Anjini Saharia has been a teacher, website manager, curriculum developer, chemistry tutor, and above all a mother. She is an elementary school teacher with Stratford school. Teaching Hindi has been a fun and beautiful journey for Anjini since its inception in 2016. Hindi is her mother tongue and she loves reading literary works of famous Hindi writers and participates in poetry reading and recitation. Anjini has written many poems and song parodies for friends on their special occasions to toast and roast them. She enjoys how kids learn, grasp a concept and by the year end they are able to read and write sentences in a new language. Anjini loves to travel, hike, paint, sew and stitch, sing and dance. She wishes to continue her passion for a long time. 

Kamaksha Mathur was born and brought up in India. After completing her university education, she taught Biology to high school grade students in a reputed school in Aligarh. She introduced and organized many extra curricular activities, including science fair, science tours and quizzes. Received an ‘Excellence Award’ for high standards of teaching.

After coming to US Kamaksha did some job hunting in very competitive market, exploring different options and then accepted a customer service position in one of the renowned international companies, where she worked for 16+ years. After recession Kamaksha found an interesting job in an International Cultural Exchange program for college students. And now, she enjoys teaching and interacting with young children at Hindi ki Neev! 

Minakshi Mathur holds an MA/B.Ed from Delhi University and has 40 years of teaching experience, teaching children of all different age groups. After coming to US she specialized in teaching preschool and elementary school age children. Her love for Hindi language and exposure to the excellent system provided by Hindi Ki Duniya series for teaching Hindi to children , motivated her to take up Hindi teaching when Acharya ji was looking to start Hindi classes at the Shiv-Durga temple. She has enjoyed working with the young families and children at the temple for last 5 years and plans to continue the effort with Hindi Ki Neev now to  make these classes enjoyable and meaningful for all who attend.

Rina Mathur is an experienced teacher with credentials in early childhood special education. She has served Cupertino School District for more than twenty years and provided her expertise to local and private schools. 

She hails from India, where she acquired post-graduate degree in Botany. She taught primary level children for more than five years there, before migrating to the USA. A longtime resident of the bay area, Rina is a retiree and volunteers at the local library, temple, and schools.

Ripple Patel grew up in  a small, tight-knit town in Northern  Canada right in the Aurora Borealis belt. She is a full-time TPM and part-time upbeat youth who finds immense joy in working with children and staying connected with her roots! 

Ripple trained with Anjini for her first year with us and now runs the Beginner Level Year -2 classes. Apart from Hindi Ki Neev, she enjoys painting and sculpting, training for Kathak performances and adventure sports, skydiving, bungee jumping, whitewater rafting, flying lessons, bioluminescence kayaking are a few she's ticked off.