Profile

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Our 25 full-time faculty typically represent 8 nationalities.

Since the College opened in 1997, faculty have come from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the USA.

Faculty typically have at minimum a masters degree in the subject they teach, and usually one-third have doctorates. They share the UWC philosophy and, in addition to their teaching role, they are personal tutors, activity leaders, and share residential responsibilities.

Teaching faculty include the Head of College, Director of Studies and the University Guidance Counselor.

The teacher-student ratio is 1:9.

Current Faculty at Mahindra UWC

* head of department

Natural Sciences

  • Babul Das*
    Biology (India)
  • Kermeen Mehta
    Biology (India)
  • Luke Chamondey
    Physics (Canada)
  • Sharda Vakil
    Chemistry (India)
  • Sindhu Ramachandran
    Environmental Science (India)

Mathematics

  • Anna Worlein
    Mathematics (USA)
  • Parag Mehta*
    Mathematics (India)
  • Satyadeep Srivastava
    Mathematics (India)

Visual & Performing Arts

  • Ben Clark*
    Music and Theatre Studies (UK)
  • Hartman D'Sauza
    Theatre Arts (Kenya)
  • Kurush Cantinwala
    Film Studies (India)
  • Nandu Kumar
    Art & Design (India)

Triveni

  • Nandita Deosthale
    Director of Triveni and Development Office (India)

Head of College

  • David Wilkinson
    TOK (UK)

Director of Studies

  • Cyrus Vakil
    History (India)

Languages

  • Carmen Ospino
    French, Spanish (Colombia)
  • Harendra Shukla
    Hindi (India)
  • Jose Datas*
    Spanish (Spain)
  • Shruti Tiwari
    English A1, A2 (India)
  • Sufiya Pathan
    English A1, A2 (India)
  • Urmila Bidikar
    English A2 (India)
  • Usha Rajaram*
    English A1, A2 (India)
  • Veronica Wilkinson
    English B (UK)

Individuals & Societies

  • Anjuli Kaul
    Human Rights and TOK
  • Claire Timperley
    History and Human Rights Coordinator (New Zealand)
  • Hector Andrade*
    Philosophy (India)
  • Jaydeep Deosthale
    Economics (India)
  • Michael McGahan
    Psychology (USA)
  • Nitin Padte
    Economics (India)
  • Zia Pochkhanawala
    Psychology (India)