About → Meet the team
Meet the team
We're a small, independent team of educators, a doctor, a lawyer and a statistician, brought together by one idea: children learn life skills best through stories and play, long before the hard moments happen. Here's who we are, and what each of us does before anything reaches your family or classroom.
Apoorva Saxena
Founder and owner
B.Ed (Bachelor of Education) · B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology)
Apoorva is a mum, a former teacher and a software engineer. Growing Wise began with a simple wish: that sharing, handling disappointment and talking about feelings could be practised calmly, through a good story or a game, rather than in the middle of a meltdown. It brings Apoorva's two worlds together: the classroom, and the engineering that turns those lessons into book guides, games and printables families can use at home.
At Growing Wise, Apoorva:
- started Growing Wise and runs it day to day
- builds the website, the game and the shop
Nohar Verma
Content and product creator and reviewer
Head teacher · 25 years teaching English to children aged 5 to 18 · MA Economics · MA English · M.Ed (Master of Education) · B.Ed (Bachelor of Education)
Nohar has taught English to children aged 5 to 18 for the past 25 years and is a head teacher, so knows exactly what works in a real lesson, and what a busy parent can manage at the kitchen table. With master's degrees in Economics and English and teaching degrees at master's and bachelor's level, Nohar brings deep subject knowledge and 25 years of classroom experience to everything we make.
At Growing Wise, Nohar:
- creates our book guides, activity sheets, packs and games
- reviews every product before it reaches you: right for the age, accurate, and useful
Shubhi Khare
Chief Legal Officer
Practising lawyer for 10 years · Bachelor of Laws, National Law University, Lucknow
Shubhi makes sure Growing Wise is a place families can trust. A graduate of National Law University, Lucknow, Shubhi has practised law for the past 10 years, and brings that experience to the legal side of everything we do, so that what we promise you is clear, fair and kept.
At Growing Wise, Shubhi:
- looks after our terms and policies, including privacy and refunds
Toshi Ranjan
Maths and data adviser
Former Professor of Statistics · MA Statistics · B.Ed (Bachelor of Education)
Toshi is a former Professor of Statistics and a trained teacher, bringing both a deep understanding of numbers and a teacher's sense of how children learn them. That combination helps our maths activities build number sense one small step at a time.
At Growing Wise, Toshi:
- advises on our maths and number activities
- helps us measure what is working, so we make more of what helps
Neeta Khare
Chief Health Adviser
Practising head doctor · MBBS · DGO · 45 years' experience with children of all ages
Neeta is a practising head doctor and gynaecologist, with an MBBS and a DGO, who has cared for children of all ages for 45 years. That lifetime of looking after children, and listening to their parents, shapes the advice Neeta gives us on wellbeing, feelings and growing up.
At Growing Wise, Neeta:
- advises on our content so it stays sensible and age-appropriate for children's health and wellbeing
How we work
- A head teacher creates and reviews our content and products.
- We recommend books we'd use ourselves. Nobody pays us to feature a book or toy. Amazon links earn a small commission, which you can read about in our affiliate disclosure.
- If something is wrong, we fix it. Faulty or missing files are always replaced or refunded. Refunds
Get in touch
Questions, suggestions or a book you'd like us to cover? Email growingwise2026@gmail.com or use the contact page.
Read why Growing Wise started →
Our roles are filled for now, but we'd love to hear from teachers, children's authors, illustrators and parents for the future. Careers →
Growing Wise is an educational resource for parents and children. It is not medical, psychological or therapeutic advice.