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DR. INDLA RAMSUBBA REDDY
Dr. Indla Ramasubba Reddy completed his MD and DPM in psychiatry from the prestigious Central government Institute, NIMHANS. He has been the Past President of Indian Psychiatric Society and is the first Indian to head SAARC Psychiatric Federation. He is considered one of the doyens in Indian Psychiatry. He is a pioneer in creating awareness on psychological disorders and had travelled extensively in the backward areas of Andhra and Telangana to reduce stigma and promote awareness. He authored numerous books in Telugu on psychological issues and promotion of wellness in the community. Due to his unrelenting efforts, psychiatry and Dr. Indla are household names in Andhra Pradesh. He founded VIMHANS and is currently running the Organization for more than 3 decades now.
DR. VISHAL INDLA
Dr.Vishal completed his MD and DNB in psychiatry from the prestigious Central government Institute, NIMHANS. He was awarded the Silver Jubilee Award and the gold medal for being the topper in the MD Psychiatry exam at NIMHANS in 2005. He received the World Psychiatric Association Fellowship Award for the year 2007 at Melbourne, Australia. He has many research publications in international medical journals and serves on the Editorial board of various scientific journals. He has been invited to numerous psychiatric conferences and PG CME’s as guest faculty. He is currently the President of Indian Psychiatric Society, Andhra State Chapter He received the 12th Teacher’s Young Achievers Club recognition award in the year 2013. Dr. Vishal is currently working as the chief psychiatrist at VIMHANS hospital, a Post graduate teaching institution, at Vijayawada. He is also the Director of ICGC, Indlas Child Guidance Clinics with branches in Mumbai and Vijayawada, which are exclusive speciality clinics for child and adolescent wellness. He has conducted numerous workshops in schools and colleges for students and their parents on various aspects of child development and motivation. He has authored a book titled “Good parents, Good children” in telugu which was later translated into kannada too. He also co authored a book on parenting along with a famous celebrity writer Sri Yandamoori Veerendranath Garu.
DR. MANJIRI DESHPANDE SHENOY
Dr. Manjiri completed her DNB Psychiatry from Vijayawada Institute Of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (VIMHANS), following which she pursued her Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at VIMHANS through NTR University. In Mumbai, she worked as a senior resident at T.N.M.C and B.Y.L Medical College, Mumbai. She has done extensive research in the field of Child psychiatry, which she is passionate about. She has done numerous workshops on motivating children and in the areas of Stress Management , emotional intelligence and Cognitive behaviour therapy. She has been invited as faculty in many child psychiatry conferences. She also conducts workshops in schools for students and teachers and also parenting workshops. She has written articles in journals on various child psychiatry topics.
Her areas of interest are anxiety disorders, CBT, adolescent behavioural issues. Her love for children and her managerial skills are her strengths.
With a keen interest in child and adolescent psychiatry, she heads ICGC, Mumbai since its inception and is very keen to reach out and help more kids and families.
Dr. Vundi. Manasa Ram
Dr. Vundi. Manasa Ram has done her MBBS in Andhra Medical College and M.D. (psychiatry) in Government Hospital For Mental Care(Institute Of Mental Health, Center for Excellence), Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam.This is a tertiary care hospital for Psychiatry, well known as Vizag mental hospital . After post-graduation she worked as a senior resident in the same institute. Later she pursued her post doctoral fellowship in Child And Adolescent Psychiatry at VIMHANS (NTR University Of Health Sciences). She has done extensive research to fulfill her compassion in Child Psychiatry. She has been the panelist in Times group seminar on Career Guidance. Determined to provide outstanding service and care to children, listening to parent?s concerns and treating for overall well-being of children.Conferred with clients? family and relative to discuss about the mental health problems of the patient.Empathetic to facilitate discussions and conversations with parents to analyze the scope of their child's problem and to encourage them to have a treatment and to cope with their problems.
Clinical interests: Autism, ADHD,Dyslexia, Anxiety disorders, mood disorders,depression and co-morbid substance use disorders in Adolescents. Mood dysregulation, impulse dyscontrol, and non-suicidal self-injury. Behaviours in children and adolescents, and effective treatment interventions psychosocial interventions in the care of the child, youth and family. Including psychopharmacology and cognitive therapy. Presented research articles - In national and international conferences.
MS.NIKITA D’SOUZA
Qualification: M.A. Clinical Psychology (2014)
Designation: Clinical Psychologist
- Masters in Psychology (Clinical), 2014
- Associated with Indlas Child Guidance Clinic since April, 2015
- Completed Advanced Diploma in Counseling in 2018
- Certificate course in Remedial Education in 2020
- Passionate about working with children and adolescents
- Also takes up counselling for young adults
- Conducts workshops for teachers, students, and parents
- Has been part of webinars / live talks during the lockdown
- Believes in spreading mental health awareness and fostering wellness among the population
MRS.KARUNA KRISHNA MASKE
Qualification: B.A., B.Ed. – Special Education in main stream Learning Disability
Designation: Special Educator
Work Profile at ICGC:
Employed at ICGC since: June, 2015
Interests and Strengths:
- Teaching children with various needs, especially slow learners and those with learning disabilities
- Special Education catering to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder , Intellectual disability
- Her ability to handle all kinds of kids and her cheerful nature is her biggest strength
RAMA RAO
Mr. Rama Rao holds a bachelor degree in Special Education in Mental Retardation along with a diploma in Special Education (MR)
His key skills include designing appropriate teaching learning materials to promote learning among students with special needs. His areas of expertise include designing Individualized Education Program (IEP) and behavioural modification in children with special needs.
He has been an invaluable asset to ICGC Vijayawada right from its inception
Krishna Priya V.K
Qualification: MSc Clinical psychology
Kajal naik
She has been working with ICGC for last 2 yrs. I m currently persuing SYBAMMC. Her designation at ICGC is an Administrator. Her hobbies are dancing and doing creative stuff. She enjoys spending time with children. She helps out in the creative stuff of the clinic and also assists the therapists as and when needed. Her excellent interpersonal skills, bonding with parents, very friendly nature and creative mindset has made her a favourite amongst parents and kids. She ensures smooth functioning of clinic, therapies and appointments and is excellent at her work
Ms. P.Meenakshi
P.Meenakshi M.Sc, M.Phil. Clinical psychology
Mr. Rohit ojha
Rohit ojha BCA from SHTB Khalsa college.DHLS from All India institute of physical medicine and rehabilitation.Working with various hospitals, special schools and centers.
Sasanka sekhar pradhan
A licensed occupational therapist,with a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy from SVNIRTAR,cuttack. Completed internship from the same college. It is a tertiary care rehabilitation hospital well known for its intended rehabilitation purpose. He has worked with children with a variety of diagnosis with a strong focus on working with children with autism and intellectual disorders. And have attended workshop for early intervention program. All of this experience has provided him with knowledge and skill to address adaptive or compensatory strategies to assist and treat children's with autism, ASD, PDD and intellectual disorders. He has a keen interest on Sensory integration therapy , hand therapy, pediatric therapy,etc.
Prabina Kumar pradhan
He is a licensedoccupational therapist . Has done bachelor of occupastional therapy from swamivivekananda national institute of rehabilitation training and research,Cuttak, Odissa. SVNIRTAR is a premier institute for pediatric rehabilitation and musculoskeletal rehabilitation in South asia.he has done housemanship in both SVNIRTAR and SCB medical college and hospital.He attend various national and international conference, seminar and workshops which are related to pediatric rehabilitation and neuro rehabilitation. clinical interest- Autism, ADHDd, CP, Down's syndrome,etc. He also presented paper on sensory integration though staircase in utkal University .
Preeti Munda
Has done M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry &Allied Sciences Area of interest: children with special needs, learning disability, adolescent issues, mood and anxiety disorders Worked on Haptic Intelligence scale for Adult blind, psychological distress among the students, and de-addiction during training period. Has experience in dealing cases of depression, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, substance abuse, adolescent behavioural issues etc. Competent in various psychological assessments, Behaviour therapy, Remediation for Learning Disability, Art based therapy. Zeal to keep learning, growing and working for a good cause to have a mentally healthy environment for everyone.
Dr. Sonali Parmar
Dr. Sonali Parmar, is an Occupational Therapist and has varied experience in the pediatrics for the last 2 years. She has worked with kids with various developmental disorders, Autism spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, Downs syndromes etc. She has done bachelor in occupational therapy from Seth G. S. Medical college and KEM hospital.
Mr. Gangadhar
Bachelor of Intellectual Disability Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research & Rehabilitation for the Mentally Handicapped.
Experience of 6 years as special educator and Speech therapist in treating adult, child with language and speech disorders.
Capable of planning and executing assessments with speech and language disorders.Experience in treating children with special needs with ABA, diagnosing, intervention, planning, social skill training, group therapies for children with behavioral issues, developmental delay, Autism, and planning IEP for special children.
Experience in treating children with remedial training for learning disabilities and difficulties children.
Exposure in occupational therapy.
Ms. K. Kalavathi
K. Kalavathi has done her D.Ed in special education at Priyadarshini College of Special Education, SR Puram. Registered with RCI, Delhi. Later pursued her Special B.Ed in Uma manovikasa Educational and Technological society. She has experience of working as trainer for kids with special needs at various institutes from last 5 yrs. She is more dedicated and focussed to burn her skills to show improvement in children coming to our centre for various therapies
Dr. Kinnari Doshi
Dr. Kinnari has completed her M.B.B.S. degree from Dr. Vasantrao Pawar Medical College, Nashik and her extensive training in M.D. Psychiatry from Justice K. S. Hegde Charitable Hospital, Mangalore. She has received an exhaustive training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from NIMHANS, Bangalore and is currently pursuing her post-doctoral fellowship in the same specialty from VIMHANS, Vijayawada.
She has worked for the NGO, ‘Indian Doctors for Peace and Development’ for over 3 years advocating peace amongst nations by demolishing nuclear weapons and health for all. She has presented multiple scientific posters at local and national level.
Emotional and behavioural problems in children and adolescence are nearly ignored in our society and Dr. Kinnari has a vision to extend mental health support to them and their caregivers.
As a long term goal, she desires to provide quality sex education in Indian schools and rehabilitate street children.
Her keen interest lies in:
- Adolescent psychiatric issues
- ADHD, Autism
- Child abuse
- Personality disorders
- Substance use disorders
- Community Psychiatry
S Sreenidhi
Ms S Sreenidhi is a licensed counselling psychologist and psychotherapist under CCI (counsellors council of India) Hailing from Mangalore, Karnataka, she is a trained and well equipped in various psychotherapy and is a full-fledged counselling psychologist, also someone who balances well in counselling skills with adequate empathy and listening skills with a calm and friendly nature.
Sreenidhi is trained in psych educating various issues and helping individuals to support their mental health along with their family. She is trained in Psychotherapy such as Gestalt, REBT, CBT, reality based therapies, SFBT and more. Sreenidhi is also trained in dealing with the various age groups who are bounded with various mental health issues, where she has practiced earlier.
Sreenidhi is also trained with psychological testing under the care of Indla’s Child Guidance Clinic
Sreenidhi’s special interest is based on art as a form of therapy and story, as a mode of communication to deal with children’s. She loves cooking and also likes to adopt new languages which helps her in then helping the patients.
S Usha Rani
Mrs S Usha Rani has completed her hearing impairment and special education in MR under the Bed department.
She has started working from 2014 onwards under various speech therapy institutions along with dealing the children with special needs.
She also has been expertise in dealing with parents of special needs which help in parenting skills.
Her interests are more towards dealing with the young toddlers in making them grow as better individuals and have a balanced life.
J. Ayesha
Miss J. Ayesha, has completed Bachelor’s in psychology from Getam University.
She had started working from 2012 onwards under various speech and hearing clinic, as a speech therapist, dealing with cases like stuttering misarticulating etc.
Currently she is working with our since 3years.dealing with children who are hearing speech difficulty and who has delayed onset of speech and children who have developmental disorders and functional disorders such as Autism, IDD and ADHD.
Her interests are drawing and teaching the children the basic communication skills to balance their live hood.
Triveni
K Triveni, has completed her DEd in special education at KDB trust, Elakuru and is registered with RCI for special education she is currently pursuing her Bachelors of psychology through distance education from Geetham University.
Triveni has an overall experience of 3 years, working in as w special educator with our institute and has interest in dealing with children with Autism, intellectual disability and ADHD. She has a calm and soft personality in dealing with the kids.
She is also trained to conduct occupational therapy for the children. Triveni is dedicated to her work and for the growth of the future.
Anupriya
Anupriya is a valuable asset to ICGC for the last 5 yrs. She is the first person you encounter. On Entering the clinic, and she ensures that your Experience with ICGC is pleasant, smooth and streamlined. She is always on her toes to assist and Coordinate the appointments for consultation and therapies of the patients with the psychiatrist, psychologists and Therapists, with her delightful smile and good Interpersonal skills, she maintains a cheerful, and child-friendly Ambience at the clinic.
R Sukanya
R Sukanya, has completed her DEd in special education at KDB trust, Elakuru and is registered with RCI for special education.
Sukanya has an overall experience of 3 years, working in as a special educator with our institute and has interest in dealing with children with Autism, intellectual disability and ADHD. She has a calm and soft personality in dealing with the kids.
She is also trained to conduct occupational therapy for the children. Sukanya is dedicated to her work and for the growth of the future.