Gautam Saha is the Manager of Educational Technology and Instructional Design at Georgetown University in Qatar. He holds graduate degrees in Chemistry and Instructional Technology. He also holds professional certifications in Learning Management System and Customer Relationship Management software.

Prior to Georgetown University, Gautam was the Instructional Designer at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. At Georgia Tech he developed new courses, consulted with faculty on teaching and learning pedagogy, implemented new enterprise learning technology and was a key member of the team to launch Georgia Tech’s first innovative graduate online Computer Science degree program. Gautam’s career has spanned higher education, K-12, software and telecommunications in private sector/Fortune 100, banking, Federal and State agencies. Gautam has authored and presented in multiple academic publications in journals and professional conferences.

His area of expertise and interest spans eLearning Tools, Learning Management Systems(LMS), ePortfolios, Web 2.0 technologies, Open Source software implementation/customization, Course Development, Classroom Instruction, Technical Training, Learning Pedagogies, and complex technical implementing/customizations/integrations, working in a higher education setting in support of faculty to design courses and integrate technology into a classroom-based, blended, or online course through consultative iterative evaluation cycles.