Dr. N.

Janardhana
PERSONAL DETAILS

Present Address: Professor, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS,

Bengaluru 560029
Telephone: 09901508695, 918026995238
Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION

Examinatio Name of the Duration Date/month/ Class Subjects

n Passed Institution/Board/ of course year of percentage studied
University passing
BA Christ college, 3 years 1993 2nd class Arts
Bangalore
university
MSW Bangalore 2 years 1995 1st class Social
university Work
M.Phil NIMHANS, 2 years 1997 1st class Psychiatric
Deemed university social work
UGC- NET United grants - 1998 - Social
commission work
Ph.D Bangalore - 2002 - Social
university work

EMPLOYMENT:

Designation From To Organization Place

Senior October Decemb WHO project- NIMHANS NIMHANS,
Research 1997 er 1997 Bangalore
Fellow
Family Jan 1998 June FCC- Karnataka State social Police commissioner
counsellor 1998 welfare advisory Board office, Bangalore
Psychiatric June 1998 May NIMHANS Bangalore
Social 1999
worker
Counsellor June 1999 January SAMRAKSHA Bangalore
2000
Psychiatric January January NIMHANS Bangalore
Social 2000 2002
Worker
Psychiatric March Feb Department of health and District Hospital,
Social 2002 2003 family welfare Mandya
Worker
Programme Feb 2003 May 12th Basic Needs India Bangalore
Officer 2010
Assistant May 12th June NIMHANS Bangalore
Professor 2010 2013
Associate July 1st June NIMHANS Bengaluru
Professor 2013 2016
Additional July 1st June 30th NIMHANS Bengaluru
Professor 2016 2020
Professor July 1st Till Date NIMHANS Bengaluru
2020
GRANTS
As Primary Investigator
1. 2021 “The SAMA Project -Safeguarding adolescent mental health in India: a co-
designed feasibility study of a systems intervention targeting youth anxiety and
depression’ MRC Grant through Leeds University, UK. Grant amount 9500000
2. 2021 Child Carers: Experiences and Needs of Adolescent Children Living and
caring Parent with chronic illness, ICMR Government of India, Grant amount
2800000.
3. 2018: Aftercare of Youth Leaving Care of Child Care Institutions research Project’,
funded by Udayan care, TATA Trust, UNICEF, Grant amount: 600,000 Rupees.
4. 2017: Capacity building and counseling training programme for the counselors and
social workers working in the Special women treatment unit for Women at the
District head quarters, Funded by Stree Shakathi,Women and Child development
Department, Government of Karnataka, Grant Amount: 300,000 Rupees.
5. 2014- 2017: Psycho Social Interventions for children in difficult circumstances under
the care and protection of child welfare committee, Bangalore, Funded by
Karnataka State Integrated child protection Society, Govt. of Karnataka, Grant
Amount:110,0000 Rupees.
6. 2017- 2020: Sexuality and Reproductive Health of Adolescents with Disabilities: an
Intervention Study, Funded by Indian Council of Medical Research, Government
of India, Grant amount 2200,000 Rupees.
7. 2017- 2020: Identification of psycho social needs & rehabilitation of survivors of
Child Sexual Abuse, Funded by Indian Council of Medical Research,
Government of India, Grant amount 2300,000 Rupees.
8. 2012- 2013: Capacity Building and Counseling training programme for the field
functionaries of Integrated Child Protection Scheme in the State of Karnataka’
Funded by Karnataka State Child Protection Society, Government of
Karnataka, Grant Amount 19015000 Rupees.
9. 2013-2014: Capacity building training programme for the newly recruited JJB and
CWC members of the state of Karnataka, Government of Karnataka, Funded by
Karnataka State Child Protection Society, Government of Karnataka, Grant
Amount 1200,000 Rupees.
10. 2011- 2013: Development of the counseling manual and capacity building for
the counselors dealing with the relationship issues of Female Sex Workers’. Funded
by Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Grant Amount 684,000 Rupees.
11. 2010: ‘Developing Handbook for Multipurpose Rehabilitation Workers on
Disability and Mental Illness’ Funded by Empowerment of differently abled and
senior citizen Department. Government of Karnataka Grant amount: 283,000
Rupees.
As co Investigator
12. 2013-2014 ‘Developing Training Manual On Adolescent Sexuality, Gender
Discrimination and Reproductive Health for Post Graduate Social Work Trainees in
India’. Funded by Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India,
Grant amount 784,000 Rupees.
13. 2013- 2016: ‘Psychosocial care for children with Disability and integrating in
to CBR approach for Children with disability in Karnataka’ Funded by SAMA
Foundation and CBM, Grant amount 1600,000 Rupees.

RECOGNITIONS
i. Invited by UNICEF, Bangalore, to be member of the committee to develop
curriculum for the postgraduate specialization paper on child and family
development, postgraduate diploma and certificate course in child
development.
ii. Invited by the Association of People with Disability (APD) and FAME India,
A National NGOS to be their board member.
 iii. Nominated by DWCD, GOK, as advisory member for the committee to
develop girls home in Davanagere as Model home as per the JJ Act, and for
the Selection Board for recruitment of JJB and CWC members in the state of
Karnataka. Also invited for discussions of the new Juvenile Justice Rules as
per the JJ Act, 2015.
iv. Been nominated as Departmental Ethics Committee member for ethically
reviewing the departmental research activity.
v. Trained 560 Child protection personnel and 220 JJB CWC members.
vi. Invited by Andhra Pradesh ICPS, and legal Aid, Government of AP
Government of Odisha to conduct three-day training for the counselors
working in child care institutions.
vii. Nominated by Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizen, GOK
as Resource Person for scrutinizing application for grant in aid programme
and in modifying the C and R rules to include disability quota.
viii. Six Best paper awards in the 34th, 35th, 36th Annual National Conference of the
Indian Society of Professional Social Workers.

DOCTORAL GUIDANCE:
1 Resilience among child sexual abuse survivors Awarded
Life experience, quality of life, well- being and future strategies of Awarded
2
older transgender individuals
Efficacy of group intervention module for Awarded
3
adolescent girls on self awareness
Impact of psychiatric social work intervention on expressed emotion Awarded
4
and knowledge among caregivers of persons with schizophrenia
Experiences And Needs Of Adolescent Children Living With A Awarded
5 Parent With Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study
6 Psychosocial aspects of children of female sex workers Awarded
Psycho Social Profile of Adolescent Girls in Romantic Relationship Awarded
7
Under  care and protection of Child Welfare Committee
Development of a scale to assess experiences in children and Awarded
8
Adolescents
Efficacy of structured yoga intervention for children with Autism Awarded
9
Spectrum Disorder an exploratory study
10 Emotional journey of the parents of children with sexual abuse Awarded
11 Perception of parenting of young adults Awarded
Family of origin influences and personality factors on the current Awarded
12
marital dysfunction

PUBLICATION: Published more than 230 articles and chapters in the national and
international journals and authored 12 books. Some of the publications are given below
1. Janardhana . N Ravindran. D ‘Group work intervention for the parents of children
with mental health issues admitted in the tertiary care centre. Indian Journal of
Psychological Medicine 2017, 39, 430-5
2. Janardhana N, Ravindran D. Functions of a group-based parenting program for
parents of children with mental health issues-some observations from a tertiary care
center. Indian J Soc Psychiatry 2017;33:352-8.
3. Aarti Jaganathan Janardhana.N. Ameer Hamza, Ragesh ‘ The Juxtaposition Between
Environmental Sustainability and Social Sustainability: An Indian Perspective on
Climate Change and Mental Health p.202 In Social Work Promoting Community and
Environmental Sustainability, 2017, 978-3-906820-11-8 (Paperback)
4. Janardhana.N , Manjula B ‘Adolescents Girls in Care and protection framework for
their romantic relationship, Institutionalised children explorations and beyond Vol 4,
No 1, 2017 24-31
5. Janardhana.N, Manjula B., Muralidhar D, Parthsarathy R., Sekar K., Seshadri P.,
Capacity building for the social workers and out reach workers of the Karnataka State
Integrated Child Protection Society’ Austin Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioural
Science, 2017 4 (1)1060
6. Talking to children about parental mental illness: The experiences of well parents,
International Journal of Social Psychiatry 2018, Vol. 64(4) 367–373.
7. Janardhana. N and Naidu ‘Inclusion of people with mental illness in Community
Based Rehabilitation: need of the day’, International Journal of Psychosocial
Rehabilitation, N0 16 (1) 2012
8. Janardhana. N, Naidu. D.M. Shravya, and Hampanna ‘Availability and accessibility
of treatment for person with mental illness through community mental health
programme, Journal of Disability, Inclusive and Development Vol 22 (1) 2011.
9. Janardhana. N ‘Stigma and Discrimination experienced by families of mentally ill -
Victims of mental illness’ submitted to Contemporary Social Work Journal, Vol 1
January 2011.
10. Janardhana. N, Shravya, Saraswathy, Naidu Valli seshan ‘Giving care to men and
women with mental illness’ – Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Vol 18, Number 3
October 2011 405-424.
11. Janardhana. N, Shravya R., Naidu D.M., Saraswathy.L, Seshan.V ‘Good
Samaritians in the lives of people with mental illness: An Indian Study’. Indian
Journal of Social Work, 2014 Vol 75 (1) 7-32.
12. Janardhana N, Muralidhar D, Nadiu. D.M, Raghevendra C.E, ‘Discrimination
against differently abled children among rural communities in India, Journal of
Natural Science Biology and Medicine 2014, 6, 7- 11
13. Janardhana. N, Rahgunandan. S, Naidu, D.M. Saraswathi.L, Seshan V, ‘Care
giving of people with severe mental illness: An Indian experience, Indian Journal
of Psychological medicine, 2015, 37, 184-94