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Masterclass Schedule : Bengaluru

24-25th Jan 2026:BLR

8.30 - 9.30 a.m.

Registrations

24 Jan 2026
10.00 - 5.00 pm

Concurrent Masterclasses

Laurie Frank Creating a Sense of Community with Intention

Mark Collard - Remarkable Program Design

25 Jan 2026
10.00 - 5.00 pm

Concurrent Masterclasses

Laurie Frank - Thinking Experientially 

Mark Collard - Critical Facilitation Skills

Masterclass Schedule : Pune

29-30th Jan 2026:Pune

8.30 - 9.30 a.m.

Registrations

29 Jan 2026
10.00 - 5.00 pm

Concurrent Masterclasses

Laurie Frank Creating a Sense of Community with Intention

Mark Collard - Remarkable Program Design

30 Jan 2026
10.00 - 5.00 pm

Concurrent Masterclasses

Laurie Frank - Thinking Experientially 

Mark Collard - Critical Facilitation Skills

Conference Schedule 

Registrations

7.45 - 8.45 a.m.

31st Jan 2026:Pune

10.00 - 10.30 a.m.

Tea & Transition to Workshops

10.30 - 1.15 p.m.

Concurrent Workshops : 180 Min 

8.45 - 9.15 a.m.

Opening and Welcome: 
Madhavi Nathan, Vishwas Parchure

9.15 - 10.00 a.m.

Keynote : Laurie Frank 

10.30 - 12.00 p.m.

Concurrent Workshops : 90 Min 

12.00 - 12.15 p.m.

Transition to Workshops

Let the learning happen - Do not Teach!

Vivek Yatnalkar

Experience Based T & D

31st Jan 2026:Pune

The Synthetic Friend:

When AI listens but no one else does

Racy Shukla

K-12

Where Quiet Grows

Ritu Dua

Nature Based Practices

Designing Experiences That Stick: Tools for Connection, Reflection, and Growth

Sakshi Rawat

       Experience Based T & D

Mission Critical: An

Intent-Based Leadership Simulation

Arvind Khinvesra & Ameena Bukhari

Experience Based T & D

Sport as a Medium for Social Justice

Shubhomoy Bhaduri & Shikha Bohra

Inclusive Practices

Differentiated Pedagogies Through the Lens of Puppetry and Voice Modulation

Rinti Sengupta

K-12

12.15 - 1.15 p.m.

Concurrent Workshops : 60 Min 

The Discipline of Subtraction

Nidhi Mittal

Experience Based T & D

Interactive Art, Theatre and Play as Experiential Pathways to Creating Safe Group Spaces for Sexuality Education

Simran Sanganeria

Inclusive Practices

The Art of Learning to Learn

Divya Arathi M

K-12

1.15 - 2.15 p.m.

Lunch Break

2.15 - 3.45 p.m.

Concurrent Workshops : 90 Min 

3.45 - 4.00 a.m.

Tea & Transition to Workshops

4.00 - 5.30 p.m.

Concurrent Workshops : 90 Min 

31st Jan 2026:Pune

31st Jan 2026:Pune

2.15 - 5.30 p.m.

Concurrent Workshops : 180 Min 

Play as Resistance: Reclaiming Joy, Justice,

& Connection

Sinthuja SSwati Bhatt & Agyatmitra

Inclusive Practices

A Social Emotional Learning Workshop Delivered through Play!

Chetan Vohra

K-12 

Beyond Psychological Safety: Integrating Somatics and the Polyvagal Lens in Experiential Facilitation

Diyanat Ali

Experience Based T & D

Self Facilitation - Method or Art?Vishwas Parchure 

Exploring The ObVerse - The Other Side of Coin!

Yateen Gharat

Experience Based T & D

Unboring History: Discovering the Stories Things Tell

Prachi Dalal

K-12

Embodied Pedagogies: How Ritual and Belief Shape Learning Spaces

Srishti Malpath

Nature Based Practices

              

Beyond the Adventure Wave: Can journaling be a peak experience

Sarabjit Singh Wallia

       Experience Based T&D

From Turbulence to Tranquility: Navigating Learning and Life with SEL

Sumita Gowdety

K-12

The Facilitator as Instrument: Exploring Embodied Presence in Experiential Learning

Zuhail Babu. P

Experience Based T&D

5.30 - 6.00 p.m.

Day 1 : Wrap Up

Conference Schedule 

7.00 - 8.00 a.m.

Open Space Workshops : Various

1st Feb 2026:Pune

 9.00 - 12.15 p.m.

Concurrent Workshops : 180 Min 

8.00 - 8.45 a.m.

Gather & Energise

 9.00 - 10.30 a.m.

Concurrent Workshops : 90 Min 

10.30 - 10.45 p.m.

Tea & Transition

Beyond the Binary: Reimagining Safety & Inclusion for Trans & Gender-Diverse People in Outdoor  & Experiential Learning

Riju Banerjee

Inclusive Practices

SHAKTI Warriors- Building Emotional Strength through Play

Natasha Nayar 

Lane Jabaay 

K-12

1st Feb 2026:Pune

NLP for Experiential Educators

Anup Talwar

Experience Based T & D

Mindful Conflict Management: Building Collaborative Culture at the Workplace

Rashmi Datt

Experience Based T & D

Cultivating Well-being Through the Practice of Mandala of Systems Awareness

Jasmin Jasin
Sahala Harap

K-12

Connecting with the Self 2 through Self 1: Tapping into the unconscious through conscious triggers

Aaryan Sen 

Experience Based T & D

Immersive Sound Meditation Session

Gayatri Singh

Nature Based Practices
(60 Min)

 10.45- 12.15 p.m.

Concurrent Workshops : 90 Min 

Forest of Stories: Exploring Identity through Storying and Re-storying

Mukta Joshi

Nature Based Practices

From Fibre to Freedom

Anchita Kaul

Tsewang Yangzes 
Experience Based T & D

Stop Facilitating the Crowd. Start Designing the Interaction

Vinay Sirsi

Experience Based T & D

12.15 - 1.15 p.m.

Lunch Break

1.15 - 2.45 p.m.

Concurrent Workshops : 90 Min 

2.45 - 3.15 p.m.

Tea & Transition to Workshops

1.15 - 4.15 p.m.

Concurrent Workshops : 180 Min 

1st Feb 2026:Pune

1st Feb 2026:Pune

3.00 - 4.30 p.m.

Concurrent Workshops : 90 Min 

1.15 - 2.15 p.m.

 Embodied Listening: The Art of Receiving - Nidhi Chavan
Experience Based T & D

3.00 - 4.00 p.m.

Designing the Experience:
The Art & Architecture of Transformative Learning
- 
Usha Krishnan & Pooranasoundari Venkatesan
Experience Based T&D

4.45 - 5.30 p.m.

Conference Closing 

Experiential Education and Social Justice: Co-Creating Frameworks for Practice

Pratyay Malkar

K-12

Atlas of Emotions

EMO Lab

Kavitha Talreja

Roopashree Surana

Experience Based T & D

 Seeing Experiential Education in classroom through a Montessori Lens Ashima Sheth

K-12

What can Leaders learn from School Principals

Caroline Nagar

SomsuvraChatterjee

Experience Based T & D

The body knows your power:

Embodied learning to nurture learners’ agency

Niken Rasarati
Tuuli Utriainen

Experience Based T & D

Panels of Possibility: Learning Comic Writing as an EE Tool

Tanushree Banerji

Experience Based T&D

Contexual Sensitisers > Icebreakers / Deinhibitisers / Energisers

Rutesh Panditrao

Experience Based T & D

Feel, Play, Grow

Hemali Gandhi

K-12

Setting the Benchmark: Quality Delivery & Price Standardisation in

Exp. Education in India

Junaid Hussain

Experience Based T & D

Venues for Masterclasses & Conference

Bengaluru

Pune 

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Quest Alliance
Quest Learning Observatory 
222, Good Earth Malhar Ave, Anchepalya, Bengaluru, Kambipura, Karnataka 560074

Sandipani Hometel
Symbiosis International Hilltop

Symbiosis International University,

Hilltop Campus, Lavale, Maharashtra 412115

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