SI-UK Counsellors and Instructors: India

Director SI-UK

Hometown: Toronto, Canada

Academic Background: University of Toronto

After graduating from the University of Toronto, Canada, Dwayne Gallagher has spent over ten years in the UK, Europe and Northeast Asia managing and directing companies related to international education. Dwayne has worked very closely with the British Council, a large number of government organizations and UK universities in the area of international student recruitment. Dwayne is responsible for overseeing the global management of SI-UK.

Director

Hometown: London, England

Academic Background: B.A., M.A., BEd.,LLB.

Orion is from London England. He holds degrees from four top universities including an LL.B specialising in International law, an M.A. and a BEd. After graduation Orion co-founded a nationally recognised multimedia company. For the past 12 years he has worked in the international education sector, promoting UK Education and closely collaborating with UK universities and the British Council. Orion's responsibilities include global operations, marketing, and strategic planning at SI-UK.

Director

Hometown: Kent, England

Academic Background: Loughborough University

Vicki is from Kent, England and is one of the founding partners of SI-UK Global. She graduated from Loughborough University in Computing and Management and moved into the IT and management consulting industry. After a period of 5 years in Japan with SI-UK she moved to London to head up the London office. She has counselled thousands of students regarding education options in the UK and is extremely well versed in the education sector. She is responsible for company marketing, enhancing technology at SI-UK and business development.

Business Development Manager - India

Hometown: Delhi, India

Academic Background: MBA, MSC Warwick University

Puneet is from Delhi and obtained his Masters in Supply Engineering from one of the UK's leading Engineering departments at the University of Warwick. While a student there he acted as the ambassador to prospective Asian students for the university. He also holds a first-class MBA from India’s leading Business School. Puneet joined SI-UK in January 2010 and initially worked from SI-UK London for over six months. Puneet is now responsible for the business development and management of operations at SI-UK’s India, and will focus on the promotion of higher education in the UK.

Admissions Counselor/Marketing Officer

Hometown: Farrukhabad/Lucknow

Academic Background: Masters Degree, University of Glasgow

After graduating from Glasgow University, he joined Response handling limited and worked in the sales and marketing division of their Car/Home/Pet Insurance department in Glasgow. He worked there for just over one year before moving to London, where he joined the prestigious Post office Financial Services Limited under the umbrella of Royal Mail. He was based at the Kensington High Street Branch, London. It was a great experience for him to work their. He was in London for about 2years before returning back to India. And now he is a part of SI-UK Delhi team as Admissions Counselor/Marketing officer.

Admissions Coordinator

Hometown: Delhi, India

Academic Background: BA Delhi University

Gurpreet is from Delhi where she gained her Bachelors of Arts from Delhi University While studying she was worked as an Admissions Coordinator in one of India's leading education consultancies promoting overseas education. At SI-UK Gurpreet works as an Admissions coordinator and is responsible for admission of applicants to UK universities. Gurpreet prides herself on being able to get very fast offers for students due to her excellent knowledge of this process and SI-UK's direct relationship with UK universities.

Admissions Coordinator

Hometown: Delhi, India

Academic Background: Post Graduate Kuoni Academy

Priyanka is from Delhi, where she completed her university studies graduating with a PG Diploma specializing in travel and tourism management from Kuoni Academy. She is fully bilingual and is eager to help SI-UK students apply to colleges and universities in the UK, and to helping them attain the best offers and advice possible.

Student Advisor

Hometown: London, England

Academic Background: Business management Mumbai University

Renu, a British national, has recently joined SI-UK as a Student Advisor. Originally from Mumbai, she completed her degree in business management from Mumbai University. She was living in London for the last seven years and has gained enormous experience in the recruitment and higher education sector, and has visited and has extensive knowledge of almost all major universities in the UK. Renu has exceptional skills in communication, customer service and language proficiency in English and Hindi. She is keen to help Indian students by talking to them and advising them about life in UK and subsequently helping them with the application procedure for their college or university of choice.

Student Advisor

Hometown: Delhi, India

Academic Background: MBA WLC College

Tushar holds a degree in marketing from WLC, India and is fluent in English and Hindi. He started his career as a relationship executive in a concept-marketing firm in Delhi. Before joining SI-UK India he was working with Centennial College, Toronto as an admission coordinator in their Delhi regional office. His main responsibilities were assisting and guiding students aspiring to study at Centennial College, and throughout this role he helped thousands of Indian students achieve success in studying abroad. Now with SI-UK, Tushar is looking forward to using his skills and experience in counseling students for UK colleges and universities.

Hometown: Delhi, India

Academic Background: BA Commerce, Delhi University

Deepika is from Delhi and completed her Bachelors of Commerce from Delhi University. Working for the last six years in the study abroad industry, and for the last two years with one of India's leading education consultancies promoting overseas education. Now she has now joined SI-UK as an study abroad counsellor and applications administrator, and is looking forward to using her skills and experience to help SI-UK students successfully apply to and enter UK universities and colleges.

Hometown: Delhi, India

Academic Background: B.Com, Delhi University

Madhu Negi is from New Delhi where she gained her Bachelors of Commerce from Delhi University. She is has almost a decade of experience in administration and executive support. Before joining SI-UK India she was working with a large Indian based company handling Admin-Accounts and executive support. At SI-UK Delhi she will be assisting the UK management team with administration and the daily support related to promotion of UK universities and colleges.

Student Advisor

Hometown: Mysore, India

Academic Background: MA English, University of Mysore

Pooja has completed her masters from the Heritage city, Mysore in English Literature. She is fluent in English, Kannada, Hindi, Sindhi and Tamil. Her first experience in the education industry was as a teacher.

Pooja comes over with four years of experience in the study abroad industry assisting students apply to universities and colleges in the Australia, Canada, UK, USA and New Zealand and Europe. She is looking forward to work with SI UK to assist quality information to the students for building their career ahead.

Counsellor

Hometown: Mangalore, India

Academic Background: BA, Mangalore University.

Vasudha is from Mangalore and completed her Bachelors of Arts from Mangalore University. Vasudha comes with over two and half years’ experience in the study abroad industry where she was assisting students to apply to universities and colleges in the UK,Australia, New Zealand, Canada and USA. Now she is joined SI-UK as an study abroad counsellor she is eager to use her skills and experience to assist students to choose the best possible university or college in UK.

Hometown: Chennai

Academic Background: ADCIS from Malaysia

My name is Faizal Jamil and I was born in and raised in Chennai, India. I have spent almost a decade living and studying abroad in the countries like Malaysia, Singapore and UK, I studied in Stamford College, Malaysia and got Associate Diploma in Computer and Information Science, in addition to this I spent over seven years living in London UK, which was a great experience and really help me when counselling students on study options to the UK.

Hometown: Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh

Academic Background: MBA (HRM) from Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh

After graduating with my MBA (HRM), I started my career in helping students study abroad. In terms of languages I speak English, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada, which allows me to communicate with a wide range of students. Before joining into SI-UK India, I was working with Honeyworld Overseas Educational and Immigration Services in Hyderabad, as an Administrative Executive. Now I am with SI-UK India as an UK-Admissions coordinator for the Chennai branch and am looking forward using my skills to help students with applications and admissions.

Hometown: Chennai

Academic Background: BSC Biotechnology, Ethiraj College

I started my career as a HR executive and can communicate fluently in Telugu, Tamil and English. Later I joined with Storm Global Education Consultancy in Chennai where I learned in depth about overseas education. As a education counselor for almost two years I assisted many students to choose the right educational path for their higher studies with famous universities in both Singapore and UK. I joined with SI-UK in 2012 as UK university education counselor and am looking forward to assist students achieve their dream of studying in the UK. 

Support staff

Hometown: Kolkata

Academic Background: BSc. Biotechnology (Hons), Burdwan University

Coming from the ‘City of Joy’, Kolkata, She has completed her graduation in BSc Biotechnology (Hons) from University of Burdwan, West Bengal. She is an adventurous and sporty person and was one of the seven student representing India in Scout International Meet held at Davao City, Phillippine in 2006.

 A good communicator and confident, can speak fluently in English, Hindi, and Bengali. She started her career with SI-UK India as an UK-Admission coordinator for Bangalore branch. She is looking forward to work with SI-UK and use her skills to assist students with applications and admissions.

Hometown: Lucknow, India

Academic Background: M.B.A (Sam Higginbottom Allahabad Agriculture University)

Ira Tandon is from Lucknow where she completed her M.B.A from Sam Higginbottom Allahabad Agriculture University.She is having five years of experience in Administration and Executive Support. Before joining SI-UK India she was working with a reputed Indian based company where she was responsible for handling HR and management related work. Now at SI-UK Delhi she will be assisting the UK management team in administration and students regarding their application and admission.

Hometown: Tirupur

Academic Background: BSc (IT) and BA Dance (Tamil Nadu)

Pavithra comes from a town of textile Industries and a place having a flair of Indian classical dance (Bharatnatyam) and has been practicing dance since the age of 10. She holds a dual graduation degree in Information Technology (Sri Krishna college of Engineering and Technology)  and in Dance from Annamalai University. 

She worked as an Education Counsellor in supporting students to study in Singapore. She has assisted students in deciding a right path to their education in Singapore and now would be enhancing her knowledge and skills with The United Kingdom, through SI-UK. She has joined SI-UK as an UK education counsellor and is eager to assist student in choose their right path of education .

Hometown: Chennai

Academic Background: B.Com, Madras University

She has got around 7 years of experience of counseling students to study in the UK. She has counseled and sent hundreds of students to the UK universities based on their desire, academic background and budget constraint. She is looking forward to send many more aspiring students to fulfill their dreams to pursue higher studies at UK through SI UK.

Branch Executive

Hometown: Tinsukia

Academic Background: M.A Political Science, Delhi University & Diploma in Modern Office Management

Amrita is from one of the most beautiful and heritageous state of our North-East India, Assam. Her home town Tinsukia is situated in the extreme east of Assam. She fluently speaks English, Hindi and Assamese. She holds a postgraduate  degree in Political Science from Delhi University and also a First class diploma in Modern Office Management.

Prior to SIUK she worked as an Front Office Executive in One World Travel Solutions and now at SIUK she is looking forward to assist quality information to the students for building their career ahead and perform her duties as an “Branch Executive” with the implementation of her enthusiastic  and hardworking traits together with her good communication skills.

Application Coordinator

Hometown: Delhi

Academic Background: B.Com,Delhi University

Sucheta belongs to Delhi. She completed her bachelor’s Degree (B.Com) from Delhi University. She was very good in mathematics & Economics during her studies. After getting her Bachelor’s Degree she planned to start her career as an Administrative Executive in a stationery manufacturing company and handled Admin work there. She is having knowledge of different software’s such as ERP, CRM.

Now she is working as a UK-Applications Coordinator in India's leading education consultancy promoting overseas education SI-UK. She is Presumptuous, knowledgeable and Result oriented. She is looking forward to assist students with applications and admissions.

Application Coordinator

Hometown: Delhi

Academic Background: 

BA(Honours) Geography,MA English

Huma is from Delhi. She gained her bachelor degree from Delhi University. Earlier she worked as a content writer. She wrote books content from past one year. She has a excellence in keyboard skills. Also having philanthropic expression of english. Now she is moving her career in India's leading education consultancy promoting overseas education SI-UK as an study applications coordinator, and is voracious to using her proficiency and savoir-faire to help SI-UK students successfully apply to and enter UK universities and colleges.