{"id":112135,"date":"2021-01-12T13:25:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T19:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/?p=112135"},"modified":"2021-11-10T10:59:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T16:59:53","slug":"ed-tech-hour-episode-14-rohit-kumar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/ed-tech-hour\/ed-tech-hour-episode-14-rohit-kumar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Tech Hour Episode 14: Rohit Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"clearfix\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-112143 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Rohit-Kumar-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rohit Kumar\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/>Rohit Kumar, through his work and education, has come to believe that schools are places for an enriching sociocultural dialogue that can empower or subvert its pupils, depending upon how the school is imagined, designed, and brought into action.<\/p>\n<p>Kumar holds an M.A. in education from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and a master\u2019s in software systems from the Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, also in Mumbai. However, he thinks his most important learning comes from having worked with students and educators for more than 12 years. Currently, Kumar works as CEO at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnishala.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apni Shala Foundation<\/a> where he co-leads strategy, partnerships, and advancement for the organization. He also works with the National SEED Project where he co-facilitates diversity workshops for educators.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/964289761&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; overflow: hidden; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"The Chicago School\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/chicago-school-prof-psych\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Chicago School<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Ed Tech Hour Episode 14: Rohit Kuman\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/chicago-school-prof-psych\/ed-tech-hour-episode-14-rohit-kuman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ed Tech Hour Episode 14: Rohit Kuman<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rohit Kumar, through his work and education, has come to believe that schools are places for an enriching sociocultural dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":114084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1091],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1073],"class_list":["post-112135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ed-tech-hour"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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