Dawood Vaid

Dawood Vaid is an educationist and trainer. Working with scientists as a Patent & Trademark Analyst, in Moscow and Switzerland, he observed and compared different education pedagogy and created 'fun-learn' approach to learning. A voracious reader and an avid horse fan, Dawood is most likely to be found conducting quizzes and interacting with students across the grades. He also works with academic institutions through School Leadership Workshops, conducts teacher training, and enjoys his sessions with teenagers.

Dawood M. Vaid
NationalityIndia
Alma materSymbiosis Institute - MBA

The author of 'The Education Riddle' and 'T.A.L.K.: Speak with Ease & Confidence'. Both the books are a result of decade long school visits and teachers' training workshops.

Dawood is a Certified instructor for teaching 21st Century skills & Leadership and is developing a student centric curriculum under Sky Education. ('Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills' by University of Melbourne on Coursera).

He holds an Engineering degree in Electronics & Communication and has completed MA Education & MBA (PGDBA) from Symbiosis, India. He lives in Mumbai spending time telling stories to his daughters and creating content for Life Skills curriculum.

Popular writer of blogs for EduExcellent (IIT Delhi initiative) and Sky Education.

Blog post include Lessons from Harry Potter (Hogwart school),[1][2] Skill or Certificate and The Bicycle Education.[3]

Dawood has a series of YouTube video blogs on various educational topics, that includes Discipline, Skills Mindset and a popular Personality Development program titled the CEOteacher!

  • Discipline – Between Carrot & Stick [4]
  • A CEO Teacher [5]

Dawood Vaid's career interest and profile is a degree in electronics and communication engineering and an MBA from Symbiosis Institute, Pune, India in human resources. His final year project of postgraduate work was on the goals and reality of Child Education in India.

In four years, the school has expanded to 24 cities across India, and has 6,500 students.

Biography

Dawood Vaid is a co-founder of Sky Education, a pan-Asia education organization. He has presented over 300 workshops through fun-learn approach including a parenting workshop at Fanaar, Doha, Qatar and Teacher's training workshops in Colombo, Singapore, Oman, UAE and across 40 Indian cities. He has received Award of Recognition to Education from Islamic Affairs & Charitable Activities Dept, Government of Dubai and been Awarded Teacher's Trainer, Oman. He lives in Mumbai, India and loves horse riding along with his 3 daughters.

Dawood Vaid has left his lavish career in professional industry in Switzerland/UAE to work on Islamic education. He completed his PGDBA from Symbiosis, Pune with the final year submission on a Project on Child Education and its impact. He also holds an Engineering degree in Electronics & Communication and worked as a Patent & Trademark Analyst in Unisantis, Dubai. Among his previous projects have been with Imperial College, UK and Moscow Aviation College, Russia which formed the impetus for his further work in Islamic education. The current project includes Teacher Leadership workshops, academics at Red Camel International School and supervising the curriculum development in schools.

Education and experience

A strong enthusiastic leader with good interpersonal skills and the ability to build, motivate and retain a successful team. Possess technical background as an Engineer (Engineering in Electronics and Communication) which helps in understanding the complex analytical subjects. Working knowledge on a wide array of industrial sectors from information technology, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, business consultancy to nanotechnology before taking ISLAMIC EDUCATION as a main core subject of study. Handling projects successfully for a group company Ingenia Technology, with Durham University, UK.

Key trainer - CLTE (Creating Leaders through Education)

  • Presented over 300 workshops on Teacher's Training across the country on education through fun-learn approach.
  • Workshops in Singapore, Qatar, Oman, UAE and across 40 Indian cities.
  • Curriculum & Research - Series of Islamic studies school curriculum.
  • Director of Education - Red Camel International School (www.redcamel.in).
  • Project work at the prestigious Institute for System Programming, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow for patenting new technologies on Optical lens.
  • Parenting workshop at Fanaar Auditorium, Doha, Qatar.
  • Excellence in School Education, IISc (Indian Institute of Science), Bangalore.

References
  1. "Seven Lessons that Hogwarts can Teach our Schools (yes that's where Harry Potter studied)". www.eduexcellence.org. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  2. "How to Develop a Culture of Reading among Students? Expert Strategy explained!". www.eduexcellence.org. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  3. "The Bicycle Education". www.eduexcellence.org. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  4. SKY Education TV (2018-06-05), Discipline – Between Carrot & Stick Part 1, retrieved 2019-07-26
  5. SKY Education TV (2017-08-27), A CEO Teacher | Episode 01 | World of Distraction | Dawood Vaid, retrieved 2019-07-26
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