Meet the Founders

Pradeepa Thinakaran,

Founder – Zing Phonics Academy


Pradeepa is an enthusiastic teacher, and also had worked as an Assistant Professor in a leading Engineering college. She holds a Master’s degree in Communication system. She focuses her attention on three areas close to her heart : READ, LEARN & WRITE. In championing these causes, she enjoys to teach Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar with students of different age group with excellent results.


Pradeepa propelled her dream of empowering children to enjoy the pleasure of reading and to help them communicate with their ideas and thoughts without fear.

Devi Subash,

Founder – Zing Phonics Academy


Devi is a passionate teacher and an Engineer by profession. She spent over a decade in the corporate world as a Technical Lead and later she quit her rewarding job to follow her passion in teaching English to young children. She is so eager to share her knowledge on Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar in a simple, step by step, fun filled approach with a multi-sensory way which is loved by all her children.


The love of children and the faith of parents urged her to chase her dream come true. She has seen amazing transformation in her children reading, evolving and exceling every month by month, which in turn helped them get remarkable results in their curriculum too.