Assistant Professor & Head in the Department of Social Work, Guru Nanak College(Autonomous), Chennai since 2018. She is a University Gold Medalist in Master of Social Work, Bharathidasan University. Her Specialization is Medical & Psychiatric Social Work. She had experience in rendering counseling services to children and their families at the Child Guidance Center, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. She worked as Assistant Professor & Assistant Research Coordinator in Madurai Institute of Social Sciences, Madurai. She has participated and presented 21 scientic papers in various National and International Conferences and published 15 articles in International, National Journals and in edited books. She is trained in “Counselling and Psychotherapy” at Anugraha institute for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu . Life member in Indian Society of Professional Social Work (ISPSW). She served as an External Examiner for eld work Viva voce Examination. She is a Member of Institutional Ethical Committee at Meenakshi Ammal Dental College & Hospital, Chennai.

Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work since June 2008. Specialized in Medical & Psychiatry and working with Children, Adolescents and Mental Health. She has produced 11 Ph.D. and 17 M.Phil. Scholars. She has completed a UGC Minor Research Project on “Study Habits among Slum Children in Tiruchirappalli”. She has participated and presented 42 scientic papers in various National and International Conferences and published 68 articles in International Peer Reviewed Journals, 31 in National Journals and 49 articles in edited books. She is the reviewer of Springer Journal –“Journal of Community Health”. Developed a “School Mental Health Inventory” (2017). She was the Director i/c of Students Counselling and Grievances Redressal Cell of Bharathidasan University. She has established a Child Guidance and Counselling Centre and provides free counseling services to school. She has organized 2 International Conferences and 2 National level workshops. She is one of the Subject Expert and Core Committee Member for drafting Tamil Nadu State Policy for Children during the year 2015 to 2017. She is the Coordinator of Linnaeus Palme International Teachers and Students Exchange Programme of the Department and visited University West in Sweden in 2019 for planning visit. Previously she worked for 12 years in Department of Social Work, Cauvery College for Women, Tiruchirappalli. She had visited UMEA University in Sweden as a Full time visiting Lecturer from the Department of Social Work under Linnaeus Palme International Teachers Exchange Programme for 5 weeks (May to June 2008) and has travelled to Paris, Rome and Venice.