Srividya Sivakumar, PhD โ Product Engineer
I have spent most of my life working with the English language. As a ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ, I have 27 years of experience teaching English, from verbal ability for competitive exams such as CAT, GRE, and GMAT to Shakespeare for post-graduate students of English Literature. As a ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ, I have worked with diverse clients, such as art stores, jewellery brands, hospitals, and organic products. These include: GreenTechMW, Roots Auto Products Private Limited, Your Once, Dimexon Jewellery Creation Private Limited, TiE University, Sam Industries, Ganga Hospital, Sierra ODC, and Corona awareness booklets for a public safety campaign. As an ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ, I have refined website content, fiction, poetry, and spirituality books. I am also the ๐ฐ๐ผ-๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ of ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฎ, the Red River Anthology of Contemporary Erotic Poetry. As a ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฒ๐, I have published three collections: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐บ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ - ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ค and ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ. My poems have also appeared in several anthologies and journals, such as ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ/๐๐ข๐ด ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ญ๐บ, and ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ. I was shortlisted for The Deodar Prize in 2025. One of my poems won the 5th Cycle of the Architectural Poetry Contest floated by the ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, 2021. I was shortlisted for the ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด, 2020, and nominated for the ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ, 2018. Apart from other venues and occasions, I have been a speaker at TEDxYouth@Lovedale in October 2018, TEDx GCT and TEDxKids@RSPuram in 2013. I wrote a weekly column on poetry- ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐บ - for the Coimbatore MetroPlus Saturday edition from February 2014 to December 2015. I wrote a monthly column on poetry - ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ- for the Deccan Herald from January 2024 to August 2025. Thank you for visiting my profile.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Content Creator and Educator with expertise in English Literature and Public Speaking.
Experience: 19 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- Content Creation
- Strategic Consulting
- Speaking
- Literature
- Content Development
- Voice Acting
- English Teaching
- Writing
- Corporate Training
Career Highlights
- 27 years of experience in English language education.
- Published three poetry collections and numerous articles.
- Speaker at multiple TEDx events.
Work Experience
Sarvvam School
English Teacher (1 yr 4 mos)
Deccan Herald
Freelance Columnist (1 yr 7 mos)
Mycelium Ecology
Content Curator (7 mos)
Samskaara Academy
Language Arts Teacher (3 yrs 1 mo)
Your Once
Content Developer (1 yr 1 mo)
Prezantim Presentation Strategy
Content (8 yrs 11 mos)
T.I.M.E. (Triumphant Institute of Managment Education)
Trainer (5 yrs 1 mo)
The Tips Global Institute
Associate Professor and Head of Department- English and Business Communication (1 yr 1 mo)
The Hindu
Columnist (1 yr 1 mo)
Freelance
Ghostwriter (1 yr)
Speaker (12 yrs 4 mos)
Member of the Board of Studies (8 yrs)
Self-employed
Content Consultant (14 yrs 3 mos)
CinnamonTeal Design and Publishing
Freelance Editor (1 yr 2 mos)
British Council
Oral Examiner (7 yrs 6 mos)
T.I.M.E. (Triumphant Institute of Management Education)
Independent Consultant (9 yrs 11 mos)
IMS Learning Resources Pvt. Ltd.
Faculty- Verbal Ability and communication skills (2 yrs 5 mos)
ANDHRA LOYOLA COLLEGE
Lecturer (1 yr 4 mos)
Nalanda Degree College
Academic and Career Counsellor (1 yr 4 mos)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Bharathiar University
Certificate in Career and College Counseling at IC3 Institute
Master of Science - MS at Alagappa University
Post Graduate Diploma at PSG Institute of Management
Bachelor of Arts - BA at Nirmala College for Women, Coimbatore
