Dr. Vijayalakshmi Babu
Counsellor, CCI Certified Career Coach, Consulting Psychologist MA Psychology, DCEC (Gujarat Univ.) PhD (IISc, Bangalore)
Dr. Vijayalakshmi Babu is the founder of Aurum Centre. She is a counsellor, certified career coach and consulting psychologist. She is also an expert chemist/researcher and has worked as principal investigator, serb young scientist, and research administrator (grants advisor) in reputed scientific organizations at Bangalore, India. She is passionate and dedicated towards enabling students, professionals and homemakers to realise their full potential through career guidance, personal counselling, and holistic yoga practices.
Education / Training / Certification
- MA in Psychology (Counselling), Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Delhi, India (First Class with distinction).
- Diploma Course in Educational Counselling, Kanoria Centre for Medical Education, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India. (First Class with Distinction, First Rank)
- Certified Career Coach, Counsellors Council of India
- Basics of Yoga Therapy for Mental Health Professionals Certificate Course (Best Outgoing Student), National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
- International Certification in Yoga (200h) & Yoga Nidra, Shrimath Yoga, Bangalore, India (World Yoga Federation, Yoga Alliance International certified)
- Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
- Ph.D in Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India
- Master of Science (MSc) in Applied Chemistry, Anna University, Chennai, India (First Class with distinction)
- Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Chemistry, Calcutta University, India (First Class with Hons.)