1. Renu Srinivasan
B3 / 503, White House Apartments, RT Nagar, Bangalore 560032
Tel: 080 2363 9896, +91 98805 38486
email: renusrinivasan@yahoo.com
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Various aspects of Academics and Curriculum – lesson plans, teacher training, setting question papers,
making a blue print
Training – soft skills and leadership
Mentoring persons in academic leadership positions, especially in the areas of managing teams, working
within a given framework and meeting deadlines
Work Experience
1. Academics / Curriculum
• Current – Head, Academic Audit and Teacher Training, across 7 schools
o Academics – Curriculum
o observe teachers and students in the classroom
o preparing sample worksheets incorporating application and skills for various concepts
 handholding teachers to move from the traditional teaching-learning methods to involving
students in the learning process
 give feedback to the curriculum department
o Academics – Audit
 Setting up an Academic Audit Cell
 Finalising checklists for 30 processes that impact the classroom environment
 Guide schools to do an internal audit and identify non conformities
 Follow up with an external audit for closure of non conformities
o Academics – Training
 train / handhold teachers for active engagement of students
 organize teacher training based on requirements
 designing and conducting workshops on Inclusion in the Classroom, Power Teaching,
Brain-based Teaching, soft skills (basic non directive counselling to work with students of
all age groups and understanding ourselves)
o Conversant with curriculum of the ICSE, IGCSE and CBSE Boards.
• Recent past:
o Principal of 2 schools: a large school (Pre Primary to Plus Two): student strength 2500 plus, staff
strength 150 and an alternate school which practised inclusion of students with SLD
o Teacher Training –
• Academics – Planning a lesson effectively: beyond rote and textbook, making skill-based
worksheets
• Soft skills – managing and leading change, being accountable and responsible for self
under all situations
• Balancing the various roles played by the teachers
• Taught in schools affiliated to the ICSE, IGCSE, CBSE and also trained students for the
NIOS Examination
• Use of computers and other technology to teachers to make classroom teaching more effective
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2. 2. Training - Other
• Training lay emotional counsellors, who would help people in emotional stress
• Trained new entrants of Infosys, Bangalore and Mysore, in English Communication
• Have been invited to address teachers, parents and students to conduct workshops on counselling,
study skills, dealing with emotional disturbances, parenting skills and managing change by various
educational institutions in Bangalore and Mysore, including Sophia School, High Point, Bangalore
• Have conducted workshops and training sessions, on soft skills and counselling, for teachers and
students of various institutions including National Law School University of India, Christ College,
Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
3. Research
Recently (Jan to Mar 2016) undertook a project on text book validation of Math text books for classes 1 to
5 – comparing a new publication with the NCERT and another private publication
Research Assistant, to Dr. Prannoy Roy – ICIM, India Today project - forecasting the various economic
indicators of the Indian economy.
Appointments
• Presently with a large group of schools, as Head Academic Audit and Teacher Training
• Pearson Schools – Head, Teacher Training for teachers of 30 Pearson Schools; training addressed
various aspects of the teacher’s role – as a person, pastor, facilitator and an interface
• Principal of 2 schools – one conventional and another alternative inclusive school
• Trainer - IL&FS Education and Technology Services (earlier known as SchoolNet) on use of technology
in the classroom
• PGT Economics, Math: in schools in Delhi (Mother’s International Sschool), Kolkata (La Martiniere for
Girls)
Other Interests / Soft Skills
o Have been in emotional counselling since 2001; Founder Member, Sneha Counselling Center,
Malleswaram, Bangalore - a voluntary organization providing emotional counselling services
o Possess good PR skills and have always enjoyed a very good rapport with students, colleagues and
managements of the institutions where I have worked
o Enjoy traveling, solving cryptic crosswords, hard sudoku and reading about scriptures
Language Skills
English, Hindi: read, write and speak fluently
Kannada, Bangla (Bengali): speak fluently with working knowledge in reading and writing
Telugu: Working knowledge in speaking
Computer Skills
Very proficient in using MS Office Applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel and the Internet
Managing large data
International Exposure
Lived in England briefly and have travelled abroad on holidays
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3. Educational Qualifications
Examination University / Board Subjects
PG Diploma in
Special Education
2008
KPAMRC Specific Learning Disabilities
B.Ed. 1990 Annamalai University Economics
M.A. 1980
Gold Medalist
Jadavpur University, Calcutta
Economics with
specialization in
Econometrics
B.A. (Hons)
1978
University of Calcutta Economics with Mathematics
H. Sec. 1975
W. B. Board of Secondary
Education
Science Stream
2001 October - Trained in emotional, nondirective counselling by Viswas Counselling Centre. Have been a
volunteer since then
Awards
1. University Gold Medal for standing 1st
in the M.A Examination, 1980.
2. Susanta Mitra Memorial Gold Centered Medal for securing the highest marks in the Department of
Economics, M.A. Examination, 1980
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