Aparna Bharani Pillai is an educator, school founder, performing artist, and ecosystem architect working at the intersection of education, creativity, human development, and future-ready learning.

She is the Founder Director of The Sun Smart Foundation International School, Chennai, a Cambridge International school built around the vision of nurturing mindful, skillful, artistic, responsible thinkers.

Aparna has completed the Certificate in Teaching and Learning from Cambridge and has also pursued learning in differentiated instruction from Harvard.

With experience across education, performing arts, media, curriculum design, teacher development, and school leadership, she brings a rare blend of classroom understanding, creative thinking, and systems perspective to this program.

The AI Smart Teacher Program has been designed from her lived experience of working with teachers, children, curriculum, school systems, and the real pressures of teaching today.

This is not a technology course taught away from classroom reality.

It is a practical educator-led workshop created to help teachers use AI with clarity, confidence, ethics, and purpose.