Vishal Mohla

Experience

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  Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Project Assistant

  Worked on the Post Conference Proceedings Volume of Geoinformatics Beyond 2000 - An International Conference on geoinformatics for natural resource assessment, monitoring and management. Made websites for the project, for IIRS, and also for HUSAG (Human and Urban Settlement Analysis Group).

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  The Doon School

  Jan 2003 - now

  Key Responsibilities:✅ Leading the Computer Science Dept. and overseeing the delivery of IGCSE, ICSE, ISC, IBDP and The Doon School Curriculum✅ Designing and delivering the CS aspects of Doon Curriculum, offering co-curricular activities that will allow pupils to explore the digital world.✅ Planning, implementing and reviewing a whole school curriculum for CS including skills such as coding, digital creation and working with emerging technologies.✅ Overseeing technical projects in alignment with organisational goals✅ Directing the effective delivery of network services, development, and disaster recovery systems and processes✅ Working with Engrs to find solutions to manage school IT Activities✅ Supervising a team of Engineers, while working closely with management, external vendors and advisors✅ Preparing financial budgets and presenting proposals for capital projects to the Board of Governors; Responsible for CAPEX and OPEX of Rs 1.5 to 2 Crores for School and Departmental IT every year; Researching and recommending new products; running POCs (Proof of Concepts)✅ Leading efforts to improve IT processes✅ Support faculty across the curriculum in designing and applying innovative solutions to enhance student learning; Steered overnight transformation of school to online mode during COVID✅ Develop, coordinate, and lead professional development and training opportunities related to use of technology for faculty ✅ Foster student interest in technology (including advising STEAM-related student clubs and leading community outreach)✅ Ensure Digital Literacy and Citizenship for all Stakeholders.✅ Actively participate in professional communities, technology conferences and educational opportunities to update awareness of current software, hardware, and educational trends.✅ Collaborate with the IT staff and all of the school’s constituencies to set the strategic short- and long-term goals to incorporate the use of present and emerging technologies Show less IT Steering Committee is a high-level committee comprising of the Board of Governors, some eminent IPSS Members with technology expertise and Senior School Leadership. Key Responsibility Areas are-✅ Tactical and Strategic thinking and planning.✅ Ensuring that the School offers adequate hardware, software and technology support to enable genuine and excellent all-round education.✅ Optimum use of Educational Technology.✅ Data Security, Acceptable Use of IT, Backup of data and risk management.✅ Enable the processes and vision of the other committees from a technology perspective Show less ✅ Conceptualised and executed the idea of a Technology Council. After starting this Council in 2004-05 and chairing the first few meetings, I am currently serving this Council in the capacity of Head of IT in School.✅ The Technology Council and its members in school have played a very important role in optimum and efficient use of technology in school. The Council consists of Senior and Junior representatives from each and every house along with teacher representatives from various departments along with the IT team. ✅ The Council has helped integrate the use of technology into teaching and learning in the classroom and outside the classroom; the council has taken several initiatives in the past that have resulted in optimal use of technology in school driven by the students. Show less ✅ Worked on the school website since the beginning in various capacities over the years.✅ Made Website Maintenance into a SUPW activity in the past. Got the students to design respective house websites and maintain the same; Conducted Inter House Web-designing events from time to time.✅ Designed and made the school website completely in-house. ✅ Responsible for SEO, Maintenance, Content and Aesthetics of the website✅ Developed 3 different School Virtual Tours in HTML-JavaScript, Flash and JAVA versions respectively Show less

  • Head of IT

    Mar 2013 - now

  • Chairman, Embrace Digitisation Committee

    Jan 2020 - now

  • Secretary, IT Steering Committee

    Nov 2017 - now

  • Founder Chairman and Current Member, School Technology Council

    Jan 2004 - now

  • Member, ERP Implementation Team

    Jan 2004 - now

  • Computer Science Dept.

    Jan 2000 - now

  • Webmaster

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2018

  • School SUPW Coordinator

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2017

  • Master in-charge, Tennis

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2013

  • Master in-charge, Chess

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2006
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  Freelance

  Sept 2008 - Jan 2021

  Amateur Application Developer and Life Long Learner

  ✅ As an Amateur Application Developer, I have more than 1.5 Lakh fans✅ I have made some web apps, social and Android apps with more than 3.5 Million Likes/Fans on their Social Media pages. Most of these Apps were made before 2013, but some of them are still very popular among the users – Every second someone somewhere in the world is using one of my Apps!✅ Startup: Made India's first fully free matrimonial site and also converted it into a Facebook App (2009-11)✅ This passion for creating things helps me to connect better with my students, most of whom want to pursue software and app development activities professionally. Many of my students are now working in very senior positions in software companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and have also launched their own startups – shaping the future of the IT Industry. Show less