Dr. Krithika A

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E-mail: adfwh4@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary:

- Over 3 years experience in the social work sector encompassing volunteering in various Non Governmental Organisations and a Job.

- Proficient in Curriculum curation, documentation, research and analysis especially in the fields of Social-Emotional Learning and Comprehensive Sexuality Education and other mainstream subjects like language, science and maths.

- Experience as a Creative Consultant in enhancing Creative Intelligence in Children and Adolescents through Coaching and Experiential learning modules since 1 year.

- Worked with Children and Adolescents across various boards, focussing on different learning skills and testing modules like the Visual-Audio-Kinesthetic tests, Multiple Intelligence Questionnaire, enhancing left-brain functioning.

- Proficient in working with adolescents for the past three years in varying capacities from teaching them Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Moral values and mentoring.

- Experience in Individual Coaching and Mentoring for children and adolescents who have been directly/indirectly affected by Domestic and Interpersonal Violence.

- Facilitated group sessions for children and adolescents on various topics from Art, Creativity, social structures, awareness around violence and safety etc.

- Proficient in Content Writing in various topics in the social sectors and also in other domains.

- Experience in Outreach initiatives of an Organisation which involved collaboration with stakeholders, working on surveys, research and mapping services.

- Experience in conducting numerous awareness programs highlighting concepts concerning Gender Equality, Awareness against Violence and strategies to combat it

- Experience in Spearheading initiatives within the organisation serving as a Project Coordinator ensuring the overall smooth functioning of the program.

- Supervising a team of 4 members by serving as the Project Coordination taking care of Outreach and Networking Initiatives

Academic Qualifications:

- 2020- Currently Pursuing Post Graduation in Positive Psychology from International Academy of Positive Psychology.

- 2020- Completed Emotional Intelligence Coaching from NLP Academy, Bangalore equipping me to work with individuals, organisations helping them navigate and understand emotions and strategies to combat negativity.

- 2020- Completed Storytelling/Poetry Coaching from World Storytelling Institute, Chennai equipping me to work with individuals and organisations, mentoring them to help achieve holistic wellness.

- 2020- Policy in Action Fellow that focuses on Policy making and Advocacy where each fellow worked with other members of the Cohort in designing a policy brief for Members of the Parliament(MP).

- Worked on the policy brief “Improving Healthcare Outcomes in Odisha”

- 2013-2019- Completed my Bachelors in Homoeopathy(BHMS) from Venkateswara Homeopathic College and Hospital.

- 2019- Currently Pursuing my Masters in Psychology through Distance Mode from NKT College of Education, Chennai

Professional Experience:

Program Coordinator at International foundation for Crime Prevention and Victim Care, a Non Governmental Organisation working for women and queer individuals(September 2019- Present) ROLES AND DUTIES:

Project: Youth Unite

● Conducting Comprehensive Gender and Sexuality Education in Schools and Colleges in Chennai through a structured curriculum.

● Content Development and Curation of the Curriculum as well as mentoring of the students for a period of three years and charting their progress.

Project: Smiles

● Providing Psycho-social and Rehabilitative services for children who have been directly or indirectly affected by domestic/ gender based violence and are raised by single parents.

● Facilitating Individual and Group Sessions for children to build skills and provide them holistic development.

● Coordinate the logistics of the project and establish Collaborations for providing work opportunities and Career Guidance.

● Monitor the Academic Progress of the Child and provide appropriate coaching. Project: Dhwani

● Conducting Outreach programs in various institutions and organisations by initiating conversations and sensitising individuals on Violence with special emphasis on Gender Based Violence and detailing the support systems available to survivors of violence and on how socially conscious individuals can bring about a big difference in the existing societal structure and norms.

● Incharge of the Changemaker Campaign which involves large scale mobilisation of interested Volunteers to bring about strategies and awareness to combat violence, engage them and encourage them to take the campaign forward.

● Curriculum Curation and Innovative Methodologies to conduct sessions for various volunteers across the state and conduct intensive campaigns

● Chief Reporting Officer who the Outreach Team will report to on progress of the Campaigns. THINK WRITE INDIA- A literary publishing agency

Project : Mom and Me Creative Development Course

● Creative Consultant at Think Write India ( January 2019- Present)

● Working as a Part Time Consultant who takes care of Content Curation and teaching Creative skills, learning and associated methodologies to children and adolescents

● Providing Emotional Coaching and Mentoring to writers, poets and children through Social- Emotional Learning Methodologies.

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING CONSULTANT( December 2017- Present)

● Independant Emotional Intelligence and storytelling coach who works with clients helping them attain emotional stability, tools to navigate their emotions and work on their holistic growth and development. ACHIEVEMENTS

● Conducted close to eight workshops in the fields of Positive Psychology, Emotional Intelligence, Poetry and Writing with various organisations Pan India.

● Conducting two courses in the realm of Creative Writing, Emotional Intelligence and arts.

● Worked in Coordinating Various teams during my tenure of work at International Foundation For Crime Prevention and Victim Care and led various successful campaigns in the field of mobilising volunteers and bringing about greater change.

● Collaborated with various stakeholders for conducting awareness programs and other interventions.

● Working with communities and empowering single mothers and children with holistic services that are Physical, Psycho-Social and Economic Rehabilitation. Previous Volunteering experience:

BHUMI: Worked as the Chief volunteer in the Ignite project and was in-charge of taking lessons on social and moral values in a government school, Maduravoyal for one year. ROLES AND DUTIES:

● Charting the curriculum for the students of class 6,7,8 on moral values.

● Mentoring the students on their future prospects, career as well as their well being, being a support system through the years.

● Part of the intercultural competition called “Nakshatra” where children of various orphanages partake to display their skills.

AWARE: Worked at the Aware organisation as a volunteer for bringing about gender equality in schools, spreading awareness on menstrual education and working towards creation of safe spaces to talk about mental health and survivor stories of resilience, survival against the various evils that plagued them. ROLES AND DUTIES

- Part of a project called GEMS (Gender Equality Movement in schools) which is mainly about bringing about a curriculum that covers various aspects of gender equality among adolescents and integrating its perspectives into school education.

- Part of workshops conducted on child sexual abuse and working towards understanding and prevention of it and bringing about a more proactive and responsible society.. SKILL SET:

- Leading Volunteers for various campaigns centred around spreading awareness on various social causes

- Coordinating Interventions and Rehabilitation services for clients

- Developing strategies and course of action for clients and stakeholders

- Curating individual and group mentoring sessions.

- Public Speaking and Communication

- Content Writing and Curation

- Theatre Artist/ Dramatics

- Storyteller

- Poetess

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Date Of Birth : 05/12/1995

Linguistic Proficiency : English, Tamil, Hindi

Nationality : Indian

Address : No 14, 8th Street, Samayapuram Main Road, Porur, Chennai - 600 116

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