Our Theory of Change
Applied education research is the first step to transforming learning at scale.
If we collaborate with parents, teachers, and school principals to field-test parenting, teaching, and school management strategies before implementing them at scale, then we can transform our schools into data-informed learning ecosystems that cultivate a culture of curious, cohesive, and compassionate parent-teacher-child partnerships.
Our Leadership
The team behind Noldenbirge.
Rosama Francis
With a professional experience of close to 25 years, Rosama has been helping people build a sustainable lifestyle. She is a life coach and a teacher educator who has been instrumental in many school turnaround initiatives across the country. She provides one on one coaching support to school leaders on effectively leading their school as a focussed and progressive school. In the past 25 years she has trained or coached 200,000+ children and adults in her capacity as a school teacher, school principal, teacher educator and life coach. Rosama is currently engaged in active educational research and coaching, and supports individuals from India and abroad. Rosama Francis is the co-founder of Noldenbirge Foundation.
Sojo Varughese
Sojo is an educator with two decades of on-field experience in Instructional Coaching and School Transformation. Over these years, he has trained and coached 95,000+ educators across India and the Middle East in classroom teaching, student assessment, and school management practices. His expertise is in blending technology platforms and human interactions for learning as he designs and delivers need-based, experiential, and outcome-driven professional development interventions for educators. Sojo is currently engaged in research on schooling and provides teacher development support to schools across India. Sojo Varughese is the co-founder of Noldenbirge Foundation.
The SDG Lenses
How does Noldenbirge align with the Sustainable Development Goals?
At Noldenbirge, we define approaches and design interventions to advance India's progress towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Nonetheless, we are confident that our actions as a social impact organisation will directly contribute to the following five goals and their individual targets.