Chettinad Hari Shree Vidyalayam

Aarthi Bhargav

Primary Educator

Aarthi Bhargav is a biomedical instrumentation engineer by qualification. She handles Purna Vidya at Harishree. She is excited about it and believes it has a deep and meaningful impact on the lives of children. She considers it important that children know about their culture. She feels every child is inspired to live a life based on dharma, compassion and contentment through these classes. Aarthi endeavours to make her sessions interactive, absorbing and fun for the children.

Anupama Parthasarathy

Yoga Trainer

Anupama Parthasarathy is a passionate yoga teacher who firmly believes in starting young. She is a professional yoga traoner and is currently undergoing advanced training at Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, one of the most reputed yoga schools. She believes in the aspects of form and function in yoga and strives to create a balance between the two while teaching.

Aruna Sivaramakrishnan

Senior secondary Educator

Interaction and productive engagement with students have been the driving forces for Aruna to take up teaching for a career. She teaches Accountancy to senior school students. She encourages strong conceptual understanding and adopts the ‘Why & How’ technique in the classroom. Her academic qualifications include a Masters in Commerce, Intermediate in Chartered Accountancy and Cost Accountancy and Cambridge International Diploma in Teaching and Learning. She has over 12 years of teaching experience and firmly believes that a healthy and empowered class environment is key to effective learning.

B. Smitha Krishna

Montessori Educator

Smitha Krishna is a trained Montessori Educator and has a B.Ed(Special Education) to her credit, She has undergone an intensive Teacher’s Training course by Madras Dyslexia Association(MDA) to further consolidate her knowledge and skill. A compassionate teacher, she believes learning is a continuous process. She has been with Harishree for over 10 years and looks forward to more and more productive work with the young minds.

Bhuvaneswari E. M.

Art Trainer

Bhuvaneswari is a passionate art teacher. She is a Master’s in Painting from the Govt College of Fine Arts, Chennai and has been a teacher for over 6 years. She loves to explore different mediums along with other crafts such as crochet, embroidery, sewing, knitting, calligraphy and textile designing. She believes everyone should experience art in their lives and every day is a brand new opportunity to grow. She strives to inculcate interest in art and crafts in children.

Chinnu Merin Mathew

Senior secondary Educator

Chinnu Merin is a Political Science enthusiast who facilitates Political Science, History and Civics. She encourages her students to learn and understand about our society, country and government. She has completed her masters’ degree and also Master of Philosophjy in Political Science. She is committed to make learning interesting and fun, through interactive and engaging teaching strategies. She strives to motivate every student to grow up as a proactive citizen of the nation.

Erika Chatterjee

Secondary School Educator

Erika is immensely passionate about teaching. She looks for effective and practical teachuing and learning strategies to teach Chemistry to middle and high school students. She has completed her Master’s degree in Organic Chemistry. She believes Science is more interesting and appealing when students learn its applications in real life. Her classes include the ‘How’ and ‘Why’, that kindle the young minds and inculcate the curiosity of learning in them.

G.Rekha

Montessori Educator

Rekha is a Montessori teacher and handles Tamil as her primary responsibility for children in the Harishree Junior Campus. A trained montessori from IMTC, Chennai, her teaching style lays emphasis on engaging children mind, body and soul in the learning proess. She takes special effort in making her sessions interesting, interactive and fun. She holds a bachelors degree in Math and has several academic awards to her credit.

Gayathri Vijay

Primary Educator

Gayathri teaches Computer Science at the primary level. She is keen on motivating her students to enhance their digital skills, function effectively in today’s digital world and also develop their computational thinking. She is an engineering graduate. She believes that the project based learning activities help children develop their creativity, critical thinking, team spirit and communication.

Gayatri Gargeya

Middle School Educator

Gayatri Gargeya is passionate Math teacher who wants to make learning Math interesting and fun for her students. With a major in Math at college and a Master’s degree in Computer Applications, she is keen to demystify Math for children. She is also a certified Vedic Math teacher. Gayathri incorporates fun elements like stories, puzzles, riddles, games and other hands-on activities in her sessions to get the children to stay focused in class and enhance their understanding.

Geetha Kannan

Yoga Trainer

Geetha Kannan is a passionate yoga teacher who is keen to inculcate in children the importance of yoga practice. She believes in starting kids early with yoga for it to become a way of life. She believes yoga and yoga training ’empowers’ children and boosts their health and self-confidence.

Hariharan P

Middle School Educator

Hariharan P holds a Master’s degree in Yoga and a postgraduate diploma in Yoga Therapy. He has undergone Therapist & Teachers’ Training in Yoga and brings rich learning to his class sessions. He believes yoga and yoga training ’empowers’ people and boosts their health and self-confidence. His focus is on Asana, Pranayama, Meditation and Chanting in general and on “Vinyasa” for the younger students.

Jenitha Prabhakaran

Middle School Educator

Jenitha Prabhakaran has a deep love for the French language and has completed B2 level in French at L’Alliance Française de Madras, besides a Master’s in Communication. She believes that a new language opens a door to new perspectives and culture; she aims to achieve the same for the students through French. Her classes are interactive where the students are encouraged to think, write and speak in French.

Jezreel Nathania

Secondary School Educator

Jezreel is an enthusiastic, committed educator with a passion to teach English. She holds a Master’s in English and encourages creative expression among her students. She strives to make the text relevant to the context with varied approaches and interactive methods. She endeavours to create a love for the English language among her students and motivates them to express themselves effectively and confidently.

K. Sasikala

Primary Educator

Sasikala is a passionate teacher with over 17 years of experience. She is a bachelors in Psychology and is pursuing her Master’s degree inTamil. She believes language is the bedrock for all development and encourages her students to communicte effectively. She uses innovative teaching strategies and motivates her students to read widely. She is an ardent story teller and dramatizes Tamil stories for her students effectively and creatively.

K.V. Shailaja

Senior secondary Educator

Shailaja is a Master’s in Psychology, with specialization in Clinical Psychology. She is presently a research scholar, pursuing a PhD programme in Psychology at the Chennai University. She is a trained de-addiction Counselor and has been a freelance counselor for more than 20 years. A passionate teacher, she believes teaching is not giving children theory and information for them to summate, but what is taught needs to be assimilated, accommodated and rendered ready for application. She endeavours to not merely cover the syllabus but ensures each child is able to internalize within an experiential field.

Kavitha N.

Montessori Educator

As a Montessori teacher, Kavitha believes her role is to guide the children to become responsible and independent individuals. She encourages creativity, imagination and exploration in her classroom. She endeavours to create curiosity in them and provide space for language, art and craft activities, underlining the importance of expression. She looks forward to spending her time with the children every day.

Latha.K

Primary Educator

Latha is a passionate teacher and facilitator. She strongly believes that the future of the world is in her classroom and a teacher is the person who makes a difference in a child’s life every single day. She has a background in Science and works to create an open and supportive learning space for her students. She feels children in primary school are naturally curious and vocal. They should be encouraged to be themselves, which will make their learning more effective.

Logeswari J.

Secondary School Educator

Logeswari is a dynamic and enthusiastic teacher with a strong desire to incorporate a multidimensional, multicultural teaching metho. With her educational background in Geo-Informatics, she enjoys teaching Geography as cosmic science, linking it with various ideas, concepts, cultures and societies. She believes knowledge of Geography is key to understand the world and its peoples, and make it a better place to live. Her lively, enthusiastic classes include ‘What if’ questions to help young geographers get curious and expand their thinking.

M.Sudha Umayal

Primary Educator

Sudha Umayal is a passionate teacher and enjoys teaching Tamil. Her deep love for the language and children helped her give direction to her career. She encourages her students to express themselves in Tamil and uses fun activities/games to emphasize grammar concepts. She endeavours to instill enthusiasm in her students to learn and use Tamil for creativity and communication. She holds a bachelors degree in Pharmacy and Tamil.

Mangalam Ramesh

Middle School Educator

Mangalam Ramesh is a passionate Tamil teacher and has been with Harishree for over 8 years. Her deep love for the language and children helped her give direction to her career. She likes writing Tamil poetry, stories and songs and encourages her students to express themselves in Tamil. She endeavours to instill enthusiasm in her students to learn and use Tamil for creativity and communication.

Manoshakthi N

Senior secondary Educator

Manoshakthi is an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher. She believes in creating leaders who will lead and make a difference in tomorrow’s world. She is a M.A. and M.Phil in History and holds a masters degree in Human Resource Management. She endeavours to create a stimulating learning environment. She strives to be supportive and approachable to her students and encourages them to express themselves confidently. She incorporates debates, group discussions, role play and paper presentations as teaching methods towards interactive and experiential learning.

Maria Shalini Vasanthakumar

Montessori Educator

Maria Shalini is a passionate teacher. She is an art & crafts teacher as well as a partner teacher, playing a supportive role. She believes mutual trust, respect and caring foster healthy interpersonal relationships. She encourages children to explore new ideas in Art & Crafts. She is currently pursuing a bachelors’ degree in Education, with specialization in Special Education.

Meenakshi Krishnakumar

Middle School Educator

Meenakshi is passionate about teaching and loves engaging with children. She is keen to explore creative and innovative methods of teaching and learning. She brings in participation, energy, enthusiasm and positivity into her classroom. She encourages her students to express themselves without fear and creates a space for making mistakes and learning from them.

Ms. Bindhuja Srinivasan

Middle School Educator

Bindhuja is an organized and enthusiastic Science educator, who has worked with students of different age groups. She values every student and has implemented several classroom projects that involve individual and collaborative learning approaches. She believes in establishing classroom environments that are pupil, knowledge and evaluation oriented. Her teaching career has spaned over 13 years. She derives motivation by spending time with children, engaging them and listening to their perspectives.

Ms. Deepali Davey

Middle School Educator

Ms. Deepali is a passionate educator with over 12 years of experience. She has completed her Master’s degree in Human Resource Management and Bachelors in Education. She is pursuing her Master’s in English Literature from Madras University. She believes that learning gets more interesting when students get to apply their learning to real life. She is constantly looking at innovative approaches to better her skills in her teaching practices.

Ms. Umamaheshwari

Middle School Educator

Umamaheswari is a Master’s in English from Madras University and a B. Ed from IGNOU. She holds a Diploma in Journalism too. She has been with Harishree since its inception from 2004. Being an enthusiastic and active person, she tries innovative methods like incorporating acronyms, music into teaching, thereby ensuring that the learning process is not stressful, but fun-filled. She strongly believes that inculcating values and good practices in children would help them be a better person.

Naresh Gopuvarapu

Senior secondary Educator

Naresh is a passionate Physics teacher and constantly tries to adopt interactive and practical teaching strategies. His educational qualifications are across Math, Physics, Computer Science and automobile engineering. Developing new experiments and visual ways of engaging students with class materials are a part of his portfolio and he enjoys them. He believes that a solid foundation in Math makes it easier to learn Physics and helps the student develop independence and confidence.

Narmada Kesavan

Learning Lab

Narmada Kesavan is a special educator and is passionate about teaching. She loves to be a catalyst in their well-rounded development. She believes in holistic learning to address the emotional, social, ethical, and academic needs of students.She is a keen promoter of integrated and inclusive learning to make them capable of facing challenges. Certified as Socio Medical Faculty by The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University, she has done her masters in Psychology and a postgraduate diploma in Learning Disability. She has over 12 years of experience and always endeavours to create lesson plans that capture the diverse learning styles, interests, imagination, and abilities of all students.

Nateshkumari R.

Montessori Educator

Nateshkumari.R is an engineering graduate in Electronics & Communication Engineering. A trained Montessori teacher, she found her calling in working with young children. Radha endeavours to create a nurturing environment for the children. She takes special effort in making learning fun, interesting and encourages the child to take ownership of his work. She believes in building independence, responsibility and self-confidence in the child.

P. PRIYA

Physical Education Trainer

Priya is a passionate and an enthusiastic physical fitness trainer.She holds a Bachelor’s degree in physical education along with a MBA degree in Sports Management and has been a teacher for almost 5 years.She believes that children should be encouraged to explore various sports and enjoy the spirit of the game as a team.

Parameswari

Art Trainer

Parameswari has a Master’s degree in Family Resource Management and a bachelors in Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Service Management. Information Technology and Management. She was enamoured by the Montessori philosophy and pursued a diploma in Montessori from IMTC, Chennai. She believes that when exposed to the Montessori method of learning from very early, children develop a great sense of order, coordination, concentration, and independence. Her love for art and craft led her to explore the role of a art trainer. She enjoys her new role and strives to encourage creativity and imagination in the children.

Pavithra Kumar

Montessori Educator

Pavithra is an ardent Montessori teacher and loves working with young children. She believes children should learn in a supportive and creative environment. She endeavours to enable learning opportunities that would help them grow creative, independent and confident.

Poornima Ramgopal

Montessori Educator

Poornima is a professionally trained Montessori educator. Hailing from a family of teachers, she is deeply involved in working with young children. She believes in laying a strong foundation during the early childhood years. She believes learning is a two way process and seeks every possible opportunity to draw inspiration and insights from the chikldren.

R. Rajkumar

Physical Education Trainer

Rajkumar is a creative and organized Physical Education Teacher, with extensive experience in classroom administration, professional development and project planning. He is student-centric and champions student achievements while promoting a safe and positive learning environment. He has worked as a trainer and motivational coach with several fitness clubs and sports facilities.

Radha Sankaran

Montessori Educator

Radha Sankaran is a Montessori facilitator and finds her true joy in working with children. She believes children should be allowed to learn at their own pace in order for them to fully realize their potential. She is keen to introduce creative and innovative methods in her teaching and takes special interest in those who need help early. An engineering graduate, she is also an ISEB Certified Testing Professional and Oracle Certified Professional, she has conducted training programs for corporate executives.

Revathi M.

Middle School Educator

Revathy Mohanan is a passionate Tamil teacher and holds a Master’s degree in Tamil Literature. Her deep love for the language and children helped her give direction to her career. She encourages her students to express themselves in Tamil and uses fun activities/games to emphasize grammar concepts. She endeavours to instill enthusiasm in her students to learn and use Tamil for creativity and communication. She has been a teacher for over 10 years and brings her rich and varied experience to her profession.

Rohini G.

Middle School Educator

Rohini has a great passion for teaching Tamil and make it easy and fun for her students. With a Master’s degree in Tamil along with qualifications in Commerce and Teacher’s Training, she also has an advanced diploma in Montessori Education to her credit. She has been in teaching for over 5 years and inspires her students with her proficiency, focus, patience and confidence. Her vision is to create an interest in the students in learning Tamil, for them to imbibe the wealth of knowledge in Tamil literature.

S. M. Krishnamoorthy

Senior Secondary Educator

S. M. Krishnamoorthy is a passionate Physics teacher, having 30 years of teaching experience. He holds a Master’s degree in Physics and teaches the senior level students. He prides himself in having been a constant learner and has strived extensively in revising lesson plans, content and instruction methods towards effective learning. He believes in promoting spontaneous scientific thinking. He likes to present even complex topics in a simple manner with real-life examples to ground understanding and kindle curiosity.

S. Shehanaz

Primary Educator

Shehanaz is an engineering graduate in Information Technology and comes from the IT sector. She is a passionate and enthusiastic teacher. She promotes a positive and happy mindset in her students and believes in making learning fun. She believes children remember their learning better through interactions and experiences, and works towards creating a participative, experiential learning environment.

Santhanalakshmi A. S.

Primary Educator

Santhanalakshmi is an enthusiastic teacher with over 5 years of teaching experience. With her educational qualification in engineering and business administration, she completed her teachers’ training program and is pursuing her career as a teacher. She believes teachers are learners too, and constantly makes an attempt to draw inspiration and insights from her students. She endeavours to make learning fun for her students and derives great satisfaction from their happiness.

Saranya R

Primary Educator

Saranya took to teaching to make a difference in the lives of children. She engages actively with her students and promotes a healthy, joyful, responsible working environment. An engineering graduate, she found her calling in teaching. She makes an attempt to connect with every individual child and provide what he/she needs to pave the way for effective learning.

Savitha Sathish

Primary Educator

Savitha is an energetic and exuberant teacher who enjoys working with children. A graduate in English Literature, she has over 16 years of teaching experience in Primary. She is currently completing her Bachelor’s in education. She endeavours to make her class sessions lively, interactive and positive for the children.

Shanti Sekar

Primary Educator

Shanti is a primary educator who has been with Harishree for the past 11 years. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Indhira Gandhi Open University. Also trained in the Montessori method of pedagogy, she believes every child is unique and this uniqueness is his/her power. She is committed to building a nurturing and supportive space where children can grow and blossom in their own unique ways.

Shobana Muraali

Senior secondary Educator

Shobana Muraali is an enthusiastic teacher with over 17 years of experience in teaching Biology. She holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Toxicology and Bachelor’s in Education. She believes in developing a positive and enthusiastic attitude about the subject as this is an important quality of a teacher.She feels that a teacher must maintain a warm and friendly relationship with the students, know their learning style, develop team spirit, respect their views and ideas and create a collaborative work culture.

Smitha Gangadharan

Montessori Educator

Smitha Gangadharan is a jubilant Montessori facilitator at the Harishree Junior Campus. She is a certified Montessorian with over 9 years of experience. She loves to interact with children and work with them. She is an enthusiastic learner herself, enjoys challenges and anything creative and artistic in nature.

Sridharan Gopalan

Middle School Educator

G Sridharan is a dedicated and approachable teacher who strives to bring the best out of every one of his students. He is a double shiromani (M.A) holder from Madras Sanskrit College and has also completed his M.PHIL in Sanskrit from University of Madras. Through his friendly and interactive lessons he endeavours to inspire his students to develop a deep love for the Sanskrit language.

Subashree L

Primary Educator

Subhashree is an early childhood educator. She believes in incorporating play & inquiry based methods that make teaching and learning interesting for her students. An engineer by qualification, she constantly challenges herself and her students with new things. She encourages curiosity and the spirit of inquiry in them.

Sudha Narayanan

Primary Educator

Sudha Narayanan is a passionate teacher who looks for interactive and practical teaching strategies for teaching all subjects, science in particular. Besides her core qualification in Chemistry and English, she is also a certified Miontessori and Cambridge educator. Her mission is to make Science interesting and fun for children. Her classes focus on the ‘How’ and ‘Why’, of things that kindle curiosity and inculcate the enthusiasm of learning.

Sweeta Victor

Senior Secondary Educator

Sweeta is a dedicated teacher with over 15 years of experience. As a facilitator, she encourages her students to apply what they learn to real life and daily tasks. She motivates them to open their minds, expand thinking and develop a global perspective. She creates ample opportunities in her classroom sessions for them to bring out their strengths and ideas, and face the world with zeal and courage.

Tabitha Maryann Abraham

Middle School Educator

Tabitha is an enthusiastic Math teacher and loves to work with children. She holds a Master’s in Math and has over 3 years experience in IB and IGCSE curriculum. She encourages children to speak the Math they do and takes every opportunity to relate their learning to real life examples. She is keen to eliminate fear and anxiety of Math in her students, and help them treat it as a tool for life.

Upanisha K

Middle School Educator

Upanisha is a passionate teacher who aims at providing an interactive learning environment for the students. She has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Geo Informatics Engineering. She uses new technology and interactive software to make her classes interesting and interactive.

Yashi Shukla

Primary Educator

Yashi is a Master’s in Chemistry. Her love for languages prompted her to acquire a Master’s in Hindi Literature as well. She has been a teacher for more than 14 years and promotes a cheerful, positive learning environment. She encourages her students to speak their minds, with politeness and the right spirit. She believes in the immersion technique to learning a language well, and calls for all activities to be done in Hindi in her sessions.