University of Pondicherry organized a Conference on “Social Skills and Creativity”. Mythily Chari was invited to conduct a workshop on “Educators: Social Skills and Autism”. The others key presenters were Andrew Nelson from Autism Research Centre, West Virginia and Dr. Parasuram Ramamurthy, HOD, School of Performing Arts, Madurai Kamaraj University. The workshop was attended by over 120 participants, mostly students from Dept of Social Work and Psychology, University of Pondicherry.