About Umar
I am a…
Educator/Teacher, World traveler
Bio
Umar Anjum has taught at Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has received specialized Urdu pedagogy training at UC Berkeley. He has also worked in Lahore School of Economics and at Forman Christian College University. He has been attached with UC Berkeley for their study abroad program in Pakistan. In addition, he is co-founding member of the Punjabi Boliyan Research Initiative (PBRI). He is a TED. Ed fellow and a TED translator.
I'm passionate about
Kindness, Creativity, Helping others
An idea worth spreading
I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. -A. Hepburn
The TED story
A friend of mine shared Sir Ken Robinson's talk about schools kill creativity with me. I was so fascinated by it that I thought that this video should be translated in Urdu as well. I started exploring TED website and wanted to ask TED people that how can this be translated and I found that they already have a dedicated section for that. I sent a request to join the translators group for Urdu which was approved. I looked for that video but that was already translated however it still needed to be reviewed which I did.
Things you might not know
Listening, getting comfortable in new environments, talking to strangers, working as a team member.