“LIGHTING UP LIVES”

A young girl stepped out of Kerala and came to Jamshedpur in 1974 after her marriage. 1981 saw her start her career as a librarian in a school. After completing B.Ed. in 1986, she joined Kerala Samajam Model School (KSMS) as an assistant teacher. While working in KSMS she completed M.A. and M.Ed. in 1992 and 1995 respectively. During this period, she got a series of promotions and became the Principal of KSMS in 1991 - a position she occupied till June 2000. she then resigned from KSMS, to move on to be the Director of Kerala Public Schools. She today steers the KPS TRUST as the Vice Chairperson

Mrs Vijayam Kartha the Vice Chairperson, Kerala Public School Trust, Jamshedpur and the Director, Kerala Samajam Hindi School, is also the Founder Convener of Teachers’ Network, ‘Disha’ a forum for teachers to come together and share .As the Founder Secretary of Eco Task Force,a Planning Body for Environmental Conservation she brought in the desired awareness towards environment by initiating projects in adopted villages. She reached out to the city based schools as the Founder Convener of Eco Clubs of City-based Schools . Her reaching out to the working mothers of the city saw her as the Founder Coordinator of ‘Ankur’ a Day Care Centre for Children.She is closely associated and a firm propagator of Moral Rearmament Movement a forum for the youth . Her rural commitment knows no bounds