Jayanagar Centre

Malathy teaches English and Social Studies at Brindavan Jayanagar Centre. She is a coordinator at the Jayanagar Centre. She firmly believes that encouraging children to ask questions helps in building their thinking ability. She is of the view that a teacher teaching children with special educational needs should be willing to learn, be flexible to change his / her strategies, be firmly compassionate and have a sense of humor.
She is an avid reader, blogger and finds strength in her spiritual journey.

She is the coordinator of the NIOS wing of Brindavan for the last 15 years. She teaches at both the Jayanagar and JP Nagar centres. She is a mentor and resource person for the SLD course

She believes “No child should be left behind”. She genuinely believes that all children CAN be productive, happy members of their community.

She was awarded the Dr Amarnath Annual Award for Inclusion 2019.

Anitha is Manager – Accounts and Administration. She handles the accounts of Brindavan, manages assessment appointments and appointments with trustees and coordinators. Anita is a practical person with a terrific sense of humour and has picked up several aspects of special education by observation!

Archana teaches English and works towards understanding children with special educational needs and helps them in skill development. She is open to new ideas and thoughts, and tries to implement them.

Ashok – Manager, Operations

Ashok is a super networker, coordinates with all centre heads and makes sure everything runs smoothly. From organising events to managing supplies to repairs and  maintenance coordination, he’s the invaluable go-to person that makes the centre function on the ground.

Chinmayi is a teacher at the Brindavan Jayanagar Centre and handles math, computers, multi-media and social science.

She believes that teaching is an invaluable contribution. And that it is immensely satisfying to help a child learn skills to become an independent and confident adult. She aims at making the learning process experiential and fun. She enjoys conducting activities and games for children.

Janaki conducts informal assessments at Brindavan and is coordinator at the after-school remedial Centre at Malleswaram.
She has been part of the Brindavan outreach program, which involved overseeing the setting up and functioning of a resource room in a mainstream school, The Bhavan Bangalore Press School at Chamrajapete.

Jayashree has taught concepts in Science, Math and English. She has taught Political Science to the SSLC batch and puts in effort to make the subject fun and interesting through innovative and creative methods of teaching. She uses drawing extensively in her teaching. She thinks every child has the potential to learn and it is important to adopt strategies to tap this potential.

Besides teaching, she enjoys organizing events. She enjoys listening to classical music, cooking and craftwork.

Lalitha teaches Home-Science and Mass Communication to the secondary and senior secondary classes. Her motto is no challenge is too large and no victory is too small.

She loves to read books and listen to music during her free time.

Malini teaches English, concepts and math by adapting lessons and creating teaching tools. She comes with a strong belief that a firm hand coupled with affection works wonders on the learning curve of a child. She is a strong advocate of early childhood skill based education with structured reading and writing programmes.

Do not tell them how to do it.Show them how to do it and do not say a word.If you tell them,they will watch your lips. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves” Maria Montessori.
This has been my motto throughout my journey of working with children.It has helped me in transforming many young minds towards achieving their goals. Painting, listening to music are my  favourite pastimes.

Rajani is part of Jayanagar and JP Nagar Centre. She has taught English, Business Studies and Economics. She is passionate about Math and believes that it is a life skill.
She is a tutor on the SLD and PIE courses offered by Brindavan. She believes that there is a solution for every so-called problem or difficulty. She firmly stands by – “let‘s see what can be done; and not be pulled down by what cannot be done.”

She is an enthusiastic trekker and an avid reader.

Rekha always knew that her calling was to work with children with SEN. She loves to be amidst nature and the mountains, and is passionate about her work, reading, and writing.

Roopashree is a teacher at the Brindavan Jayanagar Centre. Currently, she teaches Painting and Data Entry Operations for Secondary  NIOS , and History for Senior Secondary classes.
She also handles the advanced multimedia classes conducted at Brindavan.

She believes that teaching is noble and an invaluable contribution to the society.

She is a trained Classical Singer and loves to Trek and travel.  Her hobbies include swimming and watching movies.

Salila has worked as a Senior Scientific Officer from 1994 for two years at iBooks, Odisha, a coaching institute for medical students. She has assisted and tutored several middle-school students. During this time, she has had the opportunity to observe and handle children with various learning difficulties. Salila currently works as a Special Educator for children of ages 7 to 11 years. She aids teachers at Brindavan for handling groups of children in class, as well as for creating learning materials.

Srividhya teaches subjects such as Science, Social Science, Math and English at the Jayanagar Centre. She likes to teach kids to assimilate facts through visualization and unconventional techniques that will enable them to be independent and understand the world around them. She emphasizes on kinesthetic learning, which provides experiences that stay planted in the minds of children. She believes that the combination of counselling skills, working with children with special education needs and working with experts at Brindavan, have helped her in enhancing the skills of the children. Besides teaching, she enjoys nature, art, fashion, culinary arts and travel.

Uma started working with Brindavan as a volunteer at the Jayanagar centre in 2019. She has had prior experience teaching children in Montessori and kindergarten environments. She has attended the PTC and the SLD courses at Brindavan and found herself drawn to special education even more. She is keen on helping children with different learning needs and she finds Brindavan to be a wonderful place to learn while teaching.

Her other interests are cooking, yoga, meditation and listening to music.

Uma has taught Home Science and Business Studies to secondary students at the Senior Center for 5 years. She currently does academic skill development and teaches Mathematics and Concepts of science and social studies using a project-based learning method for students at the Junior center.

She believes that art and craft are an outlet for expression and creativity that enhances learning. She enjoys reading books and going on treks.

Usha teaches English and History at Brindavan Jayanagar centre. Her motto is to be a life-long student at the University of Life!

Vaishali teaches Home Science, Economics, Indian Culture and Heritage at the Jayanagar center. She believes that each and every student can achieve success.

In her free time she likes to cook and loves to watch sports.