Hemali Choksi

IB Middle Years
Program Coordinator
Senior Faculty

Hemali Choksi has been with MGIS since 2016 where she has taught across classes, from Grade 3 up to Grade 10. In her time at the school she has worked as main class initiator, Language & Literature initiator and Personal Project coordinator. Currently, she holds the position of coordinator for the IB MYP.

Hema has degrees in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad and Urban Anthropology from Hunter College, New York. She has also done her Grade 8 in piano from Trinity College, London.

In addition to mentoring new teachers and actively participating in developing curriculum and planning interdisciplinary projects, Hema is part of a core group of MGIS teacher trainers since 2021, helping to conduct training sessions and workshops on experiential learning to educators, both within the school as well as across the country.

Hema is deeply committed to the student-focused, experiential, contextual approach at MGIS believing that when children are given a free rein to explore an initiative which they find personally relevant, learning unfolds enthusiastically, meaningfully and organically. She enjoys projects that tap into culture, personal history and the environment. One of her standout projects was “Making a museum and book showcasing family history” in which students collected intergenerational stories, photographs, artefacts from their grandparents and showcased the same in a museum set up for the school community. Other notable projects include “Making a sustainable calendar depicting trees of India”, “Making an eco-friendly, upcycled toran”, and “Conducting a sports event for the school.