Pallavi Phatak is an educationist with over 20 years of experience spanning teaching, curriculum development, programme design & evaluation, teacher education, and education research. Passionate about holistic and transformative learning, she has taught and developed curriculum as a middle and junior high school Science educator. She has taught undergraduate and post-graduate courses on Pedagogy, Curriculum, and Advanced Writing in addition to being a founding member of the Liberal Studes UG programme at the Azim Premji University. With education NGOS and start-ups she has developed and lead programmes around curriculum and teacher education. In the capacity of an action researcher, she has been a senior project advisor with IIT-M and the TN School Education Department. As an independent consultant she has worked with education organizations & institutions around culture and leadership practice. Pallavi is a trained Bharatanatyam artist and the practice of this artform informs her capacities in different ways.