Before retiring as Head of the Department of English of the Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, Prof P. Vijaya Kumar taught English at different Government colleges in Kerala.

He thinks that in our rapidly changing world English is a vital skill and an agent of empowerment, especially for disadvantaged groups, and has been keen on activities connected with the teaching of English. He was the founder president of ACERS (The Arts College English Rhetoric Society) from 1983 to 1987 and teacher-guide of The Tin Drums, Government College for Women from 1987 to 1991, both of which were involved in meaningful extra-curricular activities.

Two note-worthy programmes he has initiated and conducted are 'The English Audio Club' and 'PVK's Beyond the Syllabus Programme'.

The English Audio Club was an activity that sought to teach English, and ideas about history and culture, through a structured exposure to recordings of poems, songs and similar material. It was conducted for ten years, first at The Government Victoria College, Palakkad and later at The Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram.

'PVK's Beyond the Syllabus Programme' was an elaborate, structured teaching scheme carried out at the Government College for Women between 2008 and 2011. It offered guided exposure, in a digital language lab, to a range of audio and written material, from lessons in basic English to those appropriate to PG level studies.

As teacher/resource-person Prof P. Vijaya Kumar occasionally holds quizzes, gives lectures, conducts workshops on English Language Teaching and, on rare occasions, writes. (He authored the lead article in the Manorama Yearbook 2011 on English.)

Prof. Vijaya Kumar serves as mentor as well as resource person with HEFP as well as other departments at NISH.

Ms Raji began her career as a preschool teacher in 1998. She officiated as DTY (HI) co-ordinator for 5 years. She has attended workshops and short training programmes for auditory verbal therapy and has also been taking therapy sessions for Cochlear Implantees. She has been involved in a number of CRE and NCED programmes conducted by RCI in and outside Kerala. She has participated as resource person in CRE programme and also at the All India SSA meet conducted by the Kerala Chapter. She presented a paper titled “The Suitability Of Educational Materials And Tools Used For English Language Acquisition For The Deaf : An Analysis And Evaluation” has won an award under the category 'Best Paper on technological development for PwD’ at the National Convention of the Educators of the Deaf, Mysore 2016.

Raji is presently involved in preparation of modules for Higher Education Foundation Program and is taking English for the Degree (HI) and ASLP classes. She has provided voice-over and also visual component for preparation of educational CDs. She holds a postgraduate degree in English and has also done her Masters in Education. She is a registered special educator with the RCI. She was awarded the Best Teacher in Pre School in 2008. She topped the Indian Sign Language 'A' Level examination conducted by National Institute of the Hearing Handicapped in 2015.

Ms Chithra Prasad  started her career at NISH in 1999 as a preschool teacher. She has two years of  experience in teaching DTY (HI) students and was the course coordinator of DTY (HI) course for two years. At present she teaches English to the Degree (HI) students (BSc, BFA & BCom) (since 2008).

She is also part of the Higher Education Foundation Program. She has lent her voice for the Educational CDS developed by NISH. She has participated and presented many papers in different national and international workshops and seminars conducted by different organisations including  NCED, SIEDI, ISLRTC etc. She has also attended and taken classes for a number of Continuing Rehabilitation programmes. She has co-authored a paper titled ''The Suitability Of Educational Materials And Tools Used For English Language Acquisition For The Deaf : An Analysis And Evaluation” which was awarded the best paper at the National Convention of the Educators of the Deaf, Mysore 2016.  She was deputed to visit various Universities in US including Gallaudet , TLC, RIT, and NTID in 2016 .She is involving in the student counselling sessions also.

Mr Prasanth joined NISH in 2007. He is a registered special educator with the RCI. He has four years experience in teaching young hearing impaired children. At present he is a part of the Higher Education Foundation Program. He teaches basic mathematics and different multimedia software to the HEFP and Degree (HI) students. He has guided different multimedia projects done by BSc Computer Science students since 2011. He has participated as a resource person in the three-day International Workshop on “Importance of Indian Sign Language in Deaf Education” and in CRE programs organized by NISH and RCI.  He has been involved in a number of CRE programs conducted by RCI. He is fluent in Indian Sign Language (ISL) and local sign language. He has been interpreting for different job interviews conducted by ISRO, PSC, Employment exchange etc for the deaf and hard of hearing candidates and different meetings inside and outside NISH. He is a trained NSS coordinator and also coordinates the activities of KARMA club. He has been selected as the PACE-SETTER of NISH in December 2012 and August 2015 and. He is also experienced in dispensing and handling various types of hearing aids and its accessories.

Ms Silvy began her career as a teacher in 1995 at Baselius college, Kottayam and as a journalist in 1997 when she joined 'Tourism India' magazine as special correspondent. She has worked with  major newspapers like The Hindu, The New Indian Express and The Times of India, magazines, TV channels like SS Entertainment and Doordarshan and the All India Radio. She has experience as a teacher in English in different institutions like RIHM, International Academy, ACE etc.

Silvy joined NISH in July 2011 as Degree HI faculty member. She is presently a  faculty member in English and the Coordinator of Academics and News in Indian Sign Language (ISL), Centre for Communication and Media Development (CCMD), NISH. She brings innovative ideas in activity based teaching, trains the deaf students to sign songs and to perform dance using ISL. She has founded a new art-form for the deaf students , ‘Mudranatanam’ (dance using ISL)  She has presented papers at the International conference organized by ISLANDS, Central University of Lancashire, Preston, UK, IISL-2018 at NISH and national seminars organized by ISLRTC and SIEDI at Delhi focusing on effective strategies in Deaf Education. She was the organizer of an international workshop on ‘ Importance of Indian Sign Language in Deaf Education’ for the special school teachers in 2018 and was selected as  NISH Pace-setter in February 2018, April, 2014 and March 2012. She is a part of the coordinating team of DEAF-NP a nation-wide parental awareness programme of the deaf students. She coordinates the mentoring programme, NISH News, making of E- Books and also edits NISH newsletter. She coordinates the functioning of Okinawa Goju Ryu Club and teaches self defence techniques using Karate. She is a black belt in Goju Ryu Style in Karate and the state champion of 2013-14. She has authored the book,           ‘Alayazhiyile Ananthakripa’ and has done translations for different publishing companies. Her translation of ‘Anna’s Diary’ was published along with Perumpadavom Sreedharan’s masterpiece, ‘Oru Sankeerthanam Pole’. She received the NIB national award in content writing for NISH newsletter in 2015. She plays the guitar and is a Carnatic music practitioner.

Being a Teacher Educator for more than three years, Dr. Anu Mukund did her PhD in Education (in the area of Learning Disability) from the University of Kerala as a UGC-Senior Research Fellow.  She has published 12 research papers and presented 19 by participating in many seminars/workshops in the area of learning disability and other relevant areas. She bagged the Young Scientist Award for presenting the best paper in the national seminar organized by District Centre for English, Trivandrum in collaboration with ELT@I in 2011.  She has been the Assistant Editor for publishing the Proceedings (with ISBN) of an international workshop/seminar organized by Centre for Learning Disabilities and Difficulties (CLDD), Department of Education, University of Kerala and the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI), USA, in 2011.  She has also been in the roles of a Resource Person, Facilitator, Evaluator, etc., for different seminars/workshops/sessions and holds NCC ‘B’ Certificate.  She has successfully completed NISH Innovations Model – Training for the Inclusive Educator (NIM-TIE) as she likes to work with the differently-abled. She joined NISH in June 2015.

Tinku Anna Thomas started her career at NISH in the academic year 2015-’16. She has an MA and MPhil in English Language and Literature. She also has a BEd Tinku had been doing brief teaching assignments at the collegiate level, before joining NISH. She has published a poem titled, “I Hear the Rains”, in the Chennai Poets’ Circle’s annual anthology of poems, “Efflorescence”, in 2014. She is also interested in translating literary pieces from Malayalam to English.

Ms Lisha C is a postgraduate in Mathematics. She started her career in 2013 as a high school teacher. She has also worked as a guest lecturer (Mathematics) in S N College, Chempazhanthy. She joined NISH in 2015 as a Lecturer in the Degree (HI) department and teaches Mathematics and Logical Reasoning. She has served a resource person in the three-day International Workshop on “Importance of Indian Sign Language in Deaf Education”, organized by NISH and has delivered a lecture entitled “How to use visual cues in teaching Mathematics”.

Sandeep Krishnan started working at NISH in November 2016. He has completed ‘A level’, ‘B level,’ and ‘C level’ in Indian Sign Language (ISL). Now, Sandeep is pursuing B. Com. He has 5 years experience at AYJNISHD and 2 years experience at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam as ISL  teacher.

Sandeep has attended many seminars and conferences on ‘Deaf Youth Leadership Awareness and Empowerment’, ‘Deaf Development’, ‘Deaf Unity’ etc. His areas of interests are ‘Development of Deaf People’, ‘Deaf Empowerment’,  ‘A Change in Attitude of Deaf People’, and ‘Giving Awareness to the Public about Deaf Community and Deaf Culture’. His aim is to bring about equality among Deaf and Hearing people.

Nisha M. V. started her career in 2012 as a guest lecturer in Government Polytechnic College, Neyyattinkara. She is a postgraduate in English Language & Literature and has an M.Phil. in the same. After her B.Ed. in English, she joined NISH in 2015 as a  faculty member in English and was there for four months. Later, she rejoined as a faculty member in 2017, after successfully completing NISH Innovations Model – Training for the Inclusive Educator (NIM-TIE), a training program for inclusive educators with focus on deaf students. She has completed a one-week Faculty Development Programme on "Curriculum and Life Skills"  at Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod. She likes the work culture and working environment of NISH and is happy to be a part of it.

Arun Yadav started working at NISH in November 2018. He has completed ‘A level’, ‘B level,’ and ‘C level’ in Indian Sign Language (ISL). Arun Yadav has also completed B. Com and  BEd (HI). He has 8 years experience at IDBA in Indore and 3 years experience at various institutions as ISL teacher.

Arun Yadav has attended many seminars and conferences on ‘Deaf Educational Development ’, ‘Deaf Development’, ‘Deaf Unity’ etc. His areas of interests are ‘Development of Deaf People’,  ‘A Change in Attitude of Deaf People’, and ‘Giving Awareness to the Public about Deaf Community’.

Ms. Santhi PS has completed her BTech in Computer Science from College of Engineering, Karunagappaly, in 2015. Later she completed Diploma in Indian Sign Language Interpretation (DISLI) and internship in ISL interpretation during the academic year 2016-’17 at NISH. She has  4 months of experience as ISL interpreter at Sathyabhama University, Chennai. She joined NISH as ISL interpreter on November 30, 2018.