Shanta Borkar

Shanta Borkar is the Head of the Foundation Department at the Sur University College.  Shanta comes from Canada. She has done several extensive courses in the English language and won many prestigious awards for the same. Shanta holds a B.A. (Honours) in Psychology and English Literature and an LL.B. (Honours) in Law. 

Before joining SUC, where she teaches courses in English for Academic Skills and English for Academic Purpose (Business), Shanta was teaching an Advance Business Communication Course at the Centennial College in Toronto, Canada.  She also developed and delivered a TESL course to new immigrants to Canada in Toronto.  She taught at the Toronto School for Children with Learning Disabilities and also tutored young school children and adults at the Toronto Public Library.   As a fully-certified independent Financial Consultant, Shanta recruited and trained other Consultants.  She wrote the Standard Operating Procedures for all areas of the Bank and trained the Bank staff in implementing the same.

Shanta has been a Journalist with the Arab and Kuwait Times; she covered and reported on cultural events.  She also wrote a weekly business column for the Kuwait Times.  She was the Editor of the Law College Magazine. She has hosted several cultural programs on the national television in Kuwait.  Shanta has been an Instructor with the World Wildlife Fund, educating children and adults on environmental issues.

Shanta speaks many languages.  She has lived and worked in the Middle East and has traveled extensively to other parts of the globe.  She loves to share her knowledge, much to the delight of her students.  Shanta does not believe in just teaching her students the requisite academic skills, but rather in imparting an all-round education.       more