Poornima Arun

Poornima Arun is a Founder-member and Head Teacher of Marudam Farm School. She is involved in all aspects of running the school – from curriculum development to teacher training and administration. Over the last 20 years, she has also been involved in creating innovative approaches to learning the sciences in her classrooms. Poornima has been organizing an annual craft week at Marudam for the last 14 years now, to showcase traditional arts and crafts from all over the country. She is an active member of the Alternative Education Network and was instrumental in starting its Tamil Nadu chapter.