Urmila Samson is a pioneering unschooling parent and a key figure in India’s alternative education movement. Based in Pune, she has unschooled her three children into adulthood and has been instrumental in building community support for homeschooling and unschooling families. She co-founded Swashikshan – Indian Association of Homeschoolers and has organized numerous gatherings and online sessions to connect families pursuing alternative living and learning paths. Her journey began in a pre-internet era, where she intuitively kept her children out of school, later discovering her approach aligned more with unschooling than traditional homeschooling. Inspired by international and national events, she initiated India’s first national homeschoolers' conference and the Pune Urban Village Gathering. From 2014 to 2017, she was deeply involved with educational leadership movements and currently supports Enterprise India Fellowship in creating innovative higher education models. Passionate about youth wellbeing, she is also active in The Joyful Schools Program, bringing arts, play, and healing practices into mainstream education spaces.