Advisory Board Members

QUALIFICATION DETAILS

Ph. D Degree on the subject “ A STUDY ON THE STATUS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD IN THE THIRD WORLD: FOCUS ON SOUTH EAST ASIA IN A COMPARATIVE INTER-REGIONAL FRAMEWORK ” under the guidance of Dr. Nilu Sinha; Professor and Head; Deptt. Of Home Science; B.R.A. Bihar University,Muzaffarpur.

Qualified National Eligibility Test held in October 2001 by ASRB (Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board),ICAR, New Delhi in the professional subject CHILD DEVELOPMENT which grants eligibility for Lectureship/Assistant Professorship. This is recognized by the UGC/CSIR too.

Obtained Post Graduate Diploma in Psychological Counseling from Institute for Psychotherapy and Management Sciences, Mumbai.

Obtained M.Sc (Home Sc.) Degree in “Human Development and Family studies” from M.S. University Vadodara, Gujarat in the year 2000 securing. AGP 4.56, First Division.

Obtained B.Sc. (Home Sc) degree in the year 1997 from Lady Irwin College, New Delhi.

Secured first division and obtained 70% marks in Secondary School Examination (AISE) in year 1991 and 78% marks (PCB) in Senior Secondary School Examination (AISSCE) in the year 1993 respectively conducted by C.B.S.E. New Delhi.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Currently conducting workshops for parents ,teachers as well as children on relevant issues in varied settings such as schools and pre-schools

Worked as the Principal of Play School with International brand “Santa kidz: India’s 1 st Brain School with DMI Technology” in Jodhpur, Rajasthan from August 2016 to February 2017 .

Worked as Assistant Professor in the Deptt. of Social Work of NERIM (North Eastern Regional Institute of Management), Guwahati for consecutive three semesters i.e from July 2014 to December 2015 .

FIRST JOB PROFILE

Teaching students at Masters level in the Deptt. Of Social Work.

To Guide students in their MSW dissertation

To organise Workshops and Lectures for the students

To place students in various Govt. or Nongovt. Organisations for their field work during each semester

Worked as Guest Lecturer in the Department of Child Development, College of Home Science, Rajendra Agriculture University , Pusa .(Year: 2001-2002)

SECOND JOB PROFILE

Teaching the students at under graduate level, a course on Early childhood years. The course included theory as well as practical classes.

Planning, teaching and supervising the Nursery Laboratory School under the Department of Child Development.

Implemented the play way approach and various innovative techniques using variety of audio visual aids in the experimental school.

Experience of working in NGO sector as a PROGRAMME OFFICER from Feb 8, 2001 to July 1, 2001 in a project of Adithi Plan (Adithi - a leading NGO dedicated to the cause of Women Empowerment & Children (Girl) well being in collaboration with Plan International - An International Sponsoring Organisation).

THIRD JOB PROFILE

Planning and supervision of the various programmes for the target group i.e. women and girl children, Different programmes being conducted by the organization were:-

NFE and Pre NFE Centres.

Creche Programmes (running on community support).

Reflect circle for the rural women (basically a platform to bring them together to make them literate and an aware citizen of the country)

Formation of SHGs (i.e. Self Help Groups).

BKCK (Balika Kishori Chetna Kendra) for Adolescent girls.

Propagating skills among women such as:- Kaatha work : Crochet work : Sindhi Embroidery : Bag making and Computer Education. Organising training programmes and workshops for the teachers working in NFE Centers and the health workers in target areas such as villages and urban slums. Organising health camps, Nutrition education programmes for rural women, AIDS awareness programme and Reproductive health programmes for the adolescent girls from BKCK (Balika Kishori Chetna Kendra).

Worked as a Counselor in B.G. Academy , a day school in Pune, run by Walchand Industries Charitable Trust.

FOURTH JOB PROFILE

To develop a good rapport with children and faculty in order to assess and help children.

To motivate children to develop independent study habits especially if the child is from a disturbed or disadvantaged background.

To suggest suitable methodology/ teaching aids to help both slow and gifted learners.

To work in a team with the faculty members and students to get an effective output and better implementation.

To educate parents as well if situation demands so and encourage them to open up and share their problems which they might be facing while dealing with their children.

TRAINING PROGRAMMES

Attend the “training of master trainers for organizing family life education for adolescents” organized by NIPCCD in collaboration with Cedpa at New Delhi from 04 March 2002 to 09 March 2002.

Successfully completed a summer training in ( PRAYAS) 59 , Tughlakabad, Institutional Area, New Delhi (An institute for the neglected child and juvenile justice) from 6 th June to 3 rd July, 1999 Obtaining “O” (excellent) grade and a certificate of appreciation for works on a project titled “Non formal Education in PRAYAS”.

Experience of working in “ Killol Day Care Centre” and “Chetan Bal Wadi” Vadodara as a field work trainee.

Participated in “ Childs Right Programme” organized by HDFS University dept and also in Heath Centre” of MS University as a “student supervisor” to fulfill the requirement of M. Sc. Programme.

RESEARCH

Dissertation

Submitted as partial fulfillment of M. Sc Degree on the subject “ Fathering ideology and behavior a study on Gujarati fathers in joint Families” under the guidance of Ms. Rajlakshmi Sriram Dept. of H.D.F.S., M.S. University.

Thesis

Doctor of Philosophy in the field of “A STUDY ON THE STATUS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD IN THE THIRD WORLD: FOCUS ON SOUTH EAST ASIA IN A COMPARATIVE INTER-REGIONAL FRAMEWORK”.

Paricipation in Workshops , Guest Lecture Programmes

Poster Presentation on “ Liberalizing Commercial Sex workers in North Bihar – An exercise in empowerment of women indulged in flesh trade – A Pilot study “ in XXIV Biennial Conference from Oct 3-5 2001 organized by Home Science Association of India, Delhi Chapter, at – Lady Irwin College.

Participated in a workshop based on Video film festival (Theme – Images of Social Development) from 8 th March – 10 th March 2000 jointly organized by Early Child Development – Learning Resource Center” (ECDLRD), Women’s Studies Research Center (WSRC ) and Dept. of HDFS, M.S. University, Vadadora.

Attended Guest lecture programme by eminent visiting scholars in HDFS dept. during Jan to Aug 1999 (i) Alice Schlegal, Dept. of Anthropology’ University of Arizona. (ii) Lewis Aptekar – Dept. of
counselor education, San Jose state University, USA. (iii) Reed W.Larson, University of Illinois, USA. Professor T.S. Saraswati in her course on “Cross Cultural Psychology” arranged these lecture programme.