Dr. Mini Rao is a Psychologist whose expertise lies in diagnosis and treatment of mental dysfunctions and disorders. She was awarded the Best Outgoing student in her BA and the 2nd rank in the University in her MA as well as stood first in her M.Phil. She has a successful practice counselling patients with various mental health problems and also develops questionnaires, conducts workshops on perso
nality and motivation, trains contestants of beauty contests and has written over 65 articles on mental health in various newspapers and magazines and has monthly columns in five leading magazines. Dr. Mini Rao is also the Psychologist for the Chennai Plastic Surgery team where she evaluates patients before surgery and counsels them after surgery. She volunteers for Banyan (an NGO for destitute women) where she does individual and family therapy. She won the TEDx Star award for her contribution as a Psychologist to the Chennai Community. She was also recently made member of the prestigious IHAP (International Association of Holistic Psychology). She was also a speaker at SAM UTH a program organized by SAM GLOBAL, (an organization that promotes Science, Art and Management) where she addressed 1500 people and spoke about Mental Health. She was the judge for the sub title rounds of the Miss Navy Ball Queen for the last two years. She recently addressed the Rotary Club members (Rotary Club Chennai Towers) on Women’s Day and spoke about specific women related issues and their psychological consequences. She has represented Tamilnadu as Captain of the Table Tennis Team in School and has been the Captain of the University Table tennis team for three consecutive years in College. She was a panellist at the Women Manager’s Convention 2013, organized by the Madras Management Association (MMA), where she spoke about Re-inventing Equality. She has a television show on Jaya TV where she addresses mental health issues once a week. She was also in a panel discussion on Sun TV talking about Actresses and their controversies. She spoke on Chennai Live 104.8 FM about the current mental health issues among the youth among other issues. She also works with film directors who want her inputs for scripts relating to mental illness. She is planning to come out with a book by end of this year (of witty one liners) which will be kept in the waiting room of doctors and dentists. EDUCATION
Doctorate in Psychology, (Ph.D.), University of Madras
Master of Philosophy in Psychology, (M.Phil ), University of Madras
Master of Arts in Psychology, (M.A.), J.B.A.S. College (previously known as S.I.E.T )
Bachelor of Sociology, (B.A.), Stella Maris College
