Postal Address:	KRA-A4, Vazuthacaud House, Chettikulangara Thiruvananthapuram, PIN-695 001 Telephone: 0471-2460448 Mobile: 9447369933
Official Address:	Principal Christ Nagar College of Education Thiruvallam, Thiruvananthapuram- 695027 Telephone: 0471 2380413, 2380216
Date of Birth:	24th February 1969
E-mail id:	ramachandranmeenakshy@gmail.com
Qualifications:	M.A (English) M. Ed. (Advanced Methodology of Teaching) NET, JRF  Ph. D (Education)

PAPERS PRESENTED

1. Paper on ‘Income Generating Programmes in Continuing Education’ at the National Conference of All India Committee for Eradication of Illiteracy among Women, July 2000.
2. Paper on ‘Sustaining the Environment’ at the National Conference on ‘Environmental Education’ held at Govt. College of Teacher Education, March 2007.
3. Paper on ‘The Pedagogue and Psycho Pedagogy’ at the National Seminar on ‘Modern Trends and Developments in Psycho Pedagogy’ held at Christ Nagar College of Teacher Education, March 2007.
4. Paper on ‘The Pleasure of Writing’ in the International Conference on “Adaptability and Responsiveness on Teacher Education” on the 18th and 19th of June 2010 at Govt. College of Teacher Education, Thycaud, Trivandrum.
5. Paper on ‘Life Skills and Spiritual Intelligence’ in the two day National Seminar sponsored by UGC on 21st and 22nd July 2011 at NSS Training College, Changanacherry

SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS

1. Resource Person in the UGC sponsored three-day conference on ‘Equipping the Secondary School Teachers to meet the changing roles’ conducted at St. Joseph’s Training College, Mannanam on5, 6 & 7th March 2009.
2. Resource Person for a workshop on ‘Effective Evaluation in Nursing Education’ at Govt. Medical College, Trivandrum on 25th June 2010.
3. Resource Person for a one day seminar at St. Joseph’s Training College (TTC) at Mannanm on 31st March 2011.
4. Resource Person for National Seminar on ‘Life Skills Training and Personality Development for Teacher Trainees’ at Mahatma Gandhi College of Education, Sankarankovil, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu on 9th April 2011.
5. Resource Person for a one day seminar on ‘Guidance and Counseling’ at St. Joseph’s Training College, Mannanam on 20th August 2011.
6. Participated in the Workshop and contributed materials for the Preparation of Textbook for Adult Education Programme in Kerala (Std. VII) under KSLMA.
7. Attended the International Education Meet 2006 organized by Government of Kerala from 4th to 7th February 2006 at Kochi, Kerala.
8. Participated in the International Workshop on ‘Human Knowledge and Deep Intelligence: Transition to Connectedness on 6-7th of November 2007 at Christ Nagar College of Education.
9. Participated in the Workshop on ‘Total Quality Management in Teacher Education’ sponsored by the NAAC and organized at St.Xavier’s College of Education, Palayamkottai from 28/2/2008 to 29/2/2008.
10. Attended the International Seminar and VIII state convention on’ Development Education: 21st century Paradigms for Teachers’ held on 30th and 31st October 2009 organised by Department of Education, University of Kerala.
11. Participated in the Interactive Discourse on ‘Role of Research Universities in Developing Countries by Dr. Philip G. Albach, organized by Dept. of Education, University of Kerala on 14th July 2010.
12. Participated in the IX Annual Convention and International Seminar on “Peace Education: An Orientation for Gen. Next” held at St. Thomas College of Teacher Education, Pala on 13th and 14th August 2010.
13. Participated in the two day workshop for Principals of Colleges in Kerala conducted by the UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Sponsored by UGC on 21st and 22nd March 2011.

ACHIEVEMENTS

a. Winner of the Training College Shashtibdapurthi Gold Medal for the year 1998 for securing the highest percentage of marks in B.Ed.
 b. Winner of the Santhakumari Rolling Trophy for securing the highest marks in English, from Govt. College of Teacher Education, Trivandrum.  
 c. Winner of the N. Sankaran Nair Rolling Shield for securing the highest marks in the General Papers, from Govt.  College of Teacher Education, Trivandrum.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

15 years, 4 years as Principal

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION

Executive Member, Council for Teacher Education, Thiruvananthapuram.

PARTICIPATION IN EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

• Participated in the workshop and contributed materials for the Preparation of Textbook for Adult Education Programme in Kerala (Std. VII) under KSLMA.
• Prepared materials for the question bank on General Intelligence and Reasoning for the Staff selection Commission, Govt. of India, at Bangalore.
• Developed Workshop material on Visual Ethnography in the International Workshop on ‘Qualitative Research Methodologies’ organized by St.Thomas Training College, Trivandrum on 6th and 7th February 2009.