Meet the Founder - Saira Gulamani
Saira Gulamani is passionate about empowering youth with emerging
technologies for social impact, and to innovate with purpose. With a
focus on technology for sustainability, climate change and food
security, doyourbit.xyz has worked with schools worldwide and
engaged in global developmental projects.
In her role as a Founder/CEO, her mission is to equip children with
coding, robotics and is driven by a shared purpose of creating lasting
social impact under the self-developed P3 concept – People, Planet
and Prosperity. She is a graduate from Harvard University Extension
School, a LEGO Certified Trainer and a BBC micro:bit Champion
imparting Coding and Robotics learning for the past 8 years in UAE.
She is also a certified LEGO Six Bricks Level 5 trainer, Foundation
LEGO Serious Play Facilitator, a Climate Fresker and is developing
engaging methods to include People of Determination and Seniors in
her pedagogies, keeping in mind one motto of “everyone changing the
world one BIT at a time”.
Arundhati Sen
Arundhati Sen is a LEGO Facilitator and a Marketing consultant with doyourbit.xyz managing the expansion plans and exploring new verticals to reach a wider audience encouraging adults and youngsters to explore the world of coding and robotics with Saira. She has been in the corporate world for the past 24 years with core competencies in Advertising, Marketing, and Branding with a natural extension into Corporate Communications and building CSR frameworks for companies. For the past two years has been providing marketing and business planning support to upcoming women home business owners to structure their ventures. Has completed 6 Bricks LEGO Training Level 1-4 and supports Saira in all training modules.
Aparna Banerjee Tilak
Aparna Banerjee Tilak has been closely associated with the field of Entertainment as a TV, Theater, Film actress, and Model. She has also been an avid State Level Badminton player. She has an innate desire to keep striving to learn new things and hence joined Toastmasters International to improve her communication skills. She believes in the sheer goodness of the human heart and the power that each of us holds to create and manifest beauty in our lives. She is a Lightworker ie an Energy Chakra Pranic Life Force HEALER and a passionate Tarot Card Reader. She is currently getting bricks certified. She believes that we are all conscious co-creators of our Divine Destiny along with the kind and loving Universe and the power truly is within each of us.
Zeenat
Zeenat is a Trainer, Mediator and Coach and holds an MSc. in Training and Human Resource Management from Leicester
University in the UK and a BA (Hons) Business Studies from Napier University in Edinburgh, UK. She is also an accredited
Mediator and Trainer of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), UK. and an accredited faculty and coach for
Leadershape Global, UK. In addition, she is qualified to carry out the following certified programmes – CEDR UK
Mediation Skills, ADR UK Online dispute resolution, Leadershape UK LEIPA Assessment® and Coaching, De Bono’s Six
Thinking hats®, Jigsaw ® Self-discovery tool, Climate Fresk and Lego Six bricks.
Zeenat has trained participants from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, DRC, Mozambique, Zambia, India, Canada, Tajikistan,
USA, UK, and Pakistan.
Zeenat has conducted trainings ranging from customer service to adolescent brain development for participants at
various levels and walks of life.
Zeenat has volunteered in various institutions including Rotary and has held several leadership positions in numerous
Aga Khan institutions serving as chair of the Human Resource Committee in the Aga Khan Council, Director on the Board
of the Aga Khan Education Services Tanzania and Chairing the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), Tanzania. AKF is a
development agency which brings together human, financial and technical resources to address some of the challenges
faced by the poorest and most marginalised communities in the world. AKF works primarily in six areas: Agriculture and
Food Security; Economic Inclusion; Education; Early Childhood Development; Health and Nutrition; and Civil Society.
Zeenat also volunteers in carrying out mediations and training mediators at the community level.
Zeenat’s approach to training is participant and needs focused. She uses an interactive approach to deliver her training.
Her delivery techniques allow participants to appreciate the content and be able to apply practical solutions in personal
and workplace situations.
Shezeleen Kanji
Shezeleen Kanji is a dedicated curriculum designer, educator and facilitator.
Her educational philosophy stems from education as being the catalyst for
changing the world to improve the quality of life of all of humanity. Igniting
the spark in students as vital contributing citizens, especially through project-
based learning opportunities, emanates in her teaching and design practices
where students embody the notion of being stewards of the earth.
She is a graduate in a dual Masters Education Programme from the University
College London, formerly University of London, and has participated in
curriculum design and implementation in person and remotely in countries
such as Germany, U.K, Canada, GCC regions, New Zealand, Mozambique and
Afghanistan, which has also included work in training and development of
teachers and support facilitators to build quality educational capacity.
