OUR STORY
DinoStaury is a series of Children’s Books designed to impart cultural value based learning to the modern Indian family. They endeavour to impart lifeskills and values in a simple, engaging and reinforcing manner.
The content targets children, parents and educational institutes alike in an endeavour to advocate cultural sustainability in a modern context.
Dynamic DinoStaury Team
OUR TEAM
Our team is a collection of, authors, illustrators, early childhood experts and parents with a common passion; to make our stories and content meaningful along with being engaging.
Our aim is to support communities to retain their cultures, and HOLD ON TO THEIR ROOTS, in this rapidly globalising world. We intend to do this by providing enriching tools that advocate cultural sustainability in a modern context to parents, educational institutions and children in their formative years.
Priyanka Shahra
FOUNDER- SOCIAL ENTREPENUR
Priyanka, a social entrepreneur, founded social enterprises One With Earth, Swapaholic, and DinoStaury, advocating for social and environmental consciousness in fashion, education and lifestyle. She serves as a board member and educator across non-profit initiatives supporting community welfare. Her passionate work in the realm of sustainable living has provided her the opportunities to speak at institutions, corporates, and initiatives, including TEDx.
Under DinoStaury, Priyanka has authored and curated numerous children's books, meticulously crafted to nurture conscious, mindful children and, consequently, communities. Her profound belief in the transformative power of storytelling has inspired enrichment workshops tailored for children aged 2 to 12. These sessions are designed to seamlessly integrate value-based messages into daily life through impactful storytelling and hands-on activities that reinforce the message.
Akshata Mohta
STRAGETY & MARKETING MAVERICK
Akshata has worn multiple hats in her professional life. She is very passionate about mathematics and a very keen observer of life, a natural problem solver, a die-hard optimist and a loving mother of two children.
She brings 10 years of marketing and branding experience to DinoStaury and is one of our chief strategists.
Payal Damani
QUEEN OF OPERATIONS
Payal's experience in client servicing spans across various industries. A mother of two children who loves to dance and travel she is a star at organisation.
Payal handles DinoStaury's operations across India. She is also on our strategic and marketing team.
Saloni Sachdev
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EXPERT
Saloni Sachdev is an educator, Bal Vikas instructor, volunteer worker, mother & baker! Her career in education has spanned over 25 years making her hands-on experience with children invaluable. She ideates, edits and contributes to all DinoStaury’s content.
She often plans her lessons around the stories to share values to her students as well as get their genuine feedback!
Amrita Sachdev
INVESTOR & ENTREPRENUR
Amrita comes from a lineage of entrepreneurs. While her acumen for investing and building businesses is intrinsic, her creative catharsis comes from writing and blogging in her spare time.
As one of DinoStaury's original team members and an involved mother to a cheeky toddler, she endorses the company's ethos passionately. She is the team's ever willing sounding board, consultant and quality controller!
Jieying Lin
MARKETING & PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER
A mum to two young children, Jieying believes strongly in the importance of character development, values education and cultivating of social emotional skills in children. She has extensive experience conceptualizing, developing and running educational programs, workshops and playgroups for children.
Jieying also believes in the importance of establishing meaningful partnerships with like-minded organizations to create a greater positive impact in the community.
Dr Alefia Poonawala
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EXPERT
Dr Poonawala is a Child Development Expert and is the Program co-ordinator at Creative Kids. As a medical doctor as well as a childcare expert, she has a deep insight in childcare and the need for hands-on programs. Her passion for children has led Creative Kids to great heights.
As a consultant for DinoStaury, she offers critical and valuable insights into our content. It is an honour to have her support and guidance as we develop DinoStaury into a valuable tool for cultural value preservation.
Xi Jia Zhou
RESEARCHER, EDUCATOR & TECHNOLOGIST
Xi Jia works as a researcher, educator, and technologist. Her passion is at the intersection of education, developmental psychology, and technology.
She aims to bridge scientific theories to educational practices and leverage technological tools to advance both learning experience and learning research.
Hiral Pandya
DESIGN THINKER & INNOVATOR
Hiral has her hands on all things creative at DinoStaury. With over 10 years of experience as a graphic designer, she heads our team of designers and is instrumental in creating and expanding the wonderful world of Dinopur. Inspired by her young daughter, Hiral creates creative content relevant to young children and their parents.
As our chief innovator, Hiral is also involved in the strategic planning, branding and marketing functions of Dinostaury.
Karishma Joshi
EDUCATOR, WRITER & STRATEGIST
Karishma helps create and curate DinoStaury's content. Currently studying early education, she is passionate about creating impactful and valuable tools which will help young learners develop.
She brings her love for reading, writing and words into each of DinoStaury's projects.
Kamala Nair
ILLUSTRATOR EXTRORDINAIRE
Kamala is an illustrator extraordinaire and works with our design team to bring Dina, Dinku and the world of Dinopur to life!
Her love for colours and her background in architecture has inspired her works.She also enjoys the challenges of storytelling and experimenting with different styles of work.
Tiara Safiah
MARKETING MANAGER
Tiara is DinoStaury’s Singapore Events and Marketing head. She has an exceptional ability to elevate events with her creativity and attention to detail.
Her love of working with children is corroborated by the fact that little ones flock to her in comfort.