Academic Profile
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Ms. Karishma Modi
Adjunct Faculty
Humanities and Social Sciences
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karishma.modi@ssla.edu.in
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Research Profiles
Teaching Philosophy
- Education Specialisation
- Education in the Contemporary World
- Humanity and Big History: Our Challenge for Survival
- Research Methods II: Overview of Methods and Analysis
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Bio
Ms. Karishma Modi comes from the education industry with over thirteen years in experience as a teacher, experiential education facilitator, curriculum and learning materials designer and a teacher trainer. While simultaneously completing her Master of Arts degree in Education (Elementary) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences and working under the Environmental Education Programme at Dakshin Foundation, she developed an interest in place-based and environmental education which she carries into her present work. She co-founded the Local Voices in Conservation Programme and co-facilitated its first Summer School in Port Blair in 2023.
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Publications
- Modi, K. (2022). What Can a Caged Bird Sing? A Case for a Place-based Component of Curriculum, Language and Language Teaching, 11(2), 37–44.
- Modi, K. (2021). Cast Away: A Case for Place-based Education in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, The Bastion.
- Modi, K. (2020). Reproducing Silences: Using “purity” of language to maim the disenfranchised, in O. Prakash & R. Kumar (Eds.), Apprenticeship in Language Studies (pp. 148–159), Eastern Book House.
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Education
- Ph.D. (Ongoing) – Symbiosis International (Deemed University)
- • Examines curriculum approaches to enhance environmental literacy
- Explores links between education, sustainability, and learner engagement with nature
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Research Interests
- Curriculum and Pedagogy
- Nature Connectedness in Education
- Environmental Literacy
- Elementary Education
- Curriculum Design
- Learning Experience and Instructional Material Design
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Awards & Fellowships
- India Health Policy and Systems Research Fellowship (2024–2025)
- Climate Co-adaptation Fellowship, PlanAdapt, Germany (2022–2023)
- Youth Empowerment in Climate Action Platform (YECAP) Fellowship (2021–2022)
- India Smart Cities Fellowship, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India (2022)
- Junior Research Fellowship (JRF/SRF), UGC, Government of India (2016–2021)
- West Bengal State Eligibility Test (WB SET), Government of West Bengal (2016)
- Monthly Merit-cum-Scholarship, Government of West Bengal (2013–2015)
- Selected as Mentor of Change, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Government of India (2017)
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Courses Taught
- Research Methodology: Environmental Education, Place-based Education