Dr Keerthi is primarily a social development professional, where her emphasis is on human rights of women and children. Her most cases involve family disputes related to violence against women, girls, children and aged under various laws related to domestic violence, child sexual abuse, family disputes, senior citizens etc., She also advises clients outside of the mediation process for livelihoods and also support services for children for institutional care and education, geriatric care.

Dr Keerthi has also been leading Mahila Mitra a women’s social movement and building the capacities of community women to address redressal of family disputes as neighbours. Dr Keerthi is also leading a team of counseling of Call Money in Vijayawada city Police, Andhra Pradesh under Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanism. Dr Keerthi is a guest faculty / resource person in City University of Hong Kong for Post Graduate course on Victimology and Victim Care, Andhra Pradesh Human Resource Development Institute and member on various other government and corporate committees on sexual harassment at workplace, violence against women and child sexual abuse.

Dr Keerthi is a Change Maker under She Creates Change of Change.org running a campaign to promote dignity and respect for women through community led initiative Mahila Mitra.

Affiliations and Certification:

• Member, National Association of Professional Social workers in India
• Team Leader, Call Money Counseling, Vijayawada city Police
• Professional Expert Counselor at Vasavya Mahila Mandali, Vijayawada, India
• Guest Faculty, City University Hong Kong for Victimology course on Community Mediation
• Resource Person, Andhra Pradesh Human Resource Development Institute, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India
• Resource Person for Police Training College, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India