How I overcame adversity, built a career, and became a leader in education and compliance.
I didn't plan this path, if I'm honest. It started in education consultancy back in India, and when I moved to Brisbane, I began right at the front-line administration, the kind of work where you learn by doing and by getting things wrong sometimes too. Looking back now, I can see how every single role, even the small ones, was quietly teaching me something I'd need later. I managed PRISMS for CRICOS providers. I coordinated international student requirements along with under-18 students by arranging their homestay. I ran data and reporting across multiple campuses. At one stage I was supervising more than a hundred staff, and somewhere in all of that, compliance stopped being a checklist for me and became something closer to a responsibility I actually cared about because I'd seen what happens to students and staff when it's done badly.
Since 2020, I have been Campus Manager at RTO Connect Pty Ltd, and along the way I also stepped into the role of Compliance Manager. This is the work that means the most to me right now. Getting the institute ready for ASQA. Staying on top of PRISMS and CRICOS obligations. Making sure we're meeting what the ESOS Act 2000 and National Code 2018 actually ask of us, not just on paper but in practice. Keeping risk registers honest and current. Being the person who sits across the table from a regulator and doesn't flinch, because the groundwork was already done properly, long before anyone came asking. And just as much, training the people around me not just telling them what the rules are, but helping them understand why those rules exist, so they carry that understanding with them, not just a memory of a training session.
In 2025 I finished my Diploma of Quality Auditing at Swinburne, and I became a qualified Lead Auditor. I'm also a Justice of the Peace in Queensland, which still feels like a strange and lovely thing to say about myself.
If I try to find the thread that runs through all of it, it's this I've always been someone who takes things that feel complicated and overwhelming and makes them understandable. Not simplified in a way that loses the truth of it, just clearer. I train people in a way that actually builds their confidence, not just their knowledge. I bring teams with me, rather than leaving them behind to catch up. These days that shows up as training, mentoring, and sometimes speaking to a room full of people. But whatever the setting, the truth underneath it is simple. I've been exactly where you are standing right now. And I remember what that felt like.
Credentials
RTO Connect Pty Ltd, Melbourne
Leading all RTO and CRICOS compliance operations under ESOS Act 2000, National Code 2018, and Standards for RTOs 2025. Coordinating internal audit programs and ASQA audit readiness, managing PRISMS, AVETMISS and ASQAnet obligations, overseeing campus operations, and delivering business and management qualifications as a trainer and assessor.
Autism Queensland, Brisbane
Managed branch operations, NDIS and HCWA administration, and day-to-day compliance. Led Non-State School Census and NCCD obligations across interstate campuses and supervised 100+ administration staff.
St James College, Brisbane
Coordinated international student admissions, homestay arrangements, CoE management and course progress monitoring in line with ESOS obligations.
Australian Institute of Technology and Management, Brisbane
Progressed from Admissions and Student Services Officer to managing campus compliance with ASQA standards. Led audits, PRISMS operations, and represented the institution at education exhibitions across Australia and overseas.
SKD Education & Migration | B.N Overseas Educational Centre, Brisbane & Punjab
Visa applications, CoE coordination, and education and immigration consultancy across multiple countries.
What Sets Me Apart
Seventeen years inside RTOs, CRICOS providers, and NDIS services. I'm not speaking from theory | I've managed PRISMS, led audit readiness, trained hundreds of staff, and sat at the tables where real compliance decisions happen.
ESOS. Standards for RTOs. NDIS Practice Standards. ASQAnet. I translate regulatory requirements into plain English that teams actually understand and can action.
I'm a migrant professional, a Justice of the Peace, someone who's progressed from frontline admin to compliance leadership. When I speak, audiences see someone who's been where they are.
People tell me I bring energy, practical insight, and genuine care about helping their teams succeed. Compliance doesn't have to be boring, and neither do I.
Whether you need a keynote speaker, a workshop facilitator, or a mentor for your team, I'm ready to help.
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