Dr. Neelima Gokhale

Dr. Neelima Gokhale has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and biology. In 1978, she completed a diploma in Early Childhood Education from Sofia Polytechnic, Mumbai. She has worked as a kindergarten Teacher in Mumbai, Hong Kong and Singapore for more than 20 years.

While working in Singapore, she completed her B. Ed as well as PhD from the University of South Australia and went on to work at a teacher education institution in Singapore before returning to India in 2008.

Since her return, she has been involved with in-service teacher education of balwadi teachers at Pragat Shikshan Sanstha (PSS) and at Anand Niketan in Wardha, Maharashtra, as well as in Bithur, Uttar Pradesh.

Dr. Gokhale believes that high quality early childhood education is crucial for young children’s later success. She would, therefore, like to continue to work with early childhood teachers to help strengthen their understanding of issues related to young children’s development in general and literacy development in particular. 

Dr Gokhale has helped develop some valuable resources such as films for strengthening the ECE professionals’ understanding of the significance of child centered and play based practices in the preschool environments. Another set of films focuses on reading writing strategies for young children’s teachers. She has worked with a team to develop a program for early childhood educators including all the content booklets. She has also made a significant contribution to PSS’s  various capacity building projects for anganwadi and balwadi educators. She continues to work with the PSS preschool teachers to continue to develop our program further.