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It Started With a Spark.
It Started With a Spark.
We’re building what comes after
We’re building what comes after
We’re building what comes after
Where neuroscience, technology, and human awareness evolve together.
Where neuroscience, technology, and human awareness evolve together.
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Dream. Dare. Do.
Dream.
Dare. Do.
Dream. Dare. Do.
Educating Minds to Elevate Humanity.
Educating Minds to Elevate Humanity.
Educating Minds to Elevate Humanity.
Our
Promise
At Dreamtime Learning, the future of education is not only about knowledge. It is about awakening human potential. Learners understand how their minds work so they can build focus, emotional resilience, curiosity, creativity, and independent thinking. They learn to question boldly, connect ideas, and act with empathy and purpose. When learners understand their minds, they can shape their lives and contribute meaningfully to the world.
At Dreamtime Learning, the future of education is not only about knowledge. It is about awakening human potential. Learners understand how their minds work so they can build focus, emotional resilience, curiosity, creativity, and independent thinking. They learn to question boldly, connect ideas, and act with empathy and purpose. When learners understand their minds, they can shape their lives and contribute meaningfully to the world.
Our Promise
Our
Promise
At Dreamtime Learning, the future of education is not only about knowledge. It is about awakening human potential. Learners understand how their minds work so they can build focus, emotional resilience, curiosity, creativity, and independent thinking. They learn to question boldly, connect ideas, and act with empathy and purpose. When learners understand their minds, they can shape their lives and contribute meaningfully to the world.
Core Values
Learners at the Center
Every decision must serve the long term wellbeing and growth of the learner.
Not convenience. Not ego. Not shortcuts.
We pause before acting. One question: Is this truly best for the learner long term?
If the answer is not clearly yes, we rethink.
This value is our compass and the guardrail that keeps our purpose honest.
Core Values
Learners at the Center
Every decision must serve the long term wellbeing and growth of the learner.
Not convenience. Not ego. Not shortcuts.
We pause before acting. One question: Is this truly best for the learner long term?
If the answer is not clearly yes, we rethink.
This value is our compass and the guardrail that keeps our purpose honest.
Core Values
Learners at the Center
Every decision must serve the long term wellbeing and growth of the learner.
Not convenience. Not ego. Not shortcuts.
We pause before acting. One question: Is this truly best for the learner long term?
If the answer is not clearly yes, we rethink.
This value is our compass and the guardrail that keeps our purpose honest.
Core Values
Learners at the Center
Every decision must serve the long term wellbeing and growth of the learner.
Not convenience. Not ego. Not shortcuts.
We pause before acting. One question: Is this truly best for the learner long term?
If the answer is not clearly yes, we rethink.
This value is our compass and the guardrail that keeps our purpose honest.
How we grew from an idea into a movement
From a question about the human mind to a movement redefining learning
1978
A Spark of Curiosity
In Australia, a young Lina watches a documentary on the Jonestown tragedy. This moment awakens deep curiosity about behavioural and brain science, and how education can shape consciousness.
1978
A Spark of Curiosity
In Australia, a young Lina watches a documentary on the Jonestown tragedy. This moment awakens deep curiosity about behavioural and brain science, and how education can shape consciousness.
1982
The Beginning of a Calling
Lina begins her Bachelor of Education at Rusden Teacher’s College, Melbourne (now Deakin University). Her curiosity finds direction — how we learn is more powerful than what we learn.
1982
The Beginning of a Calling
Lina begins her Bachelor of Education at Rusden Teacher’s College, Melbourne (now Deakin University). Her curiosity finds direction — how we learn is more powerful than what we learn.
1985
India Calls Home
During a one-year visit to India, Lina teaches at one of Mumbai’s most prestigious schools and witnesses cognitive stress and emotional fatigue in children.
She makes a vow: “One day, I will return to change how educators and parents see learning.”1985
India Calls Home
During a one-year visit to India, Lina teaches at one of Mumbai’s most prestigious schools and witnesses cognitive stress and emotional fatigue in children.
She makes a vow: “One day, I will return to change how educators and parents see learning.”1986
India Calls Home
At Ferntree Gully High, Melbourne, Lina helps students choreograph “When Two Tribes Go to War.” She witnesses positive impact when learning is meaningful, children self-direct, self-regulate, and shine.
1986
India Calls Home
At Ferntree Gully High, Melbourne, Lina helps students choreograph “When Two Tribes Go to War.” She witnesses positive impact when learning is meaningful, children self-direct, self-regulate, and shine.
1993
The Kangaroo Jumps
After returning to India, Lina challenges every assumption of the school system. She founds the first Kangaroo Kids in Mumbai, pioneering active, experiential, and joyful learning.
1993
The Kangaroo Jumps
After returning to India, Lina challenges every assumption of the school system. She founds the first Kangaroo Kids in Mumbai, pioneering active, experiential, and joyful learning.
1994 - 2000
The Movement Begins*
Divya Punjabi joins Lina as co-creator.
Mothers across India turn into educational entrepreneurs, spreading Kangaroo Kids across the country1994 - 2000
The Movement Begins*
Divya Punjabi joins Lina as co-creator.
Mothers across India turn into educational entrepreneurs, spreading Kangaroo Kids across the country2000
The First School
The first Kangaroo Kids Primary School opens (now CP Goenka).
2000
The First School
The first Kangaroo Kids Primary School opens (now CP Goenka).
2004
Billabong High Launches
The first Billabong High International School opens in Mumbai, expanding Lina’s vision into high school education.
The network grows across India, Dubai, Qatar, and the Maldives.2004
Billabong High Launches
The first Billabong High International School opens in Mumbai, expanding Lina’s vision into high school education.
The network grows across India, Dubai, Qatar, and the Maldives.2006
The Lifequake
A parting of ways with the Billabongs becomes a turning point.
Lina attends *Anthony Robbins’ “Date with Destiny”* and *Dr. John Demartini’s “Breakthrough Experience”, beginning a personal journey into self-mastery, consciousness, and inner alignment.2006
The Lifequake
A parting of ways with the Billabongs becomes a turning point.
Lina attends *Anthony Robbins’ “Date with Destiny”* and *Dr. John Demartini’s “Breakthrough Experience”, beginning a personal journey into self-mastery, consciousness, and inner alignment.2016
The Abundance Realisation
At Peter Diamandis’ Abundance 360, Lina sees the future of exponential technologies.
She recognises that education must evolve as fast as the world it prepares children for.2016
The Abundance Realisation
At Peter Diamandis’ Abundance 360, Lina sees the future of exponential technologies.
She recognises that education must evolve as fast as the world it prepares children for.2017
Letting Go to Begin Again
Lina sells Kangaroo Kids and Billabong High, freeing herself to reimagine education for the age of AI and consciousness.
2017
Letting Go to Begin Again
Lina sells Kangaroo Kids and Billabong High, freeing herself to reimagine education for the age of AI and consciousness.
2020
The Great Reset
As COVID-19 halts the world, Lina begins her most ambitious research project yet — interviewing over 100 global thought leaders across neuroscience, behavioural science, education, and human potential.
2020
The Great Reset
As COVID-19 halts the world, Lina begins her most ambitious research project yet — interviewing over 100 global thought leaders across neuroscience, behavioural science, education, and human potential.
2022
Dreamtime Learning is Born
The culmination of four decades of inquiry, experimentation, and purpose:
Dreamtime Learning emerges as a future-ready education operating system.2022
Dreamtime Learning is Born
The culmination of four decades of inquiry, experimentation, and purpose:
Dreamtime Learning emerges as a future-ready education operating system.2024
and
beyond
2024 and Beyond – A Billion Dreams
Dreamtime Learning now powers over 100 pre-schools & high schools across India, Maldives, UAE, Saudi, Oman and beyond, impacting thousands of learners daily, and growing fast.
2024
and
beyond
2024 and Beyond – A Billion Dreams
Dreamtime Learning now powers over 100 pre-schools & high schools across India, Maldives, UAE, Saudi, Oman and beyond, impacting thousands of learners daily, and growing fast.
How we grew from an idea into a movement
From a question about the human mind to a movement redefining learning
1978
A Spark of Curiosity
In Australia, a young Lina watches a documentary on the Jonestown tragedy. This moment awakens deep curiosity about behavioural and brain science, and how education can shape consciousness.
1982
The Beginning of a Calling
Lina begins her Bachelor of Education at Rusden Teacher’s College, Melbourne (now Deakin University). Her curiosity finds direction — how we learn is more powerful than what we learn.
1985
India Calls Home
During a one-year visit to India, Lina teaches at one of Mumbai’s most prestigious schools and witnesses cognitive stress and emotional fatigue in children.
She makes a vow: “One day, I will return to change how educators and parents see learning.”1986
India Calls Home
At Ferntree Gully High, Melbourne, Lina helps students choreograph “When Two Tribes Go to War.” She witnesses positive impact when learning is meaningful, children self-direct, self-regulate, and shine.
1993
The Kangaroo Jumps
After returning to India, Lina challenges every assumption of the school system. She founds the first Kangaroo Kids in Mumbai, pioneering active, experiential, and joyful learning.
1994 - 2000
The Movement Begins*
Divya Punjabi joins Lina as co-creator.
Mothers across India turn into educational entrepreneurs, spreading Kangaroo Kids across the country2000
The First School
The first Kangaroo Kids Primary School opens (now CP Goenka).
2004
Billabong High Launches
The first Billabong High International School opens in Mumbai, expanding Lina’s vision into high school education.
The network grows across India, Dubai, Qatar, and the Maldives.2006
The Lifequake
A parting of ways with the Billabongs becomes a turning point.
Lina attends *Anthony Robbins’ “Date with Destiny”* and *Dr. John Demartini’s “Breakthrough Experience”, beginning a personal journey into self-mastery, consciousness, and inner alignment.2016
The Abundance Realisation
At Peter Diamandis’ Abundance 360, Lina sees the future of exponential technologies.
She recognises that education must evolve as fast as the world it prepares children for.2017
Letting Go to Begin Again
Lina sells Kangaroo Kids and Billabong High, freeing herself to reimagine education for the age of AI and consciousness.
2020
The Great Reset
As COVID-19 halts the world, Lina begins her most ambitious research project yet — interviewing over 100 global thought leaders across neuroscience, behavioural science, education, and human potential.
2022
Dreamtime Learning is Born
The culmination of four decades of inquiry, experimentation, and purpose:
Dreamtime Learning emerges as a future-ready education operating system.2024
2024 and Beyond – A Billion Dreams
Dreamtime Learning now powers over 100 pre-schools & high schools across India, Maldives, UAE, Saudi, Oman and beyond, impacting thousands of learners daily, and growing fast.
The Early Believers
The Early Believers
Dreamtime did not begin with scale. It began with belief.
Before there was structure or certainty, there were people who chose to trust what they could not yet see. My brothers and father invested through our family fund. My mother chose her own path, guided by a quiet but powerful commitment to give, and a dream to reach children who need this education the most.
As the journey unfolded, belief found its way to others. Gautam and Siddharth Rajgharia came in with conviction. Sri Kumar Rao, a thought leader that helped form the Dreamtime Blueprint saw the deeper intent and helped connect us.
Arusha believed again after being the first Kangaroo Kids’ franchisee. Sivaranjan aligned with purpose. And then came the ripple. Ruchika’s trust as a Kangaroo Kids’ franchisee, Chandrika’s and Ahmed’s expansion, also previously associated as a Kangaroo Kids’ franchisee carrying the vision forward in their own way.
This is how Dreamtime grows. Not through transactions, but through people who believe deeply enough to build what does not yet exist.
“With backing from Nikhil Kamath and Abhijeet Pai-lead Gruhas, DTL is set to scale its mission of Conscious education. Together, we’re reshaping learning with self-mastery, adaptability, and curiosity”
“With backing from Nikhil Kamath and Abhijeet Pai-lead Gruhas, DTL is set to scale its mission of Conscious education. Together, we’re reshaping learning with self-mastery, adaptability, and curiosity”
Founder - Lina Ashar
Founder - Lina Ashar
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Dreamtime Learning has raised Pre-Series A funding to expand its micro-school network across metro cities and scale its global online school.
Dreamtime Learning has raised Pre-Series A funding to expand its micro-school network across metro cities and scale its global online school.
Dreamtime Learning has raised Pre-Series A funding to expand its micro-school network across metro cities and scale its global online school.
Most sheep learn by copying the sheep in front. Lina couldn’t. She was the child who looked up, saw the fence, and asked “who built this, and why?” That single question became her life’s work: learning spaces where children practise attention, kindness and courage before they memorise answers. Dreamtime is her invitation to step out of the herd and learn from within.
Most sheep learn by copying the sheep in front. Lina couldn’t. She was the child who looked up, saw the fence, and asked “who built this, and why?” That single question became her life’s work: learning spaces where children practise attention, kindness and courage before they memorise answers. Dreamtime is her invitation to step out of the herd and learn from within.
Most sheep learn by copying the sheep in front. Lina couldn’t. She was the child who looked up, saw the fence, and asked “who built this, and why?” That single question became her life’s work: learning spaces where children practise attention, kindness and courage before they memorise answers. Dreamtime is her invitation to step out of the herd and learn from within.
Lina Ashar
Founder: Dreamtime Learning
Founder Emeritus: Billabong High & Kangaroo Kids | TedX Speaker | Philanthropist | Author
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Meet our Dream team
500+ Dreamtimers chose to build something different.
Divya Punjabi
Learning
Alchemist
Janine Mathó
Chief Learning Officer. Dreamtime Learning Asia
Dr. Anusha Venkatesh
Principal Online School
Dr. N Aruna Rao
DTL Hyderabad
Hub Champ
Sapna Aggarwal
DTL Pune Hub
Champ
Sonali Rijhwani
Assistant Preschool and
Primary Course Director
Kedar Ballwally
Head - Franchise
Naynaz Munsaf
HR Manager &
Operations
Mukesh Birwadkar
Digital Content
Director
Meghna Parekh
Operations Lead -
Partnerships
Deepti D'mello
Middle School Course
Director
Vasu Dev Rao
Head Of Finance - Number Mentor
Komal Khetal
Brand Trust
Custodian
Naman Tandon
Head of Product Marketing & Operations
Sandeep Tiwari
Head of Sales - Online School
Meet our Dream team
500+ Dreamtimers chose to build something different.
Divya Punjabi
Learning
Alchemist
Janine Mathó
Chief Learning Officer. Dreamtime Learning Asia
Dr. Anusha Venkatesh
Principal Online School
Dr. N Aruna Rao
DTL Hyderabad
Hub Champ
Sapna Aggarwal
DTL Pune Hub
Champ
Sonali Rijhwani
Assistant Preschool and
Primary Course Director
Kedar Ballwally
Head - Franchise
Naynaz Munsaf
HR Manager &
Operations
Mukesh Birwadkar
Digital Content
Director
Meghna Parekh
Operations Lead -
Partnerships
Deepti D'mello
Middle School Course
Director
Vasu Dev Rao
Head Of Finance - Number Mentor
Komal Khetal
Brand Trust
Custodian
Naman Tandon
Head of Product Marketing & Operations
Sandeep Tiwari
Head of Sales - Online School
Meet our Dream team
500+ Dreamtimers chose to build something different.
Divya Punjabi
Learning
Alchemist
Janine Mathó
Chief Learning Officer. Dreamtime Learning Asia
Dr. Anusha Venkatesh
Principal Online School
Dr. N Aruna Rao
DTL Hyderabad
Hub Champ
Sapna Aggarwal
DTL Pune Hub
Champ
Sonali Rijhwani
Assistant Preschool and
Primary Course Director
Kedar Ballwally
Head - Franchise
Naynaz Munsaf
HR Manager &
Operations
Mukesh Birwadkar
Digital Content
Director
Meghna Parekh
Operations Lead -
Partnerships
Deepti D'mello
Middle School Course
Director
Vasu Dev Rao
Head Of Finance - Number Mentor
Komal Khetal
Brand Trust
Custodian
Naman Tandon
Head of Product Marketing & Operations
Sandeep Tiwari
Head of Sales - Online School
Stories From Those Living the Dreamtime Way
Stories From Those Living the Dreamtime Way
Learners, parents, and educators share their journeys of curiosity, confidence, and transformation.
Learners, parents, and educators share their journeys of curiosity, confidence, and transformation.
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Join a community of educators, thinkers, and builders reimagining education for the age of AI and human consciousness.
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Sherly Rajan Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 400050.
Enquiry : +91 93727 60727
© 2026 Dreamtime Learning. All rights reserved.
Sherly Rajan Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 400050.
Enquiry : +91 93727 60727
© 2026 Dreamtime Learning. All rights reserved.