Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Build and Lead the Research & Development Centre:
Establish and operationalize The Circle's Research & Development Centre as the organization's engine for learning, innovation, and systems design.
Develop the Centre's long-term vision, strategic priorities, and roadmap.
Build and grow a high-performing R&D; function that develops the Centre's five core capabilities over time.
Foster a culture of learning, experimentation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Drive Research and Organizational Learning:
Identify, document, and synthesize innovative practices emerging across The Circle's network.
Research promising educational innovations, pedagogical approaches, and systems change efforts from India and globally.
Translate research findings into practical insights that strengthen programs across the organization.
Build mechanisms for continuous organizational learning and knowledge sharing.
Lead Monitoring, Evaluation and Evidence Generation
Strengthen The Circle's monitoring and impact systems across all programs.




Design and improve assessment frameworks, tools and methodologies that capture holistic student outcomes.
Develop systems to evaluate new innovations, identify what works and generate evidence for scaling.
Promote evidence-based decision making by ensuring reliable data informs organizational priorities and program improvements.
Design and Codify Scalable Models
Convert successful innovations into practical frameworks, playbooks, toolkits and other knowledge products.
Codify learning so that effective practices can be consistently implemented across the network.
Develop adaptable resources and learning experiences that enable educators and entrepreneurs to adopt proven approaches.
Ensure organizational knowledge is documented, accessible and scalable.
Shape the Organization's Innovation Agenda
Identify emerging opportunities for innovation based on internal learning and external research.
Frame and recommend recent

📌 Founding Director, Research (Mumbai)
🏢 The Circle India
📍 Mumbai