A graduate in BA from the prestigious Banaras Hindu University, with AMI Diploma (primary) and the AMI Trainers Certificate from the Association Montessori Internationale, Amsterdam, Holland, Ms. Meenakshi was an acclaimed authority on the Montessori method and a purist. She has trained hundreds of Montessori adults over the years many of whom have established Montessori Houses of Children which are spread all over the country and abroad. Ms. Sivaramakrishnan was a Member of the Board, Association Montessori Internationale, Amsterdam for three terms. Between 1980-89 she was the Honorary Secretary at the Society for Further Propagation of the Montessori Movement in India (FPMM). She was an ex-officio member of the Affiliated Montessori Society, Hyderabad. She was also a member of the Karnataka State Council for Child Welfare (KSCCW). She was the Past President of KSCCW. She was also the member of the Indian Council for Child Welfare, New Delhi since 1997. Ms. Meenakshi was a member on the advisory board of many Montessori Houses of Children and Montessori associations in the country. Her association with the Hindu Seva Pratishtana has made it possible to take the Montessori Movement to the districts of Karnataka. Ms. Sivaramakrishnan could speak and write Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Bengali fluently. She was the editor for the periodical Voice of Innocence (the now Follow The Child magazine) published by the Society for Further Propagation of the Montessori Movement in India (FPMM) and the Indian Montessori Centre(IMC) between 1990 and 1996. She has edited the following works – Towards a Healthy Humanity, Gateways to Montessori Vol I and II, Mario Montessori Muses Vol I, II, and III, and the Montessori Directress. Mrs. Meenakshi also translated the extremely popular book The Secret of Childhood written by Dr. Maria Montessori into Kannada. She has translated another popular Montessori publication aimed at Parents Take Montessori Home into Tamil. Ms. Meenakshi has written a bilingual book on Montessori materials entitled Montessori Upakaranangal. Meenakshi was able to compare the principles of Montessori Method with the Ancient Indian Thoughts on Education. She has conducted Montessori Orientation Programmes for Parents under the auspices of FPMM in Kolkata & IMC in Chennai, Bangalore and Changanassery. She attended the International Montessori Congress held in Karachi, Pakistan in 1985, and in Nara, Japan in 1991. She was the member of the organizing committee “50 years of Montessori in India” convention in Madras, 1989. She was also the member of the organizing committee “50 years of Montessori in Pakistan” held in Karachi in 1990. She was the convener of the seminar on “Human Excellence” held in Bangalore in 1992. Ms. Sivaramakrishnan conducted courses for Montessori teachers in Casa Montessori in Hong Kong and Kempinski Lufthansa International School in Beijing, China in 1993. She was the Convener of the National Seminar on “Child in Society” in Bangalore conducted by the Indian Montessori Centre in 1994. Again in 1997, when the Indian Montessori Centre held another National Seminar, this time on “War on Human Poverty” she was made the Convener. She was the Chairperson of the First Asian Conference on Montessori Education conducted by the Indian Montessori Centre in Bangalore in 1999. She was the Member of the Organizing Committee of the conference “Montessori, a learning revolution” held in the year 2001 in Chennai. In January 2007 she was the Convener of the Montessori Congress “Today’s Child” held by the chapters of the Indian Montessori Centre to commemorate the 100th year of the First Montessori House of Children ‘Casa dei Bambini’. Recently she gave the keynote address in the Montessori conference One world,One Montessori” held in Jakarta, Indonesia Ms. She was invited to give the keynote address for the Montessori Centenary Celebrations conducted by NCERT, New Delhi. She participated in the Panchayati Toofan in Kundapur district conducted by Concerned for Working Children, Bangalore. She also participated in the research programme conducted by the Ministry of Human Resources Development through the Jnanavahini Vidyakendra, Chintamani in Kolar District of Karnataka.