Sindhuu Saavan

18+ years of experience in the field of education, with a focus on early childhood education and kindergarten programs. Strong leadership skills, with the ability to effectively manage and supervise academic teams to ensure compliance and quality standards. Exceptional organizational skills, with a keen eye for detail and a commitment to achieving excellence in education.

Deputy Manager – Operations & Business Development at Green Trends Academy (CavinKare Pvt. Ltd.) (2024-11 – Present)

• Managed end-to-end business operations for multiple academies, driving revenue growth, admissions, and operational excellence.
• Developed and executed strategies to achieve enrollment, revenue, and profitability targets across all centers.
• Monitored center performance through regular business reviews, SOP audits, academic visits, and operational compliance checks.
• Led marketing and lead generation initiatives through digital campaigns, seminars, referral programmes, institutional partnerships, and business collaborations.
• Improved student retention through structured follow-up, batch monitoring, counselling support, and service excellence initiatives.
• Managed trainer performance, academic quality, infrastructure readiness, and customer satisfaction to ensure a superior learning experience.
• Prepared business MIS reports, dashboards, forecasts, and performance reviews for senior leadership.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams including Sales, Marketing, HR, Finance, and Operations to drive business growth and process improvements.
• Built strategic partnerships with educational institutions, funding partners, and industry bodies to expand market reach and enhance business opportunities.

Zonal Academic Head at Velammal New-Gen Edu Network (2021-09 – 2024-10)

• Led academic, operational, and administrative functions across multiple schools, ensuring excellence in curriculum delivery and school performance.
• Drove student enrollment and retention by collaborating with school leadership on admission strategies, parent engagement initiatives, and community outreach programmes.
• Worked closely with Principals to achieve annual enrollment and revenue targets through admissions planning and conversion strategies.
• Monitored school revenue performance, fee collection, and budget utilization while identifying opportunities for sustainable business growth.
• Conducted regular school visits, academic audits, classroom observations, and operational reviews to ensure compliance with organizational standards and SOPs.
• Mentored Academic Coordinators, and teachers to improve instructional quality, leadership capability, and student outcomes.
• Planned and delivered teacher training programmes, leadership workshops, and professional development initiatives across the zone.
• Oversaw curriculum implementation, assessment practices, examination readiness, and continuous academic improvement initiatives.
• Strengthened operational efficiency by standardizing academic processes, optimizing resource utilization, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Analyze key performance indicators, including enrollment, revenue, academic performance, attendance, and retention, and implemented corrective action plans.
• Built strong relationships with parents, management, and external stakeholders, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction and timely resolution of escalations.
• Prepared zonal MIS reports, business reviews, academic dashboards, and strategic recommendations for senior leadership.

Academic Manager at Zee Learn Ltd (2019-04 – 2021-08)

• Manage academic and operational performance across 63 Kidzee centres in Kerala & Karnataka.
• Drove enrolment, student retention, and centre revenue through admissions planning, parent engagement, and franchise support.
• Conducted teacher training, academic audits, classroom observations, and centre visits to ensure curriculum excellence and SOP compliance.
• Monitored centre academic quality, operational standards, and implemented improvement plans to enhance performance.
• Ensured compliance with child safety, hygiene, infrastructure, and facility management standards across all centres.
• Recruited, mentored, and evaluated teachers, improving instructional quality and team performance.
• Strengthened franchise partnerships by providing academic guidance, resolving escalations, and enhancing customer satisfaction.
• Planned and executed academic events, teacher development programmes, and school engagement initiatives.
• Prepared MIS reports, tracked attendance, academic calendars, and operational metrics to support data-driven decision-making.
• Developed and standardized academic and operational policies, ensuring consistency and continuous improvement across centres.

Centre Manager & Administrator at Little Champs (2015-11 – 2019-03)

• To be responsible to oversee the day to day management, staffing and smooth functioning of the nursery.
• To be a member of the management team and to contribute to the strategic planning, monitoring, evaluation and development of nursery
• Planning and Implementing Jolly Phonics Programme to Kids.
• Driving revenue growth through core business (admissions) and non-core business (events, activities etc.)
• Interaction with the parents to convert maximum enquiries into admissions.
• Organising Parent Orientation Programmes and Parent Induction Programmes in the centre for high level satisfaction of the parents.
• Manage Inventory order, Stationary and office supplies.

Centre Manager & Administrator at Your Kids R Our Kids (I) Edu Pvt Ltd (2011-11 – 2015-10)

• Managing the team of YKROK staff at the centre, responsible for the smooth running of all aspects of the centre and developing a friendly and co-operative atmosphere.
• Checking edibility of food before serving to kids.
• Interacting with parents regarding the child development & behaviour
• Evaluates center activities for effectiveness to develop improved methods; devises evaluation methodology and implements; analyzes results and recommends and/or takes appropriate action.
• Organizing events in the school and conducting them successfully.
• Ensure that work permits to all the contractors/ vendors are issued by the concerning department Head. Simultaneously ensuring that keys are issued to them of respective work area through proper channel making entry in key register book.
• Follow monthly billing process & send all bills to HO as specified, PR entry in HRMS - PO follow up, Vendor Management, processing of their bills to Area Manager for payments.
• Prepared facility budget and submitted to management for approval.
• Keeping comprehensive written records for the Centre (including an end of course report) and running the Centre within the agreed budgetary guidelines.
• Keeping the banking and petty cash accounts up to date and sending weekly reports to head office.
• Minimize or eliminate issues faced during implementing academic excellence.

Primary Teacher at Sharada English School (2007-06 – 2010-04)

• Planning and delivering lessons, setting and marking assignments.
• Assessing and recording children's progress.
• Providing feedback to parents on a pupil's progress at parents' evenings and other meetings.
• Organising the classroom and learning resources and creating displays to encourage a positive learning environment.
• Organising and participating in extra-curricular activities.

Bachelor of Education in Economics (2022)

B.Com – R.K.T College of Arts, Science & Commerce (2007)