Meenakshi Sivaramakrishnan - Conferences, Seminars and Workshops She Has Been Associated With.

Conferences, Seminars and Workshops She Has Been Associated With.

Meenakshi has organized and actively participated in conferences, seminars and workshops both within India and abroad. She has conducted Montessori Orientation Programmes for Parents under the auspices of FPMM/IMC in Calcutta, Madras, Bangalore, Changanassery. She attended the International Montessori Congress held in Karachi, Pakistan in 1985, and in Nara, Japan in 1991. She was the member of the organising committee "50 years of Montessori in India" convention in Madras 1989. She was also the member of the organising committee "50 years of Montessori in Pakistan" held in Karachi in 1990. She was the convener of the Seminar on "Human Excellence" held in Bangalore in 1992.

Meenakshi conducted courses for Montessori teachers in Casa Montessori in Hong Kong and Kempinski Lufthansa International School in Beijing, China in 1993. She was the Convenor of the National Seminar on "Child in Society" in Bangalore conducted by the Indian Montessori Centre in 1994. Again in 1997 when the Indian Montessori Centre held another National Seminar, this time on "War on Human Poverty" she was made the Convenor. She was the Chairperson of the First Asian Conference in Montessori Education by the Indian Montessori Centre in Bangalore in 1999. She was the Member of the Organising committee of the conference “Montessori a learning revolution" held in the year 2001 in Chennai. In January 2007 she was the Convenor of the Montessori Congress "Today's Child" held by the Indian Montessori Centre to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First Montessori House of Children 'Casa dei Bambini'.

Meenakshi has conducted several workshops on the Practical and Theoretical aspects of the Montessori method in Bangalore, Chennai, Calcutta, and Los Angeles, USA. She also gives talks to different audiences, such as Lion's and Rotary's Clubs, to increase awareness and understanding of the Montessori Method. She was invited to give the keynote address for the Montessori Centenary Celebrations conducted by NCERT. She participated in the Panchayati Toofan in Kundapur district conducted by Concerned for Working Children, Bangalore. She also participated in the research programme conducted by the Ministry of Human Resources Development through the Jnanavahini Vidyakendra, Chintamani at Kolar District of Karnataka.