Biography
Anusha Ramanathan is currently an Assistant Professor (since August 2021) and earlier worked as Curriculum Consultant (2015-21) in the Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education ( CETE ) formerly known as the Centre for Education, Innovation and Action Research (CEIAR), School of Education, at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences ( TISS ), Mumbai. She is the Coordinator for MA in Education and Technology (MAET) a blended-learning postgraduate degree programme. She leads TPD English and coordinates the academic aspects of TISSx , an Open edX-based MOOC platform (see https://www.tissx.tiss.ac,in/ ) and anchors CETE's Continuing Education (Short Term) Programmes (CEP/STP). She is a Co-Principal Investigator for Connected Learning Initiative ( CLIx - See https://clix.tiss.ac.in ), a UNESCO and OEC award-winning action research initiative funded by Tata Trusts and co-led by TISS and MIT, USA. She teaches Language Education, Assessment, Critical Reading and Academic Skills courses across MA Education, BEd-MEd, MA Education for Teacher Educators from Afghanistan programmes. She also designs, develops and facilitates MOOCS and workshops on Assessment, EdTech, Language and Literature, Mentoring Policy and Research. She, further, conducts and guides research in the areas of humanities, language and teacher education. Anusha has years of teaching experience at UG and PG levels. She teaches and guides students of MA English, Mass Media and MBA across colleges of the University of Mumbai and other universities. She has worked as a research assistant, course coordinator, content writer, editor, teacher trainer and corporate trainer in her career. She is part of several Boards of Studies and Task Forces and Advisory Committees at the state level. Her expertise lies in English Language Teaching, English Literature, Assessment and Evaluation, Critical Humanities, technology-based learning and Teacher Professional Development. Her two publications worth mentioning are Language Education: Teaching English in India published by Routledge and the 2021 UNESCO State of Education Report, India - No Teacher, No Class . She is the India representative in the Asian Association for Language Assessment (AALA) . She is also Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Technology for ELT (JTELT).