Farha Nadiadwala

With over a decade of leadership experience driving institutional growth, campus turnarounds, and community-centered learning ecosystems. Highly skilled at taking newly incepted school branches and turning them into thriving, sustainable centers of academic excellence and economy. Leverages a core leadership profile rooted in absolute operational honesty, creative problem-solving, and a profound dedication to academic excellence to systematically identify operational gaps and drive positive institutional growth.

Motivated in building appropriate university placement pipelines that leverage current blooming market dynamics to provide secondary students with premium higher-education security and global corporate employment pathways. She bridges the gap between high-level institutional systems and on-ground classroom realities through a unique 'pracademic' daily approach.

Teaching & Learning Leader - Eva World School - Mumbai

(2024-08)

• Orchestrated a comprehensive transformation across a 4 IGCSE school network, standardizing curriculum, instruction, and assessment systems to ensure complete global alignment.
• Directed the end-to-end establishment and operational launch of the brand-new Venus Campus from inception. Managed the full campus lifecycle—including core administrative setup, strategic faculty recruitment, and dual-board academic design—while simultaneously safeguarding daily compliance as the official Cambridge Exams Officer and delivering Grade 8 – AS Level Biology / EM lectures.
• Cultivated a dynamic, cohesive learning ecosystem by successfully bridging local school practices with international board benchmarks and a purposeful community vision. Officially demonstrated the academic year-opening vision statement to the parent community, maintaining measurable, year-long visibility of school visionary milestones via institutional social media pages.
• Engineered and scaled diverse academic programs across 4 IGCSE, 5 CBSE, and 1 Integrated curriculum models, focusing heavily on academic rigor and global standards.
• Pioneered the network-wide '3F Framework' to bridge learning gaps, transforming student failure into a constructive, real-time data point through differentiated re-learning methods, according to each student's need.
• Spearheaded student performance analytics to identify achievement gaps, driving high-impact instructional decisions and personalized student feedback loops. Designed and executed a structured Board Examination Mentorship Program for 100+ Senior Secondary students per year, utilizing personalized feedback loops to guarantee rigorous academic preparedness and lift year-end pass rates. Simultaneously conducted active instructional supervision by auditing 2 diverse subjects per day, developing a pro
• Facilitated centralized development workshops for 10+ senior coordinators and 50+ junior educators across branches, championing best practices in modern teaching methodologies and blended learning sessions.
• Introduced specialized AI tools and technology platforms into daily workflows, achieving a 33% increase in efficiency for core academic and teaching processes.
• Streamlined and optimized multi-campus examination governance across 4 IGCSE and 5 CBSE schools, coordinating between 15+ Heads of Departments and the Central Printing Team to slash administrative processing delays by 50%. Simultaneously introduced a proprietary annual resource planner for Early Years that reduced overall operational costs by 20%.
• Restructured the master institutional timetable and resource matrix across all cohorts to optimize the daily faculty footprint.
• Accelerated new student admissions by 10% through the design of targeted parent engagement strategies and impactful student outreach programs. Visiting Universities and academic institutions to cater the future career pathway to the learners.
• Strengthened school visibility by leading large-scale academic campaigns and community exhibitions for 2,000+ participants and the parents, showcasing student achievements and future prospects.
• Fostered high-value living across all branch campuses by integrating Cambridge climate and sustainability initiatives. Led student well-being integration by Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) frameworks from Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Successfully coordinated premium, network-wide partnerships with elite performing arts brands, Furtados School of Music and Shiamak Dance Academy to elevate the portfolios. Initiated sustainable community living and learning immersion program at Parda, Budhana

Academic & Evaluation Coordinator - Eva Group of Schools - Mumbai

(2022-04 - 2025-04)

• Overhauled and implemented assessment systems for 1,500+ K–12 (CBSE) students, generating actionable learning insights and data-informed strategies to systematically close student achievement gaps.
• Directed academic monitoring and curriculum implementation for 1,000+ students across Grades 1–10 (IGCSE) to ensure absolute alignment, quality assurance, and board compliance.
• Designed and delivered centralized teacher training for 20+ senior educators, executing 13+ advanced pedagogical modules annually to ensure structural consistency across dual CBSE and Cambridge curricula.
• Delivered Cambridge Lower Secondary Science instruction to over 90+ students per grade tier, achieving high classroom engagement and a strong record of academic success.
• Initiated and conducted cross-branches interaction of learners and teachers for sports, community living program & educational workshops.

Head of Department – Environmental Management - Ira Global School - Mumbai

(2017-06 - 2025-03)

Subject Matter Expertise – Science: Eva Group of Schools

• Served as Central Team Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Science, conducting instructional supervision and professional mentoring to elevate the teaching performance and caliber of 17+ senior educators across the network.
• Built the foundational science academic architecture for 4 new school branches, ensuring total curriculum readiness, absolute board compliance. Delivered Chemistry & Biology sessions for CBSE Senior Secondary section.
• Led network-wide academic initiatives engaging 500+ students across Biology, Science, and Environmental Management (CBSE and IGCSE sections) significantly enhancing student participation and year-end learning outcomes.
• Designed and scaled an inquiry-based 'Science - STEM - Sustainability' curriculum across IGCSE Environmental Management and CBSE Science divisions, successfully transitioning students away from passive textbooks toward authentic, real-world project execution.
• Mentored 100+ primary, secondary, and higher secondary students, providing structured academic guidance and personalized coaching to ensure subject mastery and top board exam results. Taught Science, Biology & Environmental Management from Grades 6 -10.

Associate Researcher - SIES Indian Institute of Environment Management - New Mumbai

(2018-03 - 2019-05)

• Managed a high-profile, government-funded research project on urban water quality, leveraging GIS database analytics to directly influence municipal public policy and local monitoring models.
• Received 2 National Awards for outstanding research impact, validating the institutional quality, scientific rigor, and 24 wards community-wide value of the project.
• Coordinated, hosted and anchored a major national conference on Water & GIS, welcoming 400+ corporate delegates, ministry officials, and academic figures to drive nationwide environmental awareness.
• Conducted weekly laboratory analytics on 20+ water samples utilizing a specialized Water Quality Index matrix, transforming complex data into practical training programs for municipal authorities.
• Directed advanced practical laboratory sessions for 15+ Master's Degree students, bridging the gap between higher-education research and daily campus academic delivery.

Co-Founder & Community Lead - Self-Initiated

(2018-03 - 2024-05)

Eat Clean: From Plant to Plate – Sustainability Initiative

• Designed a community-driven initiative connecting environmental education, nutrition awareness, sustainable food systems, mud homes; Promoted plant-based nutrition and responsible consumption practices
• Engaged 100+ students in single workshop and many families through digital outreach and sustainability awareness programs
• Food and Water Curriculum Initiative for Age Group 9-12 years, Kindness Boomerang Awareness

Doctor of Education - Ed.D. - Edgewood University

Master of Science - M.Sc. - The Institute of Science, Mumbai University (2011)

Bachelor of Education - B.Ed. - Surju Singh Memorial College, Mumbai University (2023)

Bachelor of Science - B.Sc. - Patkar Varde College, Mumbai University (2009)

Higher Secondary Certificate - HSC - SVT, Juhu, Mumbai (SNDT University) (2006)

Secondary School Certificate - SSC - St Blaise High School, Mumbai (2004)