AMI Training Institute
Anyone who takes an AMI Montessori course will attest to the intensity of the one year programme. Students who complete the course become a part of a large Montessori family and have traditionally been welcomed into school communities wherever they go in the world. The training is in a way two-fold. It attempts to offer all-round professional training so that students who do the course may run effective Montessori environments. On another level it attempts to affect the way adults perceive children, to offer them a deep understanding of Montessori principles, and an insight into the development of all human beings transcending social and cultural barriers.
There are three AMI Montessori courses in India. The courses maintain the highest international academic standards required by AMI. Successful students are awarded an AMI diploma that is internationally recognised.
Chennai
Navadisha Montessori Institute
III Cross Street Kalki Nagar
Near AGS Colony
VI main road
Velachery,
Chennai 600 042. INDIA
Director of Training
Rukmini Ramachandran, an experienced AMI diploma holder who founded Navadisha, has been working in the field of Montessori education with children and schools for over a decade. She has served as the Principal of Navadisha Montessori School since its inception in 1997. She has successfully completed the rigorous AMI Training of Trainers Programme working under the guidance of senior Montessori Trainers in London and Toronto. She has now returned to Chennai to serve NMI as the Director of Training.
Phone: +91 (44) 2253 3067
Email: course@navadisha.org
Website: www.navadisha.org
Hyderabad
Montessori Research and Training Centre
3-6-361, Lady Hydari Club
Adj. Gandhi Medical College
Basheerbagh,
Hyderabad 500029
INDIA
Director of Training
Lakshmi Krishnakumar, having trained under Mr. Joosten and Mr Swamy, had worked in the twin cities
with children for several years. She was subsequently in Washington and worked closely with Hildegard Solzbacher, a senior AMI trainer. Ms. Krishnakumar is a dedicated trainer who brings her commitment to
the Montessori approach to her work.
Phone: + 91 40 2322-8058
Email: lakshmikrishnakumar@yahoo.com
Website: www.montessorihyderabad.org
Mumbai
Training Centre
R.T.I. Montessori Training Course
30 N.S. Patkar Marg,
Mumbai ( Bombay ) 400007
INDIA
Director of Training
AMI courses in Mumbai became possible when Ms. Zarin Malva, with many years of work with children behind her, returned to her native city as an AMI trainer in 1988. The RTI Montessori Training Course in Mumbai was established in 1995 when Ms. Zarin Malva was invited to run the AMI training course at the prestigious location. Ms. Malva had worked abroad under senior AMI trainers - Ms. Estela Palmieri, Ms. Hilla Patell. She also worked for a year under Mr. S. R. Swamy then AMI Trainer of the Indian Montessori Training Course. Ms. Malva brings to her work her rich and varied experience with children. Besides her excellent work in the field of teacher education she also guides and supports the staff of the Montessori schools in the city.
Phone: +91 22 2367 9161 +91 22 2367 9162
Email:enquiries@montessori-mumbai.org,
zarin@montessori-mumbai.org
Website: www.montessori-mumbai.org
