Schools need teacher preparedness to meet the aims of delivering quality education to the next generation and in the profession of education, teachers should never stop to assess themselves or their techniques. In her role as Director-Academics at DAIS, Yogesh introduced a formative and evolutionary teachers’ appraisal model drawn from her research that can be customized to the context of school goals and teachers’ professional development. She also devised and implemented students’ learning surveys for the schoolteachers as a self-assessment tool. In this role, as pedagogical leader and member of senior leadership, Yogesh sought to contribute to the formulation and revision of school’s academic policies required to support approaches to teaching and learning. She significantly contributed as the chair of teaching and learning for school CIS (Council of International Schools) accreditation by steering the alignment and consistency between ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) and international curricula of Cambridge and the IB Diploma. In her previous role as the International Curriculum Continuum Coordinator and then K-12 Yogesh worked towards alignment and consistency between different curricula offered at the school, which were documented in the Curriculum Handbook for each discipline at the school. She spearheaded workshops across K-12 for teachers focusing on ‘how to learn skills’, creating opportunities for various models of cooperative learning, and introducing them to develop unit plans with strategies for trans-disciplinary skills. She was presented the ‘Innovative Leader Award’ for benchmarking best educational practices at the World Education Congress held at Mumbai in June 2014.

In July 2016, Yogesh ventured to establish CourseLeap Education, offering tailored solutions for schools and students to achieve excellence through the application of strong academic principles and practices within various international curricula. CourseLeap is a young and dynamic organization in Mumbai, trying to address skill and competency gaps in pedagogy and learning through enrichment and elevation programmes for schools and students. For Students’ Vertical at CourseLeap, Yogesh successfully launched various Pre-College Programmes that include Pre-IB and Mid-IB Summer Programmes. All these courses stress on scholarship and critical thinking to prepare students for the intellectual rigour and independent learning methods so that students are better prepared to succeed at top global universities. Along with her colleagues at CourseLeap, Yogesh is currently conceptualizing and designing more courses to strengthen the upper secondary education. Flagship Courses include High School Accelerator Courses, Pre-IB, American Math Competitions and Pre University Courses.

As part of school services, Yogesh consults various international schools guiding them in self-study to strengthen their standards for IB and CIS evaluation and accreditation; aligning various national and international curricula and reviewing and formulating school academic policies. CourseLeap is well -placed to assist schools in strategic planning for teachers’ professional development, offers in-depth academic assessment and consultation that provides objective recommendations based on formative teacher appraisal and students' performance data to strengthen the aspects of international education including students’ results through internal audit and quality assurance for excellence. CourseLeap has/is engaged with Heritage Xperiential Learning School Gurgaon; Strawberry Fields High School, Chandigarh; JBCN Parel, Mumbai; Neev Academy, Bangalore; Edubridge International School, Mumbai; Woodstock School, Mussoorie, City Montessori School, Lucknow and Neeraja Modi International School, Jaipur. Yogesh is the member of the advisory board for the international school at the Heritage Xperiential Learning School (Gurgaon)

In November 2017, the Stars of the Industry Group presented Yogesh with Start-Up Professional of the Year under the Super Achievers’ category. Yogesh has also served as a panel member on various important educational platforms – Indian Education Summit , organised by Business World, a premier Indian business magazine; Fulbright, USIEF (United States- India Educational Foundation)’ for teacher selection; Next Genius, dedicated to promote critical thinking skills and foster the intellectual capital of youth towards the service of society.

Through association with institutions such as CIS, Council of International Schools and IB Educator Network as IB workshop leader and School Site Visitor in Asia Pacific Region, Yogesh is a skilled leader of current curricular reforms and global educational practice. She understands how to focus on school improvement in Indian international schools in order to deliver high quality global practices. As part of IBEN, Yogesh is an examiner for HL Math and is upskilled in the new Math subject changes and TOK from the year 2020. She has conducted IB workshops in Shanghai and Mumbai in the year 2019.

She has two Masters’ degrees, one in Education from University of Bath, UK with specialization in Educational Leadership and Management and the other in Mathematics from Delhi University. She also holds two bachelor’s degrees in Physics (Honours) and Education from Delhi University.