Ms. Kirtida Apoorva Oza is an independent consultant with a range of professional experience in documentation of developmental processes, editing of case studies, development of multi-language environmental educational resources and training for target groups ranging from children youth, professionals rural and urban communities for Government, NGOs and CSR initiatives. Her past experience includes teaching at Undergraduate level at a Liberal Arts College at Lynchburg, Virginia, USA and as Educator in On-line courses. For over eleven years she worked with various programmes at the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) with experience ranging from development of Environmental and educational resources for a variety of target groups and training for in-service professionals. She coordinated CEE in-service Training Programmes for mid and senior professionals TALEEM for over five years and also played a pivotal role in the coordination of the international programme Training in Environment Education- a post graduate Diploma in Environment and Development at CEE.
Since 2006, Kirtida has co-Founded the only support Group for Patients suffering from the autoimmune condition Sjögren’s syndrome syndrome in India. Through Sjögren’s India (SI) she provides education and counseling support to patients suffering primarily from Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), but also extends services to patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus and Scleroderma. Through SI she facilitates interaction between specialist doctors, patients and their families. She has created a multilingual website www.sjogrensindia.org which allows patients from India and abroad to access educational resources in Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi besides English.
K Oza holds a post graduate degree in Life Sciences from the Gujarat University. She has been the recipient of awards for the first position at the Graduate and Post Graduate University Examinations. She was also the recipient of the Governor’s Medal for being the Best Cadet of the National Cadet Corps of her State and was the Best (Rifle) Shot for her State.