Anusha Sridhar

ANUSHA.S-- OBJECTIVE To translate acquired skills to the best of my ability for the benefit of the organization and further explore opportunities for personal growth & learning. SUMMARY Experience in Academic Teaching; Training and facilitation of Life-Skills; Research – Quantitative and Qualitative; Content Development; Translation of Foreign language - German (limited working proficiency) and Basic counselling. Other broad skills include organizational skills, ability to multi-task, pay attention to details, communicate effectively; Willingness to learn and explore. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Brand Strategy – Qualitative Research– Research Executive for an year at Centre of Gravity – A Brand Strategy Consulting Firm – Projects for CEAT, Asian Paints, Janalakshmi Finance, Livpure and others  Proposals and Secondary Research  Development of Discussion Guides  Customer Interviews – Individual and Group Discussions  Analysis and Insights  Operations Training/Facilitation, Research & Content Development for 2 years at Edumedia India Pvt Ltd  Facilitation of life skills to school children through the medium of short films – School Cinema ; Assessment and Reporting & Proposal and Brochure development  Content development - Surveys (internal and external) ; For events such as Horlicks Mission Exams, Nex-Care First-Aid; Dockets for Short films; Worksheets and Lesson plans; Articles for handbook– Decoding Kids ( http://www.decodingkids.in/research2.html)  Research – Short term internal studies; Questionnaire development & Impact Studies Life-Skills facilitation at Base Educational Services – Weekend classes German Translation for 6 months at Scan Café Digital Solutions Academic experience of teaching for 3.6 years in MES Degree College, Mount Carmel College & Jain Nursing College – Apart from teaching assignments, involved in other programmes.  Life-Skills facilitation for graduation classes & conducted a need based analysis for developing the syllabus   Coordinator of Humanities Association – responsible for management of competitions during college fests, an annual humanities fest, work-shops etc Jwalamukhi- Programme for development of leadership and life skills for school children (in association with Tech Mahindra) which included Recruitment of school children for the programme based on psychological testing, Aptitude reporting Research experience for 8 months at NIMHANS Cognitive Neuroscience Centre & Montfort College Research Centre  Junior Research Fellow(JRF) for Department of Biotechnology project titled Brain Basis of Capacity Limits of Information Processing - Development of experimental paradigm for conduction of event related paradigm experiments and Analysis of event related potential data using NeuroScan.  Part time Research Assistant on an ICSSR project titled Mental Health of Mental Health Professional ; Participated in the Self -care workshop for Mental Health Professional ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION MSc (Psychology)/Indian Institute of Psychology and Research, Bangalore University, 2007 - 2009 B.A (Psychology, Economics, Sociology) / Mount Carmel College, Bangalore University,- Post Graduate Diploma in Human Rights Law (PGHRL) / National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore - 2011 Certificate course in Basic Counselling Skills at Montfort College, Bangalore Other Qualifications German Language (Z D), Goethe Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore. Certificate course in Italian (Basic Level), Mount Carmel College Certificate course in Quantitative Techniques, Dept of Economics, Mount Carmel College Credit course in Basic Counseling Skills, Dept of Psychology, Mount Carmel College in association with Banjara Academy ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INTERNSHIPS  Prayatna Centre for Educational Assessment & Intervention – (September 2014 to Present)  DDB Mudra (April & May 2015)– projects on understanding the world of college girls and the role of mobility via scooters in their lives; decoding the shift in taboos associated with alcohol from a multi-generational perspective  Spandana hospital and rehabilitation Centre (14th December 2009 – 24th December 2009) – Involved in observation of assessment and Intervention  Medico Pastoral Association (22nd – 31st January 2009) -Orientation in psychiatric rehabilitation in residential setting and was involved in conduction of group therapy and activities for the residents PAPERS PRESENTED  Poster on Brain Basis of Capacity Limits of Information Processing at the 1st National Conference on Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neurosciences - 2011 at NIMHANS  Difference between leaders and non- leaders in personal value orientation at the 50th National and International conference of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology in January 2015 RESOURCE PERSON  National Workshop on Experiments in Practical Psychology: Training and Orientation , organized by Immanuel College of Education, Kanyakumari, in January 2014& January 2015  Online classes for Psychology on ThinkVidya.com from Dec 2014- April 2015 Languages Known : English, Kannada, Hindi, German Hobbies & Interests : Trekking, Documentaries, Reading, Volunteering Date of Birth:-