ABERD - Key Persons


Dr. (Mrs) Anila Bhatara - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
AB Education, Research and Development was founded by Dr(Mrs) Anila Bhatara an eminent educationist who has been associated with various educational institutes in the research and training sectors at the highest levels for over 30 years. After doing BA (Honors) from Xaviers College Mumbai and then went on to do MA (Honors) from Mumbai University. She then subsequently did B'Ed (Bachelors in Education) and M'Ed (Masters in Education with doctoral desertation ) from Punjab University having the unique distinction of being gold medalist merit holder throughout her university studies.. She thereafter went on to do the Post Graduate Diploma (Guidance and counseling) from NCERT. Thereafter she was associated with various schools and educational institutes at the top level. She has also been associated with organizations at national level and has conducted projects, workshops and seminars for various major educational resources.

Dr. Ali R. Alemozafar

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Dr. Ali R. Alemozafar received a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1999 and then went on to do a MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University in 2004. After completing his PhD from Stanford University, Dr. Alemozafar went to Harvard University for a one-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship it the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. He thereafter went on to complete his law degree.

Dr. Anupriya Chadha

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Chief Consultant at the National Level for Inclusive Education for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Dr. Anupriya Chadha is currently working as a Chief Consultant at the National Level for Inclusive Education for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), which is Education For All Campaign (EFA), a programme under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Dr. Chadha has been instrumental in planning and policy-making, preparing modules and material and training teachers and parents on Inclusive Education. She has been in this position since 11 years. Her efforts have led to enrolment of over 2 million special children in regular schools and it is to recognize this achievement that she was bestowed upon with a National Award by the Hon'ble President of India in 2007. Dr. Chadha did her BA (Honors in Psychology, and then went to do her Masters from University of Wisconsin USA, she thereafter did her Phd from Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi in the area of children with attention problems. Dr. Chadha has also worked as a National Level Consultant on a WHO assignment for the National Programmes and has evaluated many programmes on inclusive education throughout the country. Besides, she has also undertaken many UN assignments- UNDP, World Bank, UNESCO, etc. She has also been a source of inspiration (as part of a NGO in Hissar). to several young girl/women aiding them to develop vocational skills, so as to earn their livelihood and be self-sufficient. Skills like tailoring, beauty art, designing, culinary art etc. have been encouraged. She has travelled extensively in various tribal areas of Orissa and Madhya Pradesh to promote this concept. At AB Education she acts an advisor education methods and learning effectiveness systems.

Dr. Gandharv Bhatara

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
After doing his bachelors from IIT Delhi in Chemical engineering, he went on to do his MS and PhD from Stanford University (USA) after doing B'Tech from IIT Delhi. After working with Intel Corp. at their world head quarters in USA in their Research and Development Division, he moved to a major European company in the technology sector looking after their Strategy and Marketing Research of Advanced technology and scientific products. Having specialized in the area of semiconductor research, he has shown tremendous excellence and the highest level of academic and professional achievements having worked with some of the best research scientists in the world. He is an advisor for AB Education, in academic/scientific and mathematical profiling models.

Dr. Nelson D'amour

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Dr. D'Amour is a Senior Yield Analysis Engineer at Intel Corp in USA. There he has been the lead designer and developer of low-yield analysis systems - from file storage and database design all the way through front-end user interfaces. His technical interests include designing new analysis tools and systems utilizing statistical learning techniques for various fields of research with special focus on semiconductors, biotechnology, chemical processes, and "smart" applications. He graduated from Columbia University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and continued at Stanford University for a M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. At AB Tutorials he advises technological and online courseware and VLE/CLE to ensure that our students can have maximum possible resources at their disposal for preparation.

Mr. Gaurav Bhatara

Job Titles:
  • Director
Group Managing Director: Mr Gaurav Bhatara having over 20 years of Maritime, management, & international contracts experience at top management postions in International companies. A philanthropist at heart he left an immensely promising career with in Maritime law and management with International oil majors to work in education sector. He brings invaluable experience of management and international exposure to the group looking after the overall activities.

Ms Meenakshi Lekhi

Job Titles:
  • Noted Lawyer