Amrita Kumar

Amrita Kumar

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  • About me

    English Teacher

  • Education

    • Shri Shikshayatan College

      1986 - 1989
      Bachelor of Arts - BA English Honors
    • Sikkim Manipal University - Distance Education

      2012 - 2014
      Master of Arts - MA COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
    • I-to-i TEFL

      2020 - 2020
      Diploma of Education Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
    • Calcutta University, Kolkata

      1989 - 1990
      Bachelor of Education - BEd EDUCATION
  • Experience

    • Chanakya Publishers

      Jan 1991 - Jan 1992
      Assistant Editor

      Assistant Editor for 3 journals: Chanakya Aerospace, Defence & Maritime Review, Discover DelhiCopywriting articles for in-house publication.

    • Independent Television

      Jan 1992 - Jan 1994
      Associate Director

      Responsible for conceptualizing and germinating new programs and projects.

    • Insight productions

      Jan 1994 - Jan 2010
      Filmmaker

      Worked as a Content Developer, Creative Director and Executive Producer

    • University Grants Commission (ugc)

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2015
      Content Producer

      Scripted and presented video lectures for online education, for The Consortium for Educational Communication, University Grants Commission, Government of India.

    • MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia University

      Jul 2010 - Jun 2015
      Associate Professor

      Five years-experience as Assistant Professor for post graduate students - teaching communication through films and television at Jamia Milia Islamia University. Trained post graduate film and television students to create their final-degree multi-camera TV product.

    • Doordarshan News

      Jul 2014 - Jun 2015
      Broadcaster

      One-year experience as English newscaster – live on Doordarshan (India’s national television channel).

    • Tashkent Ulugbek International School

      Aug 2016 - Jun 2020
      Teacher

      Four years-experience of teaching English language to grades 6, 7, 8 and 9 in The Tashkent Ulugbek International School, using the National British curriculum, adopting the Key Stages pedagogy ( KS 1-3 ). Experience of conducting online school classes for English language during COVID-19, using Zoom platform and video recordings. Adopted distinctive methodologies, improving the pass percentile and mentoring troubled students.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • National Eligibility Test

      UGC NET
      Jan 2015
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Amrita Kumar
      Rajat Kamal- National Film Award Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India 2003 Associate Director for the film "Seeds of Life". Won the Rajat Kamal award for its focus on "Navadanya" the movement launched to retrieve the traditional wisdom in alternative farming methods. The film's importance emerges in the face of the current globalisation-led agrarian uncertainties.