Our Mentors For Online Courses

I am a home maker, wife of an Army Officer, mother to a son and daughter. I have done Diploma in Counseling Skills (DCS) from Banjara Academy. My interests are reading, gardening, interacting with people and children. I also enjoy providing emotional support to friends and family. I believe that life is a learning process and each experience brings with it some wisdom, and how we deal with challenges depends on our mental health, readiness, optimism and strength. I like to observe human behavior and the process of building relationships.

From her childhood she was very much intrested in human dynamics, and she loved being with people,interacting with new people and connecting with them.So when she got a chance she did her DCS and CLS from Bajara academey, and since then working for banjara with unconditional help from Raja Reddy and lot of support from Ali Khwaja

Asha S a former banker with twenty years of experience in customer care and projects, she was always interested in human welfare, and hence she qualified herself with a Diploma in Counselling Skills and an Advanced Diploma in Family Counselling. Having acquired her Masters in Applied Psychology from Madras University, she has been constantly upgrading herself through programs in different types of therapy and also Pearson's assessment techniques.

She is a trained assessor for Psycho-social and Educational traits of children and adults, and regularly does assessments as per the requirements of individuals and institutions. She has been interviewed on TV for career guidance.

Currently she is an active professional, family, and child counselor associated with Banjara Academy and other institutions. She is a Coordinator for various Life Skills programs, and she has been regularly conducting training programs and workshops (in English, Kannada and Telugu) on topics as diverse as Stress, Time Management, Study Skills, Parenting, for
Reserve Bank of India, Customs and Excise Department, Defence Institute of Quality Assurance, etc.
Teachers, parents and students of various schools and colleges in Bangalore and other places such as Bellary, Hubli, Bylakuppe, Chennai, etc.
Prestigious NGOs working in diverse fields and requiring inputs for their staff, faculty and counsellors

Above all, she is a very humane and compassionate person, and reaches out genuinely to touch hearts wherever she goes, in her professional and personal capacity.

I think I would best describe myself as an eternal student. Nothing thrills me more than the opportunity to learn something new. I am also very interested in the learning process. I observe how people learn. I also try to understand why some people are unable to learn certain things. I have worked at helping students overcome academic difficulties and helped them figure out ways to use their strengths to overcome their academic weaknesses. Each student I have worked with has taught me a little more about the learning process.

Academically, I am a Psychologist. I started off as a Science teacher. While teaching in a school, I started observing how the various personality traits of a student interact to help or hamper their academic pursuits. This led me to sign up for a course in Psychology. After finishing my Masters in Psychology, I did my PhD in Psychology. My PhD thesis was based on the personality traits of students, like self-perception, altruism, etc. Since then, I have freelanced or worked part-time as teacher/ remedial teacher/ content developer, etc.

Coming from a Science background, I was totally lost and couldn’t get any guidance while doing my Masters’ through distance education and preparing for the UGC NET. My decision to become a Mentor for students doing Ionline courses at Banjara partly stems from the desire to remove that lost feeling from someone who has taken the step toward personal growth and giving back.

Genie after her B.Sc. and B.Ed, she completed her M.Sc. in Psychology and is a perpetual student, currently doing her MA in English Literature.

Having had extensive experience both as a teacher and Head Mistress in various schools, she involved herself deeply in holistic development of human beings, particularly children. She completed her Diploma in Counselling Skills and Diploma in Life Skills, interned in M.S. Ramiah Hospital as a counsellor, was trained for Palliative Care and counseling patients with terminal illness in Baptist Hospital, and underwent a course in hypno-therapy.

She has specialized in assessment, guidance and development of children of all ages, and needs – including physically or mentally challenged, those with learning difficulty, exceptional children, or children with emotional trauma. As an expert team member of Banjara Academy, she conducts training programs for children, adults, parents and teachers. Despite this she spends extensive time giving personal attention to every child that needs support and guidance.

She has been a mentor and life-coach to many people of different backgrounds and ages, and is very compassionate in her understanding and approach to any human issue.

Kanmani a commerce graduate by qualification, she has proven that there is something beyond figures and numbers that one reads. She is capable of going deeper into the feelings of the person who has written the numbers. She genuinely touches the heart of every single person who crosses her path, both in her personal and professional capacity. This attitude and quest to reach out, and her interest in human behavior made her expand her horizons by qualifying herself with Diplomas in Counselling Skills and Life Skills (DCS and DLS), and she is currently upgrading herself and is pursuing her masters in psychology (M.Sc).

For the last four years she has been deeply involved in family and child counseling, and also in training parents, teachers, students in various schools, colleges and professional bodies all over the city. She has been working as a Co-ordinator for the various courses and programs of Banjara Academy (including the highly successful DCS program). She has been highly successful in training at Government Schools, Sindhi School, Assn of People with Disability, Baldwin College, Ananta Vidya Niketan, Modern Public School, Samata Health Trust, Karnataka Health Promotion Trust.

She is a silent and involved person who goes about her work with a sense of total commitment and dedication. She does her work and silently merges into the back ground, and is very humble in all her work. A pro-active person who does not wait for instructions from anybody, but takes initiative to spread happiness all around.