PROFILE OF DR.

VASANTHI THIAGARAJAN

With over 35 years of teaching-learning and administrative experience,Dr.Vasanthi Thiagarajan is the

founder Principal and Correspondent of Sishya School,Hosur.

With a Doctorate in Education Dr.Vasanthi is passionate about teaching as well as Training.She has
worked with Dr.Howard Gardner on Multiple Intelligences in Harvard University in 2008. She is also
an Accredited Trainer in Differentiated Instruction for Harvard University’s Online Program and has
trained over 7o Principals on DI across the globe.

Dr.Vasanthi has been the Master Trainer for the Intel Teach to the Future Training Programme in
Hosur in 2003 and has trained over 100 educators in basics of Microsoft programmes for teachers.

She is the CBSE Master Trainer for ASL ; SGAI and CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT; Life Skills;Gender
Sensitivity, Career Guidance, Experiential Learning, Value Education; Upholding Integrity and Ethics;
Integration of the Arts into Curriculum through E.L.

Dr.Vasanthi has been appointed by the Chairman CBSE,Mrs.Anita Karwal as part of the panel to
examine the Examination Reforms for CBSE and Policy thereafter

Some awards that need mention are the CBSE Teacher Award in 2004; the CBSE Mentor Award in
2011 and the National Award to Teachers in 2012 by the Govt.Of India.

At the International level Dr.Vasanthi has received the Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching in
2011 for a 4 month Action Based Research Program in the University of Maryland, College Park, USA.

Dr.Vasanthi was also honoured by the Ministry of Education,Government of Singapore in Jan. 2014
as Outstanding Educator in Residence.