User:Saranya T Jaikumar/sandbox

'''Dr. Saranya. T. Jaikumar is the First Doctorate in Educational Psychology in Chennai'''. She is a freelance counselor and an educational psychologist trained at the SDS Institute of Behavioral Sciences headed by national award winner Dr.Santhanam, Psychologist and Learning disability specialist. She is a very passionate psychologist and has brought about a positive change in the lives of many. She holds a post graduation in Psychology from Madras University and has completed her PhD in educational psychology in Rajasthan under the guidance of Dr.Santhanam.She has been the key note speaker at many national and international conferences and workshops on psychology, child mental health and education.

She has published 2 remarkable articles

1. Impact of Classroom Behavior of Faculty on Academic Performance of Engineering Students

2.IMPACT OF PERSONALITY FACTORS OF FACULTY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS

She is very well connected with special educators, schools, colleges , special learning centers , psychologists , psychiatrists and famous educationalists in the city. She is a group counselor and regularly visits government and government-aided-schools in Chennai. She always believes that a happy mind can always be more productive. Happy students are better learners. She has visited more than 50 schools in Chennai addressing more than 10000 parents and students on family, schooling, child abuse and safety and guiding kids in choosing and deciding their future. She has helped more than 200 kids with school truancy problems, broken family and behavioral issues and attention problems. She has also successfully diagnosed drug abuse symptoms in teens and forwarded the patients to psychiatrists for medical support. She is an expert in handling school truant and child abuse affected kids. She is a cognitive behavior therapist and is involved in evaluation of cognition, intelligence quotient, psychological and behavioral factors of toddlers, school kids and teens. Her expertise includes assessment of learning capacities and learning patterns of children.

She is also the Director of Jeppiaar Cements Private Limited which is run by her husband Mr. Jaikumar ChristhuRajan who is the grandson of the great educationalist Late Col.Dr. Jeppiaar.

She is also the patron of the biggest free basketball club in Chennai, Shree Raghavendra Basketball club, T.Nagar.

She is also the Secretary of Tamil Nadu Sports Karate-Do Association.