SSE Teachers of the Month

Teacher of the Week

Sreevidya (Lavanya) Sivaswamy - Chicago North

Substitute Teaching Group 1 and Group 2

Clinical Safety Scientist

Favorite Swami Quote - "Love is God, God is love, so, live in love."

Teacher of the Week

Nithya Pasumarthy - Cleveland

Currently Teacching PreSSE and Group 1

IT Manager

Favorite Swami Quote - "The world is a mirror. Whatever you see in the mirror, it is your own reflection."

Teacher of the Week

Hiranmayee Kundeti - Chicago Metro

6 Years Teaching SSE

Data Science Graduate

Favorite Swami Quote - Education is for 'life', not, for a 'living'

Teacher of the Week

Srividya Subramanian - Detroit Metro

Teaching SSE 1

Kids Club Teacher

Favorite Swami Quote - "Why fear when I am here"

Teacher of the Week

David Korow - Cleveland

11 Years Teaching SSE

Electrical Engineer

Favorite Swami Quote - "Love All, Serve All"

Teacher of the Week

Trupti Doshi - Cincinnati

15 Years Teaching SSE

IT Professional

Favorite Swami Quote - "Why Fear When I am Here."

Teacher of the Week

Vinatha Murthy - Columbus

20 Years Teaching SSE

Senior Specialist Leader

Favorite Swami Quote - "Hands that help are holier than lips that pray"

Teacher of the Week

Susmitha Kristam - Detroit Metro

3.5 Years Teaching SSE

Quality Analyst

Favorite Swami Quote - "Love All Serve All"

Teacher of the Week

Sharada Kurkundu - Chicago West

5 Years Teaching SSE

Teaching Assistant

Favorite Swami Quote - "Love All Serve All, Help Ever Hurt Never"

Teacher of the Week

Padma Hari - Milwaukee

15 Years Teaching SSE

Special Needs Teacher

Favorite Swami Quote - "Help Ever Hurt Never"

Teacher of the Week

Vidya Maruvada - Chicago North

4 Years Teaching SSE

IT Professional

Favorite Swami Quote - "Surrender to what is, Let go of what was, have faith in what will be."

Teacher of the Week

Madhvi Girap - Chicago Metro

5-6 Years Teaching SSE

Montessori Teacher

Favorite Swami Quote - "Love All, Serve All"

Teacher of the Week

Anushka Guru - Rochester

2.5 Years Teaching SSE

Sophomore at University of Chicago Majoring in Biology and Environmental Science.

Favorite Swami Quote - "Some say that knowledge is power, but it is not true. Character is power."

Teacher of the Week

Sai Prabhu Prem Kumar - Ann Arbor

10 Years Teaching SSE

Automation Architect 

Favorite Swami Quote - "Be simple and sincere"

Teacher of the Week

Neeraja Ravindran - Cincinnati

5 Years Teaching SSE

Clinical Child Psychologist

Favorite Swami Quote - "Love All, Serve All"

Teacher of the Week

Padmaja Vellala - Cleveland

14 Years Teaching SSE

High School Science Teacher

Favorite Swami Quote - "God is Love, Live in Love"

Teacher of the Week

Suresh Rama - Detroit Metro

12 Years Teaching SSE

Engineer, Business Solutions Consultant & Strategist

Favorite Swami Quote - “Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it."

Teacher of the Week

Juhi Gaur - Columbus

2.5 Years Teaching SSE

Lead Business Systems Analyst - Manager

Favorite Swami Quote - “Love All, Serve All. Help Ever, Hurt Never"

Teacher of the Week

Tharini Devarajan - Chicago West

7 Years Teaching SSE

Writing Coach/Writer

Favorite Swami Quote - “Life is a game...play it. Life is a challenge...meet it. Life is a dream...realize it. Life is a sacrifice...offer it. Life is love...enjoy it."

Teacher of the Week

Sandhya Balasubramanian - Milwaukee

9 Years Teaching SSE 3

Software Quality Assurance Professional

Favorite Swami Quote - “Love is Giving and Forgiving; Self is Getting and Forgetting"

Teacher of the Week

Shakuntala Chigurupati - Chicago North

7 Years Teaching SSE

Lead Applications Architect

Favorite Swami Quote - “Love All Serve All”

Teacher of the Week

Kavitha Vatti - Columbus

21 Years Teaching SSE

QA Lead

Favorite Swami Quote - “Hands that help are holier than lips that pray.”

Teacher of the Week

Lakshmi Sachithanand - Detroit Metro

4 Years Teaching SSE

IT Professional

Favorite Swami Quote - “See all work as an offering. Then, work is transformed into worship”

Teacher of the Week

Archana Priya - Cleveland East

12 Years Teaching SSE

Dental Health Specialist

Favorite Swami Quote - "There is only one Religion, Religion of Love"

Teacher of the Week

Jayalakshmi Thota - Des Moines

15+ Years Teaching SSE

Economics Lecturer

Favorite Swami Quote - "Humanness means unity in thought, word, and deed.”

Teacher of the Week

Sai Prasanna Ravichandran - Chicago Metro

25+ Years Teaching SSE

IT Director

Favorite Swami Quote - "I⁠ have separated Myself from Myself, so that I may love Myself. My beloved ones, you are My Own Self."

Teacher of the Week

Vedavyas Narayanaswami - Cleveland East

12+ Years Teaching SSE

IT Project Manager

Favorite Swami Quote - "Hands that serve are holier than the lips that pray."

Teacher of the Week

Nivedita Saripalli - Detroit Metro

11+ Years Teaching SSE

Product Line Manager

Favorite Swami Quote - "SAI - Sai first, All next, I at end"

Teacher of the Week

Shreya Bellampalli - Rochester

SSE 3 Teacher

MD/PhD student at the Mayo Clinic

Favorite Swami Quote - "Life is a challenge, meet it! Life is a dream, realize it! Life is a game, play it! Life is love, enjoy it!"

Teacher of the Week

Ramesh Malladi - Detroit Metro

14 Years Teaching SSE

Physical Therapist

Favorite Swami Quote - "End of Education is Character"

Teacher of the Week

Jayashree Ishwar - Chicago North

Over 12 Years Teaching SSE

Retired Insurance Executive

Favorite Swami Quote - "Love All Serve All"

Teacher of the Week

Aparna Tata - Chicago West

14 Years Teaching SSE

Healthcare Professional

Favorite Swami Quote - "Love All Serve All"

Teacher of the Week

Rajee Thyagarajan - Chicago Metro

8+ Years Teaching SSE

Technical Program Manager

Favorite Swami Quote - "Love All Serve All"

Teacher of the Week

Jayashree Tatavarthi - Chicago Metro

43 Years Teaching SSE

IT Professional

Favorite Swami Quote - "End of Education is Character"

Teacher of the Week

Yogini Kaul - Minneapolis

2 Years Teaching SSE

Biomedical Engineer

Favorite Swami Quote - Love is God, Live in Love.

Teacher of the Week

Sai Lavanya Subramanian - Milwaukee

3 Years Teaching SSE

Favorite Swami Quote - Life is a challenge, meet it! Life is a dream, realize it! Life is a game, play it! Life is love, enjoy it!

Teacher of the Week

Rukmini Nanduri - Columbus

25+ Years Teaching SSE

IT Professional

Favorite Swami Quote - “Be whoever you are and

 Do what whatever you do, I’m always with you and watching you."

Teacher of the Week

Aparna Adurthy - Cincinnati

7 Years Teaching SSE

IT Professional

Favorite Swami Quote - “Be steady, Have Faith, and reach the goal safe. You should have strong and unwavering faith without even a trace of doubt. Your thoughts, words, and deeds must be in harmony with each other."

Teacher of the Week

Aarati Thapa Thakur - Cleveland (East)

7 Years Teaching SSE

Dentist

Favorite Swami Quote - “I am always guarding you and guiding you, march on; have no fear."

Teacher of the Week

Phalguna Siddapureddy - Detroit Metro

20 Years Teaching SSE

Program Director Nonprofit Management

Favorite Swami Quote - “Being a good example is the best form of service"

Teacher of the Week

Padmini Mangalampalli - Chicago North

2 Years Teaching SSE

Home Maker

Favorite Swami Quote - “Love All Serve All"

Teacher of the Week

Sai Manohari Kancharla - Chicago West

4 Years Teaching SSE

Mechanical Engineer

Favorite Swami Quote - “I’m always with you, in you, around you, above you, below you"

Teacher of the Week

Ravidas Narayanan - Ann Arbor

3 Years Teaching SSE

Engineer

Favorite Swami Quote - “The past is beyond recovery, the future you are not sure of, the given moment is now. Do not delay in the path of right action”

Teacher of the Week

Neesha Pundir - Des Moines

6 Years Teaching SSE

Software Engineer

Favorite Swami Quote - “Why fear when I am here”

Teacher of the Week

Shanta Krishnan Berg - South Bend

17 Years Teaching SSE

Retail Management

Favorite Swami Quote - “Love All Serve All”

Teacher of the Week

Adweta Joshi - Omaha

2 Years Teaching SSE

Homemaker

Favorite Swami Quote - “Recognize that you and God are one”

Teacher of the Week

Vasantha Govindrajan - Chicago Metro

23 Years Teaching SSE

High School Teacher for Special Education

Favorite Swami Quote - “Love All Serve All”

Teacher of the Week

Divya Bhaskaran - Minneapolis

1.5 Years Teaching SSE

Assistant Professor in Exercise Science

Favorite Swami Quote - “Love All Serve All”

Teacher of the Week

Sheetal Bhan - Milwaukee

5+ Years Teaching SSE

Cost Analyst

Favorite Swami Quote - “Hands that serve are holier than lips that pray”

Teacher of the Week

Shantal Maharaj - Rochester

28 Years Teaching SSE/Bal Vikas

Currently teaching PreSSE

Neuropsychologist & Healthcare Administrator

Favorite Swami Quote - “At the end of education is character”

Teacher of the Week

Sridevi Nistala - Detroit Metro

19 Years Teaching SSE

Has taught SSE 1 & 2

Accounting Director

Favorite Swami Quote - "Pray. There is immense power in it"

Teacher of the Week

N B Murthy - Columbus

15 Years Teaching SSE

Has taught SSE 2, 3 & 4

Software Engineer

Favorite Swami Quote - Do not talk ill of others especially in their absence

Teacher of the Week

Charu Mehlotra - Cleveland (East)

21 Years Teaching SSE

Currently Teaching SSE 2

High School Teacher

Favorite Swami Quote - Love All Serve All

Teacher of the Week

Lavanya Matcha - Chicago West

9 Years Teaching PreSSE and SSE 1

Part Time RPA Tester

Favorite Swami Quote - Hands that help are holier than the lips that pray

Sailaja Dronamraju - Ann Arbor

25 Years Teaching SSE

Professional Therapist

Favorite Swami Quote - Love All Serve All !