Bijal Damani is an educator who brings lots of innova8ons and perspec8ves to the tradi8onal educa8on system. An experienced Business Teacher with a demonstrated history of working with major focus on integra8ng 21st Century Skills along with the prescribed syllabus – giving her students an opportunity for holis8c development and career/life readiness. A firm believer in educa8on which has less content and more of context , Bijal has been spearheading many projects and ac8vi8es. She is the founder of Social Entrepreneurs hip project Galaxy Bazaar which has earned more than INR 1,50,00,000 ( $ 2,20,666) to provide free quality educa8on to girls from underprivileged sec8on of the community . Her another project is Innova8ve Product and Marke8ng Compe88on which has inspired her students to create more than 150 socially useful innova8ve products to make this world a beXer place. Her innova8ve classroom prac8ces have won her many interna8onal accolades including $ 1 Million Global Teacher Prize 50 Finalist, ASCD Outstanding Young Educator Award, ISTE Outstanding Educator Award, Forbes Good Samaritan Award, Google Innova8ve Educator, Microso\ Fellow , UNESCO SDG Global Teacher Ambassador, two Presiden8al Awards, GESS Awards, short listed for Reimagine Educa8on Award by Wharton and many more. hXps://www.linkedin.com/in/bijaldamani/