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Jai Raj Awasthi
Nepal
Academic who helped to establish the English department at Tribhuvan University in Nepal with support from the British Council.
Deb Avery
South Africa
Education consultant and trainer who has worked closely with the British Council in South Africa for the past 15 years.
Itje Chodidjah
Indonesia
An expert on English language teaching in Indonesia with over 30 years’ experience of collaboration with the British Council.
Amr Gamal
Yemen
Yemeni theatre and film director, who directed an acclaimed 2023 production of Hamlet in a historic church building in Aden.
Ridwan Kamil
Indonesia
Indonesian politician and architect who won the 2006 British Council Young Creative Entrepreneur Award in Design.
Serhiy Kvit
Ukraine
Ukrainian literary critic, journalist and educator – a former Minister of Education and Science whose career has included senior academic positions.
Rubén Otero
Argentina
A survivor of the South Atlantic conflict who has found creative ways to process his experiences through theatre and music.
Héla Nafti
Tunisia
Tunisian educator with over four decades experience in the English Language Teaching and education sector.
Amol Padwad
India
Indian academic expert, a former teacher, trainer, consultant, community leader, and a pioneer of English language teacher professional development.
Andrew Ramsay
Ireland
Environmental policy analyst, climate action campaigner and former British Council Active Citizens programme participant.
Volodymyr Sheiko
Ukraine
Former British Council colleague and now General Director of the Ukrainian Institute, with expertise in cultural diplomacy, cultural management and communications.
Stories from around the world
‘My career is the career of an English teacher. And in India, eventually, any teacher of English will come in contact with the British Council or at least will have at least some indirect association with British Council.’
Amol Padwad
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