development, and behavioural design for online learning—with invited talks, published research, and academic books.

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Research & publications

• Presented Paper at IIT, Gandhinagar T4E (Tech for Education) International Conference, 2024
• Published a curated collection of best undergraduate research on ‘Consumer behaviour in the digital age‘ with UG ATLAS Skilltech students, 2026
• Presented a success story on a Government of Maharashtra project titled ‘Empowering Educators for a Viksit Bharat: The MahaSWAYAM Success Story‘ that I was part of at ATLAS SkillTech National Conference 2024 on the theme ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’
• Enhancing Sustainable Learning Engagement: A Case Study of Learner Interaction in SWAYAM’s MOOC within the Framework of LCM Model. UGC Care Group 1 – Journal of the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU, Print only. ISSN: 0972-9682.
• Author for Center for Behavioural Decisions, USA
• Corona protected, violence….can’t Say!
  JBNB- A Multidisciplinary Journal 10 (Special Issue- ISSN: 2454-2776) | 2021
• E Platform Exclusively Crafted For Indian Merchandise in Dubai
  UGC Care, Think India Journal 22, 123-132 | 2019
• Impact of digitalization on the hospitality industry with special reference to Oyo
  International Journal of Advance and Innovative Research 6 (Issue 2 (XIV … | 2019
• Artificial intelligence: is it planet-saving technology?
  Advance and Innovative Research 6 (1), 372 | 2019

Selected achievements

• 2026 ‘Best Paper’ award under track (Science, Technology, and Digital Innovation) titled ‘Designing Self-Reliant Learners: MOOC Based Behavioural Design for Atmanirbhar Bharat‘ for multidisciplinary national conference on Atmanirbhar Bharat: Cultivating Resilience through Startups and Sustainable Development.
• 2025- Winner for The Atlas of Behavior Change in Development Communication Hackathon competing against 200 changemakers 106 teams from across the country
• 2025- Elected as UGC Resource person to conduct workshops on ‘Learner Centric MOOC Model (LCM)’ via MMTTC
• 2025 Notable recognition from the ‘Center for Behavioral Decisions‘ for contribution of insightful articles
• 2025- Interviewed by Dainik Jagran (Hindi-language daily newspaper) on my take on ‘Short Term Courses’ MOOCs as of 2025
• 2023-2024 Transitioned from Learner (Top 5% of crowd) to ‘Teaching Associate/ Discussion Forum Moderator’ for NPTEL+ (MahaSWAYAM Project 2024′)- A Govt. of Maharashtra Initiative.
• 2024 ‘Reviewer’ of Management Practice Insights Journal- SP Jain Institute of Management
• 2024 Recognised LinkedIn Community ‘Top Voice’ for E Learning (Top 1%) and EdTech
• 2022 Best Author 2022′ by Monomousumi Services
• 2021 Representative Youth panelist for the Nuclear convention in Austria organized by the UN
• 2021 Cleared PET Ph.D. Exam under Mumbai Uni.
• 2020 Fought Covid. +1 book on Strategic Marketing Management
• 2019 Authored 2 Academic books on Marketing and Management
• 2018 Wrote first Research paper on ‘Smart HR 4.0.’

Books

• Principles of Management
• E-commerce and Digital Marketing
• Strategic Marketing Management
• Service Marketing

Affiliations & collaborations

• Discussion Forum Moderator for Maha SWAYAM training team with Prof Sameer S (IIT Gandhinagar) and Active member of the LCM team and ALW (Active Learning Workshop) cohort, IIT Bombay.
• Associate at First Principle Lab (My experience so far)
• Learner for Context Architecture Masterclass (1001 stories)
• CSBC workshops by Ashoka University
• Social Norm Change workshop by South Asia Social Norms Learning Collaboration
• Volunteer for India Behavioural Economics Network (iben) under Nudge Lab

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