Biography:

Dr Chandrika Devarakonda, SFHEA is an Associate Professor  in the Faculty of Education and Children’s Services. She also the disability link tutor for the faculty, link tutor for the partner colleges. Before arriving at the University of Chester, she worked in an FE college as a main grade lecturer in Child Studies during for 10 years. She was responsible for developing short courses and teaching on mainstream courses in the college and in the wider community. She obtained PhD degree from the University of Manchester. Her research explored perceptions of parents and teachers about appropriate educational provision for children with Down’s syndrome. She have taught on a wide range of programmes at undergraduate and post - graduate level. The modules focussed on wide range of issues such as inclusion and diversity, international perspectives of early childhood, leadership and management, changing face of childhood. Work based learning, parent partnerships. She have collaborated with colleagues from University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida and Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania in USA to organise placements for their international experience in early childhood module. I have been invited to give key note speeches by several organisations such Equaliteach, Belfast Childcare partnership, Laicester Early years in the UK and universities in USA, Spain, Netherlands and India. She have been invited to give talks at Autonomous University of Barcelona, Millersville University, HU institute of Applied Sciences, keynote speeches at Amity University, Pondicherry University in India, Constanz University, Germany, Pearson. She have supervised dissertations of EdD students successfully. She have supervised dissertations on a wide range of topics she have supervised a Commonwealth Scholar Dr Krishna Duhan.