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Work Experience
15 Years
Freelance Writer & Editor
Conducted and written interviews for VISA Business Hub.
My articles have been published in the Times of India, The Hindu, Wire.in, Tehelka
Short stories have been published in Women’s Era magazine
Am a published author for Harper Collins, India
Author & Editor2010 - Present
Editorial Director of iNTELLYJELLY,a newly launched magazine for children up to 10 years of age from January 2015- December 2016.
Authored an ELT book for grade 5, Collins India. The series, Engaging English, made its debut in the 2016 academic session.
Authored ELT Book 4 for VIVA Publications in their English First series. In the same series have edited books 1, 2, and 3, 5, 6.
Have written geography books 6, 7 & 8 for VIVA Publications.
Authored a Value Education series for classes 1-10 for G. Ram publishers.
Have authored Social Studies, books 1 & 2, English Grammar, books 1, 2 & 3 and EVS, books 3 & 4.
Authored a vocabulary series, classes 1-3, for Amity University Press.
Proof read and edited books, both fiction and non fiction.
Key Learning and Achievements
Became comfortable with writing, editing, proof reading and, most importantly, learnt to be a team player in the editor, author, publisher nexus.
Verbal Ability Faculty2007- Present
Working as a visiting faculty with CL Educate from-. As a visiting faculty I coach students for management entrance exams such as CAT, XAT, SNAP, and NMAT and also for law entrance exams such as CLAT. Also taken special classes for IIM call getters; extensive GDPI sessions; boot camps; interview preparation and personality development sessions.
Have prepared content for CL Educate for the classroom sessions and also for the mock CAT test series. The content prepared covers the entire gamut of questions that come in CAT, XAT etc
Key Learnings and Achievements
Honed my skills in correct grammar, punctuation, syntax and gainedproficiency in the English language.
Times Of India-
Worked with The Times of India, Delhi, for 5 years. Launched their flagship programme, Newspaper In Education (N.I.E). Was selected by The Times of India when I was straight out of college because of my leadership skills and honesty towards work.
Edited the newspaper ‘The Times Offspring’
Key Learning and Achievements
It was here that I learnt work ethics and important life skills such as positive interaction with colleagues, public speaking, and ownership towards work. These skills and learnings have stayed with me.
For me the biggest achievement remains the fact that when I put in my papers everyone, from my manager to the head of the company personally requested me to stay on.
Year
Qualification
Institute
1984
M.A History
Delhi University
1982
B.A Hons. History
Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi University
1979
XII, CBSE
St. Mary’s Convent, Allahabad
1977
X, CBSE
St Mary’s Convent, Kanpur
Key Academic Achievements
Topped college in 1st year of BA Honors.
Came second in the University in MA, History
Scholarship holder, 10th, St Mary’s Convent
Merit List, 12th, St Mary’s Convent
Additional Engagements
Have moderated panel discussions for the National Book Trust
Interviewed Global Industry Leaders for the Asian business website of VISA
Key Interests
Reading is a passion. Have been an avid reader from a very early age.
Writing. My articles have been published in The Times of India, The Hindu, Women’s Era , Tehelka etc
Blogging I Have my own blog ( anjuscorner.blogspot.com)
Debating
