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the right track. I have written this olympiad four times tensively on my subject and teaching practices especially
in different subjects. It enthuses, challenges and enables in the areas of lesson planning, content development,
teachers to upgrade their teaching skills. In Swarnim In- student assessment and remediation. I am now more
ternational, all our teachers have to mandatorily write the confident about my professional skills and future career. I
CENTA Teaching Quotient (TQ) test, and we give prefer- will write the Centa TPO again next year.”
ence in recruitment to teachers with good TQ scores.”
Megha Bohra
Manisha Tripathi Teacher
Chemistry teacher Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad
Delhi Public School, Pune Subject: Secondary
Subject: Secondary School chemistry #1 School physics #1
chemistry postgrad n engineering and
A of Agra University Apsychology postgrad
with a Ph D from Meerut of the National University
University, Dr. Manisha of Singapore and Delhi
Tripathi is chemistry University, Megha Bohra
coordinator for classes IX- started her professional
XII at the CBSE-affiliated career in 2017 as a pre-
DPS, Pune. primary teacher. Current-
“The annual Centa TPO ly, she teaches physics to
unites teachers around middle and senior school
the world. To win #1 rank students at the Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad.
is an enthralling and “The Centa TPO ranking is validation of my capabili-
overwhelming experience. ties as a physics teacher. I have been writing this olym-
This olympiad is an an- piad for several years and my good scores have improved
nual reminder that being a teacher means being a student my career prospects resulting in continuous promotions.
for a lifetime. I decided to write this exam as I wanted to I am excited about teaching the IGCSE curriculum this
add freshness to my teaching and crack the glass ceiling. year.”
I look forward to interacting with fellow teachers on the
Centa platform and constantly improving my teaching Saurabh Mundra
skills.” Founder, The Third Eye — Beyond the Obvious, Indore
Subject: Middle School maths #1
Dipayan Burman
Teacher n engineering
Prakriya Green Wisdom School, Bengaluru Agraduate of SGSITS,
Subject: Secondary School maths #1 Indore, with an MBA
from NMIMS, Mumbai,
n alumnus of Manipal Saurabh Mundra served
AInstitute of Technol- as senior faculty with CH
ogy and Christ Univer- EdgeMakers & Endeavour
sity, Bengaluru, Dipayan Careers Pvt. Ltd before
Burman worked for three promoting Aptitude Train-
years as a software engi- ing Destination, The Third
neer before switching to Eye — Beyond the Obvi-
teaching. In May last year, ous, Indore, a coaching
Burman was appointed fa- centre preparing students
cilitator, secondary school for entrance exams of
maths and physics at the higher education institutions.
CBSE-affiliated Prakriya “Since I am not a school teacher, it was more chal-
Green Wisdom School, lenging for me to write the Centa TPO, as it tests not only
Bengaluru. subject knowledge but also classroom management capa-
“I was pleasantly surprised to learn that I had topped bilities, soft skills etc. However since I’ve been teaching
secondary school maths. I am grateful for this recogni- B-school aspirants for the past few years I acquired some
tion. While preparing for the Centa TPO, I reflected in- classroom management experience. There are many like

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