About me

I make a living telling stories and mentoring people into storytelling. Good Old Storytelling (dot) com is a home for all the storytelling work. I have done professional training in Storytelling (at Emerson College, England), in Art Therapy (at Bapu Trust, Pune) and in Design Thinking and Game Design (at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US). I completed a Doctorate focusing on Storytelling and Teacher Education. I received mentorship and immense support from Prof Padma Sarangapani, at Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education (CETE) TISS, Mumbai for PhD journey. Prior to PhD, I studied Empathy building (MPhil), Social Work (MA) and and Journalism (BA Hons) while being a part of and leading a few theatre groups for six years. I have collaborated and worked with numerous universities and schools, non-profits, social entrepreneurs and corporates across India, UK and US. In the last two years, along with teaching a course at CETE, I have worked on innovative curriculum making projects for state governments. I have also worked as an expert collaborator in Genvir (a project on gender-based violence) with De Montfort University, UK undertaking research and facilitation work with women and transgender community in Pune. I have also acted as a facilitator of Social Emotional Well-being component for the Pravaha Foundation. Independently, I like to use storytelling for purposeful, voluntary and community building work. Some of my audio stories are available as open resources (kahaanikipoonch) on YouTube. I recently volunteered with schools in Dras, Kargil and Leh, Ladakh in summers of 2024. I have deeply experienced the magic of storytelling and learning leisurely, with a community - a gift, I consider, worth sharing.