Chitra Dandawate have completed PhD in Education from MIT ADT University Pune and has done her post graduation in German from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. She has also done all the courses of Max Mueller Bhavan Pune (Goethe Institute) and Oberstufe from Phillips University Marburg, Germany. She has been a recipient of the Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to do research in Germany. She presented a paper on "Contemporary Youth Literature and Language." She also presented a paper on "Media in language learning and teaching" at the international German teachers' conference held in Jena, Germany in Aug 2009. She has been awarded scholarships by the ministry of external affairs of the German government to do a comparative study and analysis of teaching methodologies in educational institutions in Germany. She has also been awarded scholarships by Goethe Institute and the Austrian government to do advanced teachers' training courses. She has worked in Symbiosis, Fergusson College and Max Mueller Bhavan. She has worked as zonal coordinator for AFS India (American Field Service), an NGO for international academic and cultural exchange programs. She was an invitee to the international conference on international understanding in Washington DC organized by AFS and State Department of Education and Culture USA. She has also been involved in corporate training for German language and an intercultural consultant in companies in and around Pune.