DR. ASHA BANU SOLETTI
Assistant Professor

Centre for Health and Mental Health
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

E-mail: ashabanu@tiss.edu

Qualifications

• M.A. (Social Work), Madras University
• Ph.D. (Social Work), Madras University
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management and Labour Laws

Areas of Interest

• HIV/AIDS: Women issues, PLHA support groups, Home based care, Counselling, Target group intervention, Sexuality.
• Geriatrics: Geriatric psychiatry, Social and economic problems, Coping mechanisms of octogenarians.
• End of life care.
• School social work.

Teaching

• Dynamics of Human Behaviour
• Social Case Work
• Social Work Research and Statistics
• Medical Social Work
• Social legislation
• Hospital administration
• Counselling theory and Practice

Research

• Socioeconomic, health and family profile of mothers living with HIV/AIDS.

Training

• Organised a two-day training programme on ‘NGO Management’ for Social Work Trainees in Coimbatore.
• Consultant and Chief Resource Person for a four-day ‘Capacity Building Workshop on People Living with HIV/AIDS Support Groups’ for NGO staff and volunteers, organised by Vasavya Mahila Mandali, Vijayawada.
• Conducted sessions on ‘AIDS Intervention Strategies’ in the Training Programmes conducted by NSS–TORC, Madras School of Social Work.