^{Working Experience:}

• 2023 -: Hindi Lecturer, Clinical Associate Professor 
• ^{2019-2023 : Hindi Lecturer, Clinical Assistant Professor}
• ^{2008-present: ACTFL Assessment Specialist for the South Asian Language Programs, Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, NYU.}
• ^{January 2021: Coordinator of Hindi se Prem Project, responsible for creating a world database of the universities that teach Hindi language, literature and culture. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1b_roe6fmh7rAZKtp2BvNKz5C6enb-iVmXhS-c4M-p3A/viewform?edit_requested=true#responses}
• ^{October 2022: YHS Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program Curriculum Development Project} 
• ^{2011- 2019: Adjunct Hindi Instructor, MEIS, School of Professional Studies, the “Speaking Freely” Program, NYU.}
• ^{2009-present Coordinator and Hindi Language Specialist for the Annual STARTALK@NYU Teacher Training Institute.}
• ^{2012- present: Hindi Language Test Item Developer and reviewer for the American Councils for International Education}
• ^{2012-present: ACTFL-ILR OPI Certified Tester} 
• ^{2016-2019: Assessment Item Developer and Reviewer for the NLRC, University of Maryland.}
• ^{2009-2019: Grant Recipient and Program Director of the STARTALK Summer Hindi and Urdu Immersion Camp in the West Windsor-Plainsboro regional school district in New Jersey.}
• ^{Summer 2012: Hindi instructor, Kean University, STARTALK Hindi and Urdu Student Program.}
• ^{1990-present: Poet and Contributor to online publications (Anubhuti, Kaavyalaya and books of poetry collections).}
• ^{2010: Co-Founder and Co-Editor of  eKavita (700+ members from around the world).}

^{Educational Background:}

• ^{2016-2018 – Master’s in Hindi Urdu Pedagogy, Kean University, U.S.A.}
• ^{1981-1984 – Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Education, University of Delhi, India. (Thesis: A Comparative Study between India and China on Adult Education)}
• ^{1981-1983 – Diploma in Advance Chinese Language from University of Delhi, India.}
• ^{1979-1981 – Master of Arts (M.A.) Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India}
• ^{1976-1979 – Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Major – Sociology, Minor – Hindi Literature, Miranda House, University of Delhi, India}

Fulbright Hays project:

^{Teaching Materials: Units and Lessons}

_2018-2021

• _{Packing and at the Customs}
• _{Festival: Diwali 2}
• _{Festival: Holi}
• _Delhi-1
• _{Class System and Class Differences}
• _{Husband-Wife Relationship}
• _{Premchand: Old Age (buDhii kaakii)}
• _{Abolishing the Caste System}
• _{Farmers’ Movement and Taxation (film: lagaan)}
• _{Khuda Haafiz (film project)}
• _{Weather and Travel (developed in collaboration with Rosanne Zeppieri)}
• _{Lesson Plans for Columbia University’s STARTALK Project (developed in collaboration with Rosanne Zeppieri)}

_2021-2023

• _{Elementary Hindi I Syllabus 2022 – Environment, Community and Sustainability}
• _{Intermediate Hindi I Syllabus 2022 – Environment, Community and Sustainability}
• _{Unit: Health}
• Performance  Task: _{Health Informercial}
• _{Performance Task: Healthy Caterers}
• _{Unit: Animals}
• _{Unit: Friends and Friendships}
• _{Unit: Family I} 
• _{Unit: Family II}
• _{Unit: Paper Boy}
• _{Performance Task: House, location, family}
• Unit: Geography (Novice)
• _{Performance Task and Vocabulary: Geography}
• _{Unit: Paheli}
• Story Analysis
• Story Elements

^{Publications:}

• ^{January 2022 – Poems published in Hindi Haiku Kosh, Edited by Dr. Jagdish Vyom. ISBN: 978-93-5445-630-5, Nishat Publications, Mayur Vihar, Delhi 110091}
• ^{December 2021 https://kaavyaalaya.org/kuchh_naheen_chaahaa}
• ^{2004 http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/sankalan/mausam/index .htm}
• ^{2005 Poems included in “Anthology Of Poems”, edited by Prof. Chandrakant P. Desai (Indo-American Literary Academy USA), pp 74, 75, pp. 139 140}
• ^{2005 http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/sankalan/varshamangal/sets/13Sept..htm}
• ^{2005 http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/haiku/haiku_mahotsav/sharad_mahotsav 01.htm}
• ^{2006 “Pravasini Ke Bol” edited by Dr. Anjana Sandhir (Columbia University), pp367 -371}
• ^{2006 Haiku Darpan, edited by Dr. Jagdish Vyom (Kendriya Vidyalaya Parisar), June 2006}
• ^{2007 Haiku Darpan, edited by Dr. Jagdish Vyom (Kendriya Vidyalaya Parisar), March 2007}
• ^{2008 Indian Haiku, edited by Angelee Deodhar (Hindi Translation and Bilingual Publication)}
• ^{2008 Modern Haiku, Volume 39.2, http://www.modernhaiku.org/bookreviews/IndiaHaiku2008.html}
• ^{2009 Haiku Sankalan – 2009, edited by Kamlesh Bhatt Kamal, 2009 Anubhutihttp://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/,}
• ^{http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/dishantar/r/rajneebhargav/index.htm}
• ^{2010 http://navgeetkipathshala.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-post_05.html#comments}

^Kaavyaalay:

• ^{http://manaskriti.com/kaavyaalaya/yugvani.asp?section=yugvani&pg=4}
• ^{http://manaskriti.com/kaavyaalaya/abhivyaktiyaan.stm}
• ^{http://manaskriti.com/kaavyaalaya/seepee_mein_motee.stm}
• ^{http://manaskriti.com/kaavyaalaya/samay_ki_lipi.stm
  http://manaskriti.com/kaavyaalaya/kuchh_naheen_chaahaa.stm}
• ^{http://www.garbhanal.com/Garbhanal%2049th.pdf}
• ^{‘Rajnigandhaa’ – a Hindi Poetry Blog http://rajnigandhaa.blogspot.com/}