Lakhbir Deol - Program Director

Lakhbir, brings with her an experience of over 20 years in the field of education. She is a dedicated teacher and professional. She has extensive experience in the area of infant/toddler Montessori and primary environments, language development and management of corporate early learning centers. For the last five years, she had been managing the corporate Child Development Center for CA Technologies in Hyderabad.

Lakhbir earned her masters degree in Psychology from Punjabi University Patiala with specialization in Developmental Psychology. Because of her keen interest in the field of education and child development she pursued training from AMI (Association Montessori Internationale), Hyderabad and earned her certification as a Montessori Directress. She has successfully run early childhood centers in Punjab and Hyderabad. She is active in Montessori Communities and is an advocate for effective management of programs, school ethics and Montessori Pedagogy.

She strongly believes in the philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori.

Monika Kannan Iyer – Lead Teacher (Primary Program)

Monika Iyer is a talented AMI certified lead teacher for our environment. She is passionate about Montessori philosophy and its practices. She loves to work as per the rhythm of the child. She has consistently received positive rating from parents for her work. She is a B.com graduate and has interest in reading books. The Montessori Philosophy attracted her and inspired her to work for the children. She comes with an extensive work experience from reputed montessori schools.

Rumana Banu - Co-Teacher

Rumana is a Montessori Teacher with diverse experience of three and a half years. She is adept at planning and implementing activities which promote physical, social, cognitive, emotional and intellectual growth of children. She had done a diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education and a diploma in Pre-Primary Teacher Training.

Rumana believes Montessori Education enriches children through early education that helps ignite a child’s development. She also thinks in these early years, children learn with great ease and by giving them a Montessori classroom in which to interact and learn, they will develop at a more rapid rate.

Zara Saleem – Assistant Guide (Primary Program)

Caring Montessori Directress with diverse experience planning and implementing activities to promote physical social emotional and intellectual growth of children. Patient and committed to the best interests of early learners and their families. Her hobbies include creative art work, content writing and reading.

Zara completed her AMI certification in January 2020.

Abdela Elizabeth Philip

Abdela has been working with communities and religious organization for nearly 4 years and is perusing her UG in linguistics. Her strong points are creativity and curricular activities with communication and team management - she always had a leaning towards toddlers and early education and she believes that the initial five years of any human being's life are the base for him/her for a lifetime.

Mindful Montessori does this grooming in the most adequate manner. A place where you do not overwhelm the child with your knowledge but welcome their blooming in the most beautiful way and that is exactly what led Abdela to be a part of this institution - as she is sowing in the tomorrow of this world.

Sameena Sarwath – Assistant Teacher

Sameena always wanted to be a teacher and considers herself a forever student - continually learning something new! She loves working with infants and toddlers, is passionate about Early Childhood Education and wishes to keep learning more about the Montessori system. Young children see the world with an unbiased lens containing endless possibilities. She feels it is such a privilege to be a part of their lives. Sameena completed her B. Com. from Villa Marie Degree College and is currently working towards her degree in Bachelor of Education.