Retd. Education Officer, Karnataka

T. K. Raghavendra brings over three decades of distinguished leadership across teacher education, school quality reform, policy design, and system-level academic strengthening in Karnataka and at the national level. He has served in senior roles including Senior Lecturer at DIET, Program Officer at KSQAAC, and Block Education Officer, where he led large-scale quality initiatives, developed state and national training frameworks, and directly contributed to improving learning outcomes including guiding his block to achieve second place in Karnataka’s SSLC results. His work spans curriculum reform, accreditation standards, school leadership development, and the design of evidence-based academic interventions aligned with NEP 2020.

At the national and state levels, Mr. Raghavendra has been a trusted contributor to NCERT, NIEPA, KSOU, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, and the Department of School Education. He has authored and co-created over 20 teacher development modules, served on national syllabus and assessment committees, led translation and textbook review processes, and presented research on constructivist 

pedagogy, teacher vision-building, and student well-being. His research and advisory work covers critical themes such as holistic assessment, learning time optimization, adolescent mental health, technology-enabled learning, and teacher preparedness making him a rare blend of practitioner, policy contributor, and academic researcher.As an Advisor, Mr. Raghavendra specializes in strengthening institutions through capacity building, system design, and academic governance.

His core expertise lies in teacher professional development, learning-outcome driven pedagogy, assessment reform, leadership development, and institutional quality frameworks. He supports organizations in building scalable academic models, aligning practice with policy, and fostering effective partnerships between government, institutions, and civil society with a clear focus on learner-centricity, inclusion, and sustainable quality improvement in education systems.