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Network Guwahati Storytellers Veena Parveen Hasan. Mrs Veena Parveen Hasan started her journey as a Montessori
teacher at Maria’s Public School in Guwahati in 1994. She moved to
the Primary Wing and eventually became the coordinator of Middle School. Her creative zeal impacted not only her peers in the English
Department of the Primary Wing but also other faculty members through Round
Square exercises and participation in British Council sponsored educative and
motivational activities. She was instrumental in awakening the
love for the English language in children through storytelling,
dramatisation, and role-play. She was one of the selected teachers
who guided children to enhance their English skills for a program from Trinity
School of London. She was a first class in the North East awardee
in a Montessori Diploma course from Sister Margaret Day (Kolkata), has
attended several national and international education conferences. She is the storytelling mentor of Creative Writing
Modern Age. She has curated and conducted several storytelling
programmes online. She has been invited as a guest speaker and
chief guest in a number of storytelling-related national and international
webinars. In 2022 in Mumbai she was acknowledged as a Woman Achiever by
Certified Wealth Managers' Association (CWMA) as an educator and
storyteller. She has a Youtube channel titled “Storytelling with Veena” where
she narrates stories of various genres such as fables and other folk tales,
legends, fictional moral-based and inspirational stories, and real life
stories from across the globe. She tells stories to adults to
inspire them to follow their passions. As an International Storyteller, she is a member of Kathashtakam
Global, Australian Storytellers, and Federation of Asian Storytellers
(FEAST). She has narrated stories in Chennai Storytelling Festival
for adults and children. She is a certified storytelling teacher
under the guidance of renowned storyteller and story coach David Heathfield
from UK. She is presently working in the “Tell a Child in Gaza’s
Tale” project in which she retells stories told by children of Gaza. She
shares stories using the Japanese traditional art form Kamishibai. She has narrated stories in UK’s No 1 Global Talk show, “Talking
Stories”, hosted by the Father of Storytelling Tony Cranston from the
UK. Recently, she was awarded by the Byatikram group in association
with the Times of India in Guwahati, for her outstanding contribution
to storytelling and child development. She leads storytelling
classes for children from 6 years to 12 years online. Her involvement with children has always gone beyond the
boundaries of the classroom. Presently, she is an educational
consultant and a passionate storyteller. Her mission is to spread
the magic of stories and encourage storytelling. A photo is here. Contact info Email: veenaparveenhasan@ Phone: +91 99541 84896
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