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Leadership Development
for Educators
The Leadership Development course by IIT Madras Pravartak is designed for teachers, educators, counsellors, faculty, and working professionals to develop essential leadership, emotional intelligence, communication, collaboration, decision-making, and innovation skills through live online sessions. Learn how to understand yourself better, communicate effectively, build stronger relationships, and apply practical leadership principles in your classroom, institution, and everyday life. Earn an IIT Madras Pravartak certification and develop the confidence and skills to lead with clarity, empathy, and purpose.
Course Date & Time
6th October, 2026 - Live Session, 6–8 PM IST
Expert
Eligibility
Teachers & Educators
Mode
Online, Live sessions
Course Overview
About The Course
Leadership Development helps educators and professionals build the personal and interpersonal skills needed to become effective and confident leaders. Through expert-led live sessions and curated learning resources, participants will explore emotional intelligence, self-awareness, empathy, communication, collaboration, decision-making, and practical leadership principles.
The Course aims to help participants develop self-awareness, strengthen emotional intelligence, improve communication, and apply leadership skills to real-world educational and professional situations.
Course Schedule
Course Duration:
Live Expert Session: 6th October, 2026 - Live Session, 6–8 PM IST
Certification Examination: 17th & 18th October, 2026
Course Duration & Learning Format
8 Hours of Learning, including:
- 4-hour live interactive sessions with experts
- 1-hour dedicated Q&A session for participants registered for the certification exam
- Curated reading and learning materials
- Self-paced learning through structured study resources
- 60-minute AI-proctored online certification examination for eligible participants
Learning Journey:
Follow these four steps end-to-end to earn your certification.
1
Attend Free Training
Build your foundation with live training.
2
Register for the Exam
Reserve your certification assessment slot.
3
Attend the Exam
Complete your secure AI-proctored online exam.
4
Get Your Certificate
Earn your industry-recognized certification.
Eligibility Criteria
For teachers, educators, school and college faculty, counsellors, and working professionals looking to strengthen their leadership, communication, emotional intelligence, and professional skills.
Detailed Syllabus
Module 1: Understanding Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional intelligence, self-awareness and relationships
Module 2: Self-Awareness & Personal Growth
- Strengths, leadership styles and growth mindset
Module 3: Empathy & Effective Communication
- Empathy, communication and collaboration
Module 4: Leadership in Education & Everyday Life
- Leadership, confidence, decision-making and problem-solving
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the Course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the fundamentals of emotional intelligence and its importance in leadership.
- Identify their personal strengths and areas for development.
- Develop greater self-awareness and empathy.
- Communicate more effectively in professional and interpersonal situations.
- Apply leadership principles in educational and everyday settings.
- Strengthen collaboration, decision-making, and relationship-building skills.
- Develop greater confidence to lead with clarity, empathy, and purpose.
Experts
Dr. Pratima Khandelwal
TEDx Speaker, Founder, Lead Facilitator -OBE & NEP 2020, Food Technologist, Edupreneur, Empanelled Skills Trainer, NPTEL & BS Program, IIT Madras
View Profile
Dr. Pratima Khandelwal is an accomplished edupreneur and Founder of ‘FlyHigh’ Educational Excellence Services (MSME unit in Bengaluru), dedicated to capacity building for K–12 and higher education. She brings 26+ years of rich experience in teaching, research and leadership in higher education space, and is seasoned food technologist (PhD holder), authored over 55 research publications, awarded 2 patents and a few novel useful microbes’ discovery to her credit.
She’s a TEDx speaker and empanelled skills trainer at NPTEL, IITM. She has delivered 750+ impactful upskilling programs across public and private institutions in India and a few overseas. Her interest expertise spans AI in academia, 21st-century skills-based pedagogy and andragogy, design thinking, soft skills (including emotional intelligence) and sustainable food systems, with her upskilling approach strongly aligned to outcome-based education.
Pranati Krishna
Leadership Development Facilitator, Coach & Author
View Profile
Pranati Krishna is a global Talent development leader with three decades of experience helping senior leaders and organizations grow - in self awareness, team effectiveness, and business impact. Her career began with a single unexpected moment: delivering a learning program early in her career that succeeded beyond all expectations and set her on a path she has never looked back from. Since then, she has partnered with C-suite executives and senior leaders across IBM and Kyndryl globally, designing and scaling programs that have reached over 10,000 leaders worldwide.
Pranati's work sits at the intersection of human behavior, emotional intelligence, and practical leadership - creating experiences that are insight-driven, deeply personal, and immediately actionable. Her conviction that leadership is built over a lifetime, beginning in childhood, inspired her to author Leadership Parenting, a sketchnoted book that highlights early belief systems shape the leaders we become.
A Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and NeuroLeadership Institute Certified Coach, Pranati draws on neuroscience and behavioral science to make emotional intelligence not just a concept, but a practice. She facilitates for diverse audiences, from intimate leadership cohorts to groups of 1,000+, bringing the same quality of presence, challenge, and clarity to every room she enters.
Certification Assessment & Grading
Your final examination score determines the grade awarded on your certificate. Grades are assigned according to the following criteria:
- Grade A — 85% and above
- Grade B — 75% to below 85%
- Grade C — 60% to below 75%
- Grade D — 40% to below 60%
Candidates must achieve a minimum score of 40% to be eligible for certification.
About The Course
Leadership Development helps educators and professionals build the personal and interpersonal skills needed to become effective and confident leaders. Through expert-led live sessions and curated learning resources, participants will explore emotional intelligence, self-awareness, empathy, communication, collaboration, decision-making, and practical leadership principles.
The Course aims to help participants develop self-awareness, strengthen emotional intelligence, improve communication, and apply leadership skills to real-world educational and professional situations.
Course Schedule
Course Duration:
Live Expert Session: 6th October, 2026 - Live Session, 6–8 PM IST
Certification Examination: 17th & 18th October, 2026
Course Duration & Learning Format
8 Hours of Learning, including:
- 4-hour live interactive sessions with experts
- 1-hour dedicated Q&A session for participants registered for the certification exam
- Curated reading and learning materials
- Self-paced learning through structured study resources
- 60-minute AI-proctored online certification examination for eligible participants
Learning Journey:
Follow these four steps end-to-end to earn your certification.
1
Attend Free Training
Build your foundation with live training.
2
Register for the Exam
Reserve your certification assessment slot.
3
Attend the Exam
Complete your secure AI-proctored online exam.
4
Get Your Certificate
Earn your industry-recognized certification.
Eligibility Criteria
For teachers, educators, school and college faculty, counsellors, and working professionals looking to strengthen their leadership, communication, emotional intelligence, and professional skills.
Detailed Syllabus
Module 1: Understanding Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional intelligence, self-awareness and relationships
Module 2: Self-Awareness & Personal Growth
- Strengths, leadership styles and growth mindset
Module 3: Empathy & Effective Communication
- Empathy, communication and collaboration
Module 4: Leadership in Education & Everyday Life
- Leadership, confidence, decision-making and problem-solving
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the Course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the fundamentals of emotional intelligence and its importance in leadership.
- Identify their personal strengths and areas for development.
- Develop greater self-awareness and empathy.
- Communicate more effectively in professional and interpersonal situations.
- Apply leadership principles in educational and everyday settings.
- Strengthen collaboration, decision-making, and relationship-building skills.
- Develop greater confidence to lead with clarity, empathy, and purpose.
Experts
Dr. Pratima Khandelwal
TEDx Speaker, Founder, Lead Facilitator -OBE & NEP 2020, Food Technologist, Edupreneur, Empanelled Skills Trainer, NPTEL & BS Program, IIT Madras
View Profile
Dr. Pratima Khandelwal is an accomplished edupreneur and Founder of ‘FlyHigh’ Educational Excellence Services (MSME unit in Bengaluru), dedicated to capacity building for K–12 and higher education. She brings 26+ years of rich experience in teaching, research and leadership in higher education space, and is seasoned food technologist (PhD holder), authored over 55 research publications, awarded 2 patents and a few novel useful microbes’ discovery to her credit.
She’s a TEDx speaker and empanelled skills trainer at NPTEL, IITM. She has delivered 750+ impactful upskilling programs across public and private institutions in India and a few overseas. Her interest expertise spans AI in academia, 21st-century skills-based pedagogy and andragogy, design thinking, soft skills (including emotional intelligence) and sustainable food systems, with her upskilling approach strongly aligned to outcome-based education.
Pranati Krishna
Leadership Development Facilitator, Coach & Author
View Profile
Pranati Krishna is a global Talent development leader with three decades of experience helping senior leaders and organizations grow - in self awareness, team effectiveness, and business impact. Her career began with a single unexpected moment: delivering a learning program early in her career that succeeded beyond all expectations and set her on a path she has never looked back from. Since then, she has partnered with C-suite executives and senior leaders across IBM and Kyndryl globally, designing and scaling programs that have reached over 10,000 leaders worldwide.
Pranati's work sits at the intersection of human behavior, emotional intelligence, and practical leadership - creating experiences that are insight-driven, deeply personal, and immediately actionable. Her conviction that leadership is built over a lifetime, beginning in childhood, inspired her to author Leadership Parenting, a sketchnoted book that highlights early belief systems shape the leaders we become.
A Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and NeuroLeadership Institute Certified Coach, Pranati draws on neuroscience and behavioral science to make emotional intelligence not just a concept, but a practice. She facilitates for diverse audiences, from intimate leadership cohorts to groups of 1,000+, bringing the same quality of presence, challenge, and clarity to every room she enters.
Certification Assessment & Grading
Your final examination score determines the grade awarded on your certificate. Grades are assigned according to the following criteria:
- Grade A — 85% and above
- Grade B — 75% to below 85%
- Grade C — 60% to below 75%
- Grade D — 40% to below 60%
Candidates must achieve a minimum score of 40% to be eligible for certification.
Register Now
- 2-hours live session
- Study materials
- You can register for the exam after completing the training
- Access to Learning Management System (LMS) will be provided Practice Quiz
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Experts
Dr. Pratima Khandelwal - TEDx Speaker, Founder, Lead Facilitator -OBE & NEP 2020, Food Technologist, Edupreneur, Empanelled Skills Trainer, NPTEL & BS Program, IIT Madras
Pranati Krishna - Leadership Development Facilitator, Coach & Author
Certification Exam
Recommended
₹1,250 (Incl. GST)
Attend free training and opportunity to earn a certificate from IIT Madras Pravartak!
REGISTER FOR FREE TRAINING ANDCERTIFICATION EXAM
- 2-hours live session with study materials
- 1-hour exclusive Q&A session for participants registered for the certification exam
- 60-min AI proctored online exam
- Last date to Register: 15th October, 2026
- Exam dates: 17th & 18th October, 2026
- Official IIT Madras Pravartak certificate
- Graded A–D (score 40%+ to qualify)
About
IITM Pravartak
IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation is a section 08 Company housing the Technology Innovation Hub on Sensors, Networking, Actuators, and Control Systems (SNACS). We are committed to transforming the frontiers of knowledge. Our start-up ecosystem is the nurturing space of brilliant professionals, Innovative entrepreneurs, curious young talents, and inquisitive students. With world-class infrastructure, equipment, and experienced mentors, we have everything to offer for the technology-hungry brains.IITM Pravartak is funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, under its National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems, and hosted as a Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) by IIT Madras. The NM-ICPS is a comprehensive Mission aimed at complete convergence with all stakeholders by establishing strong linkages between academia, industry, Government, and International Organizations.
About
BodhBridge Education
BodhBridge was an IIT Madras incubated company established in 2008. BodhBridge ESPL works closely with Schools, Colleges, Governments, etc. by providing various services to help students. BodhBridge has been selected for the NASSCOM Emerge 50 Awards, 2011. As part of their journey, they helped more than 5 Lakh students through Career Guidance programs, Campus Placement Preparation programs, Career Development, Career Assessments, Teacher Training programs, Certification Programs, Competitive Exam preparation, etc. BodhBridge specializes in employability assessment and career assessments.
