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Deepta Desikan

Research Associate

Masters in Social Work, Specialisation: Medical and Psychiatric Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai 2005
B.A. (Psychology, English literature, Journalism), Mount Carmel College, Bangalore University, Bangalore 2003

Environment conservation, people centered development

Research Associate, Coastal Marine Programme, Ashoka Trust For Research in Ecology and Environment, Bangalore, September 2007
Programme Manager, Psychiatric Social Work Dept, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, August 2005 - August 2007.
Worked with tsunami affected populations and on programme development for HIV/AIDS in Andhra Pradesh

Intern, Voluntary Health Association of Sikkim (VHAS), Gangtok, April - May 2005
Intern, The Samaritans Day Care Centre for the Mentally Ill, Mumbai, June 2004 - March 2005
Intern, Parakh Dharamshala (Old Age Home), Mumbai, November 2003 - April 2004
Intern, Sir J.J School, Mumbai, July 2003 - October 2003

Manuals for training of counsellors on HIV/AIDS :
1. Facilitator's Manual for training of counsellors
2. Handbook for HIV/AIDS counsellors
3. Participant workbook
Booklets disseminating information on psychosocial care for disaster survivors
Kashmir Manuals; Psychosocial care for earthquake survivors:
1. Manual 1: for individuals and families
2. Manual 2: for community level workers
3. Manual 3: for intervention with children
Tsunami Manual 4: Psychosocial care for women survivors