Dr. Swati Popat Vats, President of Podar Education Network, is a global educator with over 32 years of experience and holds many important positions in the field of early childhood education. She is the President of the Early Childhood Association of India, the national representative, and a member of the planning committee of the World Forum Foundation and a member of the global Think Tank of Kidzania.She helped set up the Euro Kids chain and was the expert behind TATASky’s Actve Whiz kids channel. She recently set up the world’s first video based parenting website ‘Born Smart’ which helps parents understand the importance of brain development in the first 1000 days (birth to 3 years). Dr. Swati has authored several books for parents, teachers and children and regularly blogs, tweets about childhood, parenting and child rights.