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Day 2

The 2 day commenced with Ms. Jayanti Tambe, Executive Director of UCLA
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Early Care and Education, engaging the teachers with various activities to show

that a teacher can think creatively only if he/she brings out the child within him/
her. She emphasized , “what makes you different is not the way you teach but the
way you think.” Dr. Anuradha Vikranth, Founder & Managing Trustee, Drishti

Art Foundation highlighted the importance of incorporating dance into the

curriculum so as to enable students to mature physically, emotionally, socially, and
cognitively. Dr. Leonie Baldacchino, Director of The Edward de Bono Institute for
the Design and Development of Thinking at the University of Malta, who holds a

Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship from Warwick Business School (UK), an M.A. in
Creativity and Innovation (Distinction) and a B.Psy.(Hons.) from the University of

Malta, opined that creativity is at the heart of developing and building any
business. She stressed on application of divergent thinking i.e. generation of

multiple responses or solutions to a particular stimulus or problem, to everyday
objects. Shri R Balakrishnan, Senior IAS Officer in the cadre of Odisha spoke

about the important role a teacher plays in a student’s life. Ms. Shanthi Menon
from Deans Academy, Mr. Kannan Bharadwaj , Ullas Ponnadi, Dr. Tairo Nomura

and Dr. M Srinivasan also shared their ideas.
The two days’ workshop changed the perception of the participants; now they can

look at familiar things with a fresh eye, examine problems with an open mind,
learn from their own mistakes and use imagination to explore new possibilities !