With more than 35 years of experience, Dr. Swati Popat Vats is founder President of Early Childhood Association- India  and the Association for Primary Education and Research- India. She is also the President of Podar Education Network and the Founder Director of Podar Jumbo Kids and Podar Prep, preschool and day care chain with more than 500 centres in India  and 2 centres in UAE and Qatar. She heads the Teacher training wing of Podar and is also a Lead Assurer for the CACHE (UK) program at Podar. 

An advocate for children's rights, Dr. Vats has worked incessantly to promote developmentally- appropriate curriculum and banning school interviews of children. Her most recent agenda is the pursuit to bring an awareness about child safety be it road safety or safety of children and adolescents from sexual abuse and for this she has developed workshops and written two books- 'When Touch Becomes Trouble' and ‘The Secret Touch’,  that can help kids, teachers and parents.

As the leader for Asia of the Nature Action Collaborative for Children (NACC) she works tirelessly to ensure that children in India grow up knowing the earth and learning to respect nature right from the start. She is also the National Representative for India at the World Forum Foundation which works for early childhood in 150 countries and whose mission is to promote delivery of quality services for young children in diverse settings.

Dr. Vats has received many awards and accolades like the Gold Award for Child Education from the Governor of Goa,  the Fellowship of Honour from New Zealand Tertiary College and an award from the   Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India for outstanding achievements, transforming lives, dedication to service and immense valuable contributions to society. Dr. Vats has conducted workshops and trainings for parents and teachers globally on topics like Brain Development, Coding and Robotics, Understanding how children learn and why they fail, Gifted and Talented children, Understanding global curriculums, How to keep children safe from abuse, and many more.