Neela
Mookerjee is an Education Research Associate at Global
Knowledge Exchange. She has presented on technology-assisted
learning at national and regional venues. She has
entrepreneurial experience in both Internet-based
and brick-and-mortar business enterprises. Neela has
published nationally and internationally.
Neela is a recent graduate of Stanford University
in Palo Alto, California. She holds a Bachelor’s
degree in Economics and Communication. Neela was a
Director at Stanford Student Enterprises, a student-run
organization dedicated to developing viable businesses
to serve the Stanford community. Her responsibilities
included managing a fully-operational retail store
as well as its online storefront. Neela also assisted
graduate-level research in the Economics department
and provided peer guidance in the Communication department.
Her presentation experiences include speaking at the
U.S. Secretary of Education’s Conference on
Technology, the National Education Association Museum
in Washington D.C., SchoolTech Expo, to IBM, Dell
Corporation, and NJAET. She testified as an expert
witness before the Congressional Commission on Web-Based
Education in Washington, D.C. in 2000 and was filmed
for a campaign video utilized for Vice President Al
Gore’s 2004 Presidential campaign.
Neela has published several articles for PBS Online
and is the national winner of School City’s
Essay Competition. She provided the Metiri Research
Group with a solicited-statement on 21st century learning,
and her multimedia pieces are on permanent display
at the NEA museum in Washington D.C. Additionally,
Neela’s creative works have been featured in
the award-winning, online magazine Electric Soup and
in presentation materials for the Singapore Ministry
of Education.
Neela is a former student Directing Editor of Vibrations,
a thematic multimedia magazine. She also held the
position of Directing Editor of Poetry for Electric
Soup, an online literary magazine. Additionally, Neela
was a member of the American Technology Honor Society
where she achieved that society’s most prestigious
and highest rank of Scholar. She served as Secretary
on the ATHS executive board. She also was a member
of the French Honor Society and the National Honor
Society at Hunterdon Central High School.
