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Kusumika ✅
Professional TeacherTeaches
Bengali
Native
English
Native
Hindi
Native
Speaks
Spanish
French
Specialties
BusinessKidsTest Preparation🔴 Top-ranked italki Tutor 🥇 5600+ Lessons 🏆 24+ Years of Exp. ⭐ 5-Star Rating by 740+ Students
Teaches
Bengali
Native
English
Native
Hindi
Native
Speaks
Spanish
French
Specialties
BusinessKidsTest Preparation🔴 Top-ranked italki Tutor 🥇 5600+ Lessons 🏆 24+ Years of Exp. ⭐ 5-Star Rating by 740+ Students
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From IndiaLiving in Calcutta, India (07:27 UTC+05:30)
About Me
italki teacher since Feb 7, 2017InterestsTechHistoryTravelFoodFilms & TV Series
👩🎓 First-Class Masters in English | TESOL Canada | IELTS Train-The-Trainer by British Council | EdLEAP by IIM Calcutta | OOPT C2 in English by Oxford
🔊 Speak Bengali and Hindi fluently in weeks, not in years!
📈 I personalize appropriate course plan based on your requirements
💻1000+ PPT Slides and 500+ PDF Resources for streamlined course delivery
🎯 Join Kusumika's Classes and achieve your goal with a globally acclaimed, 22+ year-experienced tutor!
🧒🏻 Come join my Trial Lesson!
🤔 What to expect in this 30-minute trial?
✔️ Plot your learning plan with me
✔️ A detailed analysis of your current level
✔️ An interactive mini-lesson for you
✔️ Simple but effective learning methods
Me as a Teacher
👩 I am a Certified Professional Tutor from India, teaching adults and children worldwide.
🥇 I have a First Class Masters in English, TESOL Canada, British Council's IELTS TTT, Oxford OOPT C2 in English and I am an IIM Calcutta EdLEAP Alumna.
🚩 23+ years of experience in teaching helps me in understanding the needs of individual students clearly and customize their lessons.
👪 I like meeting people from across the world and enjoy the exchange of ideas and experiences that take place.
👀 I focus on familiarizing my students with the local culture and different regional accents used.
🙏 Every class for me is an opportunity to assist my students in learning things that they want to learn. My lessons & teaching style
👩🏫 I'll help you level up your language level by learning vocabulary, perfecting pronunciation, and achieving fluency
💡 I'll provide worksheets based on your current level and conduct practice drills regularly
📚 I'll simplify the grammar rules for you to understand
🧒 For children, I'll devise Games, Quizzes, Animations and use vibrant e-books to make the lessons interesting
👂 I'll develop your Listening skills by narrating short stories & Indian mythologies
✍ I'll give home assignments, audio-visual resources, PPTs & PDFs, and I'll have discussions & debates, Role-plays and conversations on the topics you choose
😀 I am quite flexible in my teaching style and have a friendly approachMy teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Audio files
- Image files
- Video files
- Flashcards
- Articles and news
- Quizzes
- Test templates and examples
- Graphs and charts
- Homework Assignments
Certificates
Education Leaders' Programme - Indian Institute of India Calcutta (IIMC) - 20221-year programme in Education Management from IIM Calcutta
Certificate verified
Masters In English - IGNOU, Government of India - 2020I have a First-Class Master's degree in English from Indira Gandhi National Open University, Government of India. It was a 2-year course and required intense study of different aspects of English. It has developed my understanding of the workings of the language and helped me improve my teaching skills. I also have a TESOL/TEFL teaching English certification and a Bachelor's degree in Commerce. I believe I can teach Business English with my 20 years of experience.
Certificate verified
IELTS Train The Trainer Certificate - British Council, Kolkata - 2016
Certificate verified
120 Hours Certificate in TESOL/TEFL Program - Asian College of Teachers and TESOL Canada - 2016
Certificate verified
TESOL/TEFL - Asian College of Teachers & TESOL Canada - 2016I have completed a 120-hour TESOL/TEFL certification from Asian College of Teachers & TESOL Canada in 2016. This program taught me how to teach English to students of all ages starting from A1 level. It helps me develop age-appropriate lesson plans and design interesting quizzes for children. I also have a First-Class Msster's Degree in English. Combined with my 20 years of experience, I can deliver successful lessons to kids.
Certificate verified
IELTS Train the Trainer - British Council, Kolkata - 2016I attended an 18-hour workshop under the IELTS Train the Trainer program organised by the British Council, Kolkata. It was in an intensive workshop that thoroughly versed me with the salient features of providing Exam Prep training to students, including techniques and resources. This enables me to train students for IELTS and other exams like SAT, GRE and GMAT. I also have a First-Class Master's Degree in English. Hence, I believe I am qualified to teach students for Exam Prep.
Certificate verified
Teaching experience
2001 - 2024
Language TutorI have been teaching communicative Hindi, Bengali, and English to students worldwide, both in-person and virtually, at the A1 to C2 level. I provide tutoring services to students from various international curricula, including GCSE, IB, and IGCSE. In addition, I tutor candidates for the SAT, GMAT, GRE, IELTS, and TOEFL.
2020 - 2020
Verbal FacultyI provided training for the verbal section to the students for the IELTS, SAT and ACT tests.
2019 - 2020
Verbal FacultyI provided training for the verbal section to the students for the SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE tests.
2017 - 2019
English TeacherI taught English to students studying the IGCSE, ICSE and CBSE curricula from Grade 7 to Grade 12. I helped in their homework assignments and also took regular revision tests to gauge their progress. Developing their basic linguistic skills was a key area of my responsibility.
Education
1998 - 2001
Bachelor’s - Accounts and Economics3-Year Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy Honours
2018 - 2020
Master's - EnglishMasters in English with specialization in British and American Literature.
Work Experience
2022 - 2022
Senior Academic SpecialistMy experience at BYJU'S included serving as the full-time Master Tutor and supervising a group of up to 17 Assistant Teachers while conducting live online lectures for about 2000 students.
5.0
Rating
827
Students
5,733
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Hindi Lessons
Hindi
Bengali
English
Trial Lesson
603 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
Hindi Learning Course for Children
A1 - C2Kids293 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Package with 13% off
Hindi Conversation Practice
A1 - C2Conversation353 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Package with 13% off
Hindi Learning Course (Beginner to Intermediate)
A1 - B2Language Essentials628 lessons completed
USD 14.00+
Package with 15% off
Availability
Arjun Gill
27 Hindi lessons
Teacher’s pick
I’ve been taking lessons with Kusumika for a few weeks and I’ve noticed a great improvement in my Hindi! Her lessons are interactive and fun. She engages with her students in a way that makes learning fun and successful. She is very accommodating and great with communication as well!
May 14, 2025
Ian
42 Bengali lessons
Teacher’s pick
Kusumika is an extremely good teacher and I am very lucky to have her as my tutor. She very frequently tailors lesson to focus on things I am struggling with. She is supportive when I make mistakes but firm that they need to be corrected. Overall a very good teacher and I have learned more in a dozen lessons with her than I did in a whole year of taking Spanish in school.
Sep 2, 2023
Scott
6 Hindi lessons
Introductory lesson with Kusumika was great. She explained her methods and was open to my personal learning goals and language strengths.
Mar 12, 2026
Sarah D
61 Bengali lessons
Teacher’s pick
I started learning completely from scratch and now I’ve been studying with Kusumika twice a week for more than 8 months. I have made great progress, I would absolutely recommend her to anyone wanting to learn Bengali!
Jun 13, 2024
Scott
6 Hindi lessons
Had a great lesson with Kusumika today! She is a patient and understanding teacher, but likes to keep moving, which I really appreciate.
Mar 20, 2026
shaimaa Riyami
1 Hindi lesson
very good
Feb 18, 2026
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