About me

I graduated in Vocational English from St. Berchman's College Changanacherry with copy editing and magazine journalism as core subjects. Later, I did my  Master of Social Work (MSW – Medical and Psychiatry) from Dr G R Damodaran College of Science after which I started working as a counselor making me realise the effectiveness of one-to-one mentoring. It was in 2011 that I had my first exposure to the training field when I did a one-year Diploma course in Guidance and Counselling at NCERT (Regional Institute of Education, Mysore). I took my MA in English Literature from Bharathiar University. 

I have been taking offline IELTS classes in various language training institutes since November 2017 and by mid 2020, I started taking classes online(Ciril'sIELTS). Certification from the British Council and IDP Australia were obtained when I attended the British Council's Master Class for IELTS trainers and the IDP's IELTS Teacher Training Program. I have also completed OET Knowledge certification from OET and PTE Academic for Teachers from Pearson/PTE.

It was found that the writing module was tenuous for most of the students and multiple attempts were necessitated because of low bands obtained in the writing module.  Therefore, from the beginning of my career as an IELTS trainer, I have focused more on the writing module - both IELTS Academic and General Training. At the same time, it was made sure that the other modules namely speaking, listening, and reading were not compromised.