About the author - Kum Kum Tandon
Kum Kum Tandon is a leading figure in career guidance and counselling in India since 1986. Author of several books on the subject she has also successfully initiated and developed an integrated approach to career counselling by including parents and teachers in the process. She is an inspiring counsellor with profound knowledge and experience and has been providing educational, vocational, personal guidance and counselling to students of leading schools in India and abroad. For several years she has been a regular columnist in newspapers and magazines.
Mrs. Tandon's abiding love for children and their education inspired her to write her widely acclaimed books. Her best selling books 'Career Options After 10+2 & Beyond" published in 2 volumes for Science and Technology and Humanities & Commerce related careers. Were first published in 1990 and have been revised annually since.
She currently resides in New Delhi, India and frequently visits her family in Australia and the United States. Mrs. Tandon has lots of experience in the subject having taught and counselled at schools in India and abroad. Now through the shiksha.com portal she is providing easy and convenient access to the material in her books to students worldwide.
She also has expertise in conducting:
Teacher Enrichment Programmes relating to educational and vocational guidance.
Personal Development, Interpersonal Relationships and Communication Skills.
Problem Child Identification and Detection of learning disabilities.
Career Guidance for students /parents.
Her academic/counselling activities have been
Preparing programme briefs for videos on Developmental and Career Guidance at NCERT
Writing scripts for videos on Developmental Guidance at Primary School Stage organized by NIE and Educational Television Division, NCERT
Utilising audio radio mode for developmental aspects of career guidance, organized by Department of Psychology, Counselling and Guidance, NIE and Educational Radio Division CIET of NCERT
Expert for audio instructional programme for National Open schools
Writing modules for International Distance Education programme for Counsellors of the NCERT and for the Guidance course of IGNOU.
Counselling on Evening Live show of Doordarshan.