
Relearning the Craft of Teaching
An eight-week teaching programme unsettles long-held assumptions about rigour, expertise, and what it truly means to help students learn

Uma Narain
Former Founding Dean, School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS University

Former Founding Dean at School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS University
Uma Narain is a Fulbright fellow, former Founding Dean, School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS University and former Professor, General Management at S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research.
Currently, she is an independent Consultant, advising universities and schools on New Education policy and Liberal Arts Education.
Uma is an avid reader, a movie buff, a theatre enthusiast, and an enterprising traveller interested in different cultures and people.

An eight-week teaching programme unsettles long-held assumptions about rigour, expertise, and what it truly means to help students learn

Uma Narain
Former Founding Dean, School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS University

Five days in a small country with a large narrative, exploring history, the art of dissent, and an old wine culture

Uma Narain
Former Founding Dean, School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS University

My 10 recommendations of avant-garde films screened at the MAMI film festival, 2024

Uma Narain
Former Founding Dean, School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS University

Five days through Tashkent and Samarkand

Uma Narain
Former Founding Dean, School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS University

Four days with Frida Kahlo’s art, the election of the first lady president, and a road called Mahatma Gandhi

Uma Narain
Former Founding Dean, School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS University