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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