MVJ College of Education
MVJ College of EducationEducation for Excellence
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Our Faculty

Scholars who still teach.

Our faculty are active researchers, classroom practitioners, and consultants to schools and policy bodies across India.

08
Full-time faculty
04
Departments
120+
Years combined
LeadershipSciencesLanguagesPsychology, Research
Department · 01

Leadership & Curriculum Studies

The principal's office and the curriculum desk — where institutional direction meets the daily classroom.

01
Faculty
Portrait of Dr. Lakshmi NarayananPhD, TISS

Dr. Lakshmi Narayanan

Principal & Professor of Curriculum Studies

24 years in teacher education. Author of two books on Indian pedagogy and a former NCTE peer reviewer.

Leadership
Department · 02

Sciences & Mathematics

Inquiry-led classrooms, lab notebooks, and the patient art of teaching how things work.

02
Faculty
Portrait of Prof. Arjun SharmaM.Ed, M.Phil

Prof. Arjun Sharma

Head of Department, B.Ed · Mathematics Pedagogy

Former NCERT consultant. Specialises in mathematics pedagogy and curriculum reform across state boards.

Sciences
Portrait of Dr. Suresh BabuPhD, Bangalore University

Dr. Suresh Babu

Assistant Professor, Science Pedagogy

Researcher on inquiry-based science instruction. Trained over 600 in-service teachers across Karnataka.

Sciences
Department · 03

Languages & Social Sciences

Reading, writing, citizenship, and the long view of history — taught with care and conviction.

02
Faculty
Portrait of Dr. Ravi PrasadPhD, EFL University

Dr. Ravi Prasad

Associate Professor, Language Pedagogy

Specialist in bilingual education and language acquisition. 18 years of classroom and teacher-training experience.

Languages
Portrait of Ms. Kavitha ReddyM.Ed, NET

Ms. Kavitha Reddy

Assistant Professor, Social Sciences

Focus on critical pedagogy, citizenship education, and history teaching for middle and secondary grades.

Languages
Department · 04

Psychology, Research & EdTech

The methods, the mind, and the tools — the foundations behind everything that happens in front of a class.

03
Faculty
Portrait of Dr. Meera KrishnanPhD, JNU

Dr. Meera Krishnan

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology

Research on adolescent learning, motivation, and inclusive classroom design for neurodiverse students.

Psychology, Research
Portrait of Ms. Anjali IyerM.Ed, Cambridge

Ms. Anjali Iyer

Assistant Professor, Educational Technology

Leads MVJ's hybrid teaching and EdTech integration initiatives. Builds open lesson banks for rural schools.

Psychology, Research
Portrait of Dr. Vinod MenonPhD, IIT Madras

Dr. Vinod Menon

Assistant Professor, Educational Research

Quantitative methods specialist. Mentors all M.Ed dissertation candidates through their research design.

Psychology, Research
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