CHANDRAMOHAN K.
Aavanishree, KNRA-**,
Chengalloor, Poojappura,
Trivandrum-695012,
Kerala, INDIA
Tel; +919*********
Profile
A qualified and talented lawyer, drawn from Government administration & management posts with an emphasis on Social Welfare and Development.
Experienced in strategy and task planning, organisation, delegation and has high goals and standards.
Skills
Expert in project /program management and monitoring
Great analytical skills with the capacity to evaluate and prioritize.
Excellent coordination and unifying skills.
High quality report writing and documentation.
Well versed in social mobilization and program advocacy
Comfortable and at ease liaising with NGO’s and people’s representatives of
all levels.
Proficient in all computer skills and internet packages.
Participation
Delhi 2000 - Inter National Seminar on ECCSGD
Chennai 1999 - Early Childhood Care & Education
Achievements
Participated in the Inter- National Seminar on ECCSGD at Delhi on Oct’2000 and on the State Action Plan for Child Nutrition 1999.
Drafted 60 projects for decentralization of Administration in Local Governments.
Managed construction of 200 Buildings to house Pre-school Health Centres with community participation.
Organised 100 Workshops and 4 Seminars on ECCSGD, Nutrition, IEC, Adolescent Care, Child Protection and Women Empowerment in coordination with UNICEF.
Edited departmental magazine which served as newsletter and IEC Material.
Developed the Mother-Child Card as part of IEC for growth monitoring.
Involved in decentralization of Administration and People's Planning Campaigns taken by the Government.
Conceptualized and developed two projects ‘Pre-school for children of working women’ and ‘Outsourcing for Artisans’.
Project Performance Reports, Pre-school and Adolescent Health Plans.
Employment History
Lawyer / Advocate, Trivandrum Bar Association (Bar Council of Kerala) - November 2009 – to date
Appearing in district and other courts for and on behalf of clients, preparing various types of pleadings, memos, applications, affidavits, documents, etc.
Providing legal, family & pre-litigation counselling to clients.
Coordinating with various legal functionaries as part of streamlining litigation-operations.
Project Coordinator, Child Development Centre, Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala - April 2005 - July 2007
Managed implementation and coordination of the field level activities of Adolescent Health District Plan in 101 Higher Secondary Schools of Trivandrum district.
Submitted the post project report with comprehensive statistical analysis of observations as part of a study on Adolescent Health Problems.
Responsible for the effective service delivery of three community based programmes:
‘Early Childhood Development’
’Detection & Intervention into Childhood Disabilities’
‘Personal & Environmental Hygiene’
Project Officer / Program Officer, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Kerala - Nov 1988 to Mar 2005
Programme Planning and Monitoring of 4 Projects on Child Development Services (ICDS).
Maintaining liaison with N.G.O.s and UNICEF.
Integrated coordination of all women & children programmes.
Secretarial Assistant
Govt. Secretariat, Kerala, Trivandrum
(July 1979 - October 1988, Trivandrum, India)
Ad-ministerial duties like registering of incoming and outgoing references, processing of files, drafting, typing correspondences, noting, submission and movements of files, transferring to records etc.
EDUCATION
M.Sc. (Applied Psychology) Annamalai University, Tamilnadu.
1981 - LLB Degree Law - Law Academy Law College, Kerala University, Trivandrum.
1970 - B.Sc. (Science) Kerala University, Trivandrum, Kerala.
PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
In-house Trainings during the service period from Mar 1989–Mar 2005
Job-training for Project Officer, ICDS from National Institute for Public Cooperation and Child Development, New Delhi.
Early Detection of Childhood Disabilities from Child Development Centre, Medical College, Trivandrum.
Management of NGOs from Search (leading NGO promoting organization), Bangalore.
Total Quality Management from Institute of Management in Government.
Trainers Training on Nutrition from Food and Nutrition Extension Unit Govt. of India, Trivandrum.
Women Empowerment Initiatives from National Institute for Rural Development, Hyderabad.
Departmental Certifications
Manual of Office Procedure, District Office Manual. Secretariat Manual.
Account Tests, Revenue Test, Criminal Judicial Test.
IT SKILLS
Proficient in MS Office, PowerPoint, Access and Internet Applications.
Languages : English, Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil.
Voluntary involvements
Participate voluntarily in staff and community orientation programs arranged by Government Departments and by Local Authorities. As the ‘go to’ on topics of public health, parenting, child health, environmental sanitation, personal hygiene, nutrition, ECCD etc.
MEMBERSHIPS
Bar Council of Kerala, Kochi, India since November 2009.Trivandrum Advocates’ Bar Association.