Simran has completed a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education and Master’s in Education. Her research interests lie in the field of language development as well as the use of children’s literature as a pedagogical tool. She has worked with Eklavya (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) for the Reading Initiative. She was involved in the offline and online capacity development of the community facilitators as well as in the development of library-centred language activities. She contributed towards content development for NCERT’s Department of Elementary Education as well as a remotely-based ESL (English as a Second Language) learning-based mobile app. She has also been involved with translations of Learning Curve articles at the Azim Premji Foundation. She aspires to be a writer on the issues related to education, with a focus on language.