Our Mentors For Online Courses

I am a graduate from Chattisgarh University and have been an advertising professional for the last 15 years of my career with various leading agencies of the country. Currently, I work with a home appliances company heading their communication department.

I hold a diploma in Counselling Skills from Banajara Academy. I am a confident, friendly people’s person. Enjoy interacting with people from different walks of life. Member of many networking groups nationally and internationally and actively participate in most of their meets..I am into into activities that bring me joy and happiness.

Aruna Vinayak - "I am a home maker, wife of an Army Officer, mother to a son and daughter. I have done Diploma in Counseling Skills (DCS) from Banjara Academy. My interests are reading, gardening, interacting with people and children. I also enjoy providing emotional support to friends and family. I believe that life is a learning process and each experience brings with it some wisdom, and how we deal with challenges depends on our mental health, readiness, optimism and strength. I like to observe human behavior and the process of building relationships."

From her childhood she was very much intrested in human dynamics, and she loved being with people,interacting with new people and connecting with them.So when she got a chance she did her DCS and CLS from Bajara academey, and since then working for banjara with unconditional help from Raja Reddy and lot of support from Ali Khwaja

Asha S a former banker with twenty years of experience in customer care and projects, she was always interested in human welfare, and hence she qualified herself with a Diploma in Counselling Skills and an Advanced Diploma in Family Counselling. Having acquired her Masters in Applied Psychology from Madras University, she has been constantly upgrading herself through programs in different types of therapy and also Pearson's assessment techniques.

She is a trained assessor for Psycho-social and Educational traits of children and adults, and regularly does assessments as per the requirements of individuals and institutions. She has been interviewed on TV for career guidance.

Currently she is an active professional, family, and child counselor associated with Banjara Academy and other institutions. She is a Coordinator for various Life Skills programs, and she has been regularly conducting training programs and workshops (in English, Kannada and Telugu) on topics as diverse as Stress, Time Management, Study Skills, Parenting, for
Reserve Bank of India, Customs and Excise Department, Defence Institute of Quality Assurance, etc.
Teachers, parents and students of various schools and colleges in Bangalore and other places such as Bellary, Hubli, Bylakuppe, Chennai, etc.
Prestigious NGOs working in diverse fields and requiring inputs for their staff, faculty and counsellors

Above all, she is a very humane and compassionate person, and reaches out genuinely to touch hearts wherever she goes, in her professional and personal capacity.

Chandra Janakiraman - "I think I would best describe myself as an eternal student. Nothing thrills me more than the opportunity to learn something new. I am also very interested in the learning process. I observe how people learn. I also try to understand why some people are unable to learn certain things. I have worked at helping students overcome academic difficulties and helped them figure out ways to use their strengths to overcome their academic weaknesses. Each student I have worked with has taught me a little more about the learning process.

Academically, I am a psychologist. I started off as a science teacher. While teaching in a school, I started observing how the various personality traits of a student interact to help or hamper their academic pursuits. This led me to sign up for a course in psychology. After finishing my Masters in Psychology, I did my PhD in Psychology. My PhD thesis was based on the personality traits of students, like self-perception, altruism, etc. Since then, I have freelanced or worked part-time as teacher / remedial teacher / content developer.

Coming from a science background, I was totally lost and couldn’t get any guidance while doing my Masters through distance education and preparing for the UGC-NET. My decision to become a mentor for students doing online courses at Banjara partly stems from the desire to remove that lost feeling from someone who has taken the step toward personal growth and giving back."

Farida A friendly and fun loving person, Mom of two youngsters, I tend to mingle well with kids and teens. I am a graduate in Psychology, presently pursuing M.S. in Counseling and Psychotherapy. At present I work as a freelance writer, creating useful content for websites. I first approached helping hand, seeking help to deal with negative changes taking place in my life which had left me emotionally drained. Knowing personally how counseling by Ali and Raja changed my life forever, I got attracted towards this field, which is how I landed in the DCS course in 2000-2001 batch. Since then I have been involved with various counseling activities, in addition to conducting workshops for schools. Reading and writing is my passion, one of the reason why I blog regularly at www.chaptersfrommylife.com. Being a cancer survivor of 16 years, I also work for creating awareness about cancer management, further being part of many breast cancer support groups.