Oréll EdTech Company - Saji Chameli (CEO) & Executive Leadership

The executive leadership at Oréll is the company's backbone or pillar of strength. Highly motivated, appropriately qualified and unanimously committed to explicitly implementing company policies and goals while retaining, mentoring and guiding their team members the management team works in close consultation with the Board of Directors.

Saji Chameli

Executive Chairman & CEO

Saji Varghese Chameli is the Executive Chairman & CEO of Oréll Group of Companies (Orell Technosystems (India) Pvt Ltd, Orell Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Orell, Inc & Orell FZC - UAE) and is responsible for the day-to-day global operations and vision of Oréll's traffic monetization business. With over 22 years of hands-on experience in the IT industry, he brings a unique blend of professional competence and skillful entrepreneurial efficacy in leading Oréll. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics, Degree in Education and a Master's in Business Management from Mahatma Gandhi University.
A pioneering e-Marketing wizard, Saji was the Technical Director from 2000 to 2007 at an EdTech company, where he focused on product development and digital marketing.
Oréll was founded in 2007 by Saji, along with three like-minded professionals with extensive expertise in delivering innovative IT solutions for institutions of learning. Instrumental in forging strategic partnerships both within the country and abroad, he is most admired for his mature thinking, level-headedness as well as his eagerness to offer support and/or lend a helping-hand to anyone in need.

Dr. K.J. Vargheese

M.A, B.ED, PH.D. (PGDJ, PGDELT)

Chief Coach & Head - Course Development

Dr. K.J Vargheese is a renowned innovative Educationalist from India, who is researching on implementation of advanced technologies in the fields of language education. Dr KJV is a globally preferred invited speaker on ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in English education with 25 years of rich experience and a faculty of the Christ College. Dr K.J Vargheese is the Chief Coach & Head of Course Development at Orell.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

M.A. English, B. Ed.
Ph. D. in English Language Teaching (ELT) through Information Communication Technology (ICT)
P.G. Diploma in Journalism
P.G. Diploma in English Language Teaching (ELT).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE : 24 years

Chairman, Board of Studies in Functional English, University of Calicut.
Doctoral Committee member of VIT University, and Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit.
Chairman, PG Board of Studies in English language and literature, Christ College (Autonomous)
Member, Board of Studies, Community college, St.Marys College,Thrissur
Member, Faculty of Languages, University of Languages
Member, PG Board of Studies, English language and literature, St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda
Visiting Faculty of Regional Institute of English, South India, Bangalore, State Institute of English, Thrissur, Regional Institute of Education, Mysore and Christ University Nodal Center, Thiruvananthapuram
Secretary of English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI) Thrissur Chapter, Member of IndiaCALL

Founders

Saji Chameli

Abubaker Usman (Late)

Suresh Mathew

John Puchathaly Varkey

Academic Council

Dr. Aruna Wadkar

B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed., Hon Doctorate in Education Management – Thesis in Research and Training Former Principal CBSE & ICSE, Academic Lead- Pearson Pvt Ltd, Regional Director of Schools – South Zone Zeelearn ltd. Educational consultant, Educator, Mentor, Social Activist, Corporate Trainer, Trainer, Speaker – National and International Forums

Dr. Aruna is a dedicated and resourceful, passionate Educator coming from the Army lineage. ...Over more than three decades in the field of Education and Corporate and is a visionary to create a learning environment across for teachers and Students as an intellectual and emotional individuals, equipping them with personal values and tomorrow's leaders with ethics and learning so that they love to be lifelong learners. She has always believed transformation in terms of learning, teaching, leadership that needs to be maintained to ensure and thrive towards a global outlook.

A sense of responsibility with responsive new ways of integrating various forms of knowledge to help the students develop intellectually and emotionally as every individual is unique. Her motive is to impart education beyond books, wherein Educators should create relevant learning amidst the accelerating change of the environment to grow in a climate of non-threatening, respect and trust where teachers need to be empowered rightly to create innovators and researchers in them for the right teaching and technology driven.

Dr. Aruna is a passionate educator to bring in a change and transform lives of students, Empower women, up liftment of the society with passion and dedication.

She firmly believes that technology is the game changer in education sector and keeping pace with technology empowers you to prepare yourself and your learners for the better tomorrow. She believes technology will not replace teacher, but will empower them with infinite skills to enhance the teaching learning process

As a team player herself, she has always believed in transformational leadership. With a great sense of pride, she empowers her team members on how a balance can be maintained between technology driven, value-based education. What makes her different is her down to earth approach, she believes in; let’s do it rather than do it.

Future Endeavors: To impart education beyond books, wherein Educators should create relevant Learning amidst the accelerating change of the environment to grow in a climate of non-threatening, respect and trust where teachers need to be empowered rightly to create innovators and researchers in them for the right teaching and technology driven. She believes the “KEY – Keep Educating yourself” to have open mindset towards intellectual growth and “key” for life – “ Keep extending yourself ” until unless you reach the goal.

Ms. Shubha Joshi

Ms. Shubha Joshi, is serving as non-executive director of Balsam Academy since 2017. She has completed her MSc from Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India, in the year 1990 and an MS from the University of Houston, Clearlake, USA, in the year 1994. She also has B.Ed. from Bangalore University, Bangalore, India, completed in 2009.

Shubha is interested in Waldorf-inspired teacher education. She has completed ...certificate courses in Waldorf Teacher Training and Creative Teacher Training. She is passionate about making education simple, local, natural, balanced, fear-free, integrated, collaborative, and engaging. Her goal is to put these principles into practice to transform the education system. She loves to mentor aspiring learners, teachers, and extend support in organization development. In her free time, she enjoys self-development, Redikall Healing, biographical counseling, painting, and traveling.

Her experience of over 10 years as a Quality Assurance Engineer at Welcom Software in the USA (1995-2005) followed by 17+ years as a Teacher Educator and Facilitator across various schools in pan India has helped her blend the requirements of the corporate world with the education system. She also served as Principal at a reputed school in Bangalore for 5 years before taking over the position of Non-Executive Director at Balsam Academy in 2017.

Her purpose in life is to work with individuals to help them understand themselves and therefore others through spiritual and psychological tools, in an easy, effortless, and fun way that enhances their potential. She strongly believes that recognizing one's blocks is the key to revival and healing.