Ms Veena Krishnamurthy one of the Mentors and Volunteers of Summer Internship Program at Modlingua, New Delhi.
Recently our team interacted with her and learnt a lot about her passion for languages and her initiatives especially about her venture LiveGuru that empowers linguists, translators and interpreters through online training and mentorship programs.
Veena completed the CELTA (Cambridge English Language Teaching to Adults) at the British Council and has since then been delivering corporate training in General and Business English at the British Council and in Companies like Scope, Caterpillar, Sanmina, Sundram Fasteners, to name a few. She has also developed content and conducted workshops for the British Council. In addition to this, she delivers training for IELTS to Students and to Trainers across India.
She has also been teaching, translating and interpreting in French for the last sixteen years in various establishments, including the Alliance Française, Wipro, Infosys, Fives Engineering. Furthermore, she has attended several training programs in teaching methodologies and French culture. She has also been accredited examiner for French by the Embassy of France.
To add on, she conducts placement tests to assess candidate’s proficiency both in French and English.
As an exclusive Language Strategy Consultant, she has so far organised over 70 French, Italian, German and Spanish interpreters for Lotus Destinations Pvt. Ltd, Cochin, for their ongoing niche cruises for over 3000 passengers from all over the world from November 2017 to April 2018.
Her other achievements include content development and delivering classes for the Unilever-sponsored, Rin Career Ready Academy Skill-Up Course, done in collaboration with the British Council, for the unemployed in South India. Another important landmark in her career was the privilege of doing simultaneous interpretation from English to French for Dr Abdul Kalam during the World Metropolis Congress held in Hyderabad in 2014 where over 2000 delegates from over 150 countries were present.
Her qualifications include a Masters in Commerce, C2 level in French Language and Civilization and a Diploma in Business French. Other certificates include Certificate in Translation and CEFRL Certificate as an examiner for French. Recently, she completed British Council’s English Blended Training for online teaching. She is also an accredited Intercultural Fluency Trainer, certified by British Council, Singapore.
She has attended various training programs organized by the British Council and the Embassy of France, on methodology, use of teaching aids, organizing of pedagogical activities, corporate training and cross-cultural training. She is also familiar with creating content with Smart Notebook and Active Inspire and use of Smartboard in class.
Liveguru is her entrepreneurial language strategy consultancy venture (since 2010) which offers niche, customized face-to-face and online training for both individuals and groups. Other services include providing professional language experts. She also organizes regular webinars with language experts who provide insight into various aspects of interpretation.
As a mentor and volunteer at Summer Internship Program conducted by Modlingua, she fervently hopes to develop her own interpretation skills in order to enhance the quality of interpretation in terms of professionalism and the accuracy of professionals recruited through Liveguru . Additionally, she looks forward to connecting with language professionals to explore new ideas, businesses and collaborations.
Her other interests include exploring culture and tradition, reading, writing, dancing, music, travelling, walking and swimming. Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
