Highlights
40. Member- Research Committee of National Centre for Disability Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi
39. Member, Committee for examining issues involved in creation of Disciplines and Faculty Positions in the NCDS, IGNOU New Delhi
38. Awarded the Prof R.K.Oza Oration, Indian Speech and Hearing Association, 2011.
37. Member Academic Committee National Institute for Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad, 2007-09.
36. Member RCI Expert Committee on Special Education for persons with Hearing Impairment, 2005-07
35. Member RCI Expert Committee on Development of Training Programmes for Cerebral Palsy, Autism and Multiple Disabilities, 2005-07.
34. Member RCI Expert Committee on Development of Training Programmes for Audiologists and Speech Pathologists, 2005-07, 2008-2011.
33. Expert Member, Research and Recognition Committee in Audiology and Speech Rehabilitation, Mumbai University.
32. Member, Academic Committee, Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai, 2003-06, 2007-2010.
31. Managing Trustee – The COM-DEALL Trust, 2003
30. Trustee, Bangalore Speech & Hearing Trust. 2003 -
29. Chairperson Governing Council, SRC Institute of Speech & Hearing, Bangalore. 2003 -
28. Expert member in Autism, Rehabilitation Council of India. New Delhi, 2002-2005.
27. Resident Scholar at the Rockefeller Foundation Study Center at Bellagio, Como, Italy, April-May 2002
26. Director, Communication DEALL – An early intervention program for children with developmental language disorders. 2000 -
25. Member, Governing Body of the Institute of Communicative and Cognitive NeuroSciences, Thiruvananthapuram, 1999 -.2002.
24. Expert member in Speech and Hearing, Rehabilitation Council of India. New Delhi.
23. Member, Governing Council of the SRC Institute of Speech & Hearing, Bangalore. 1997 –
22. Fulbright Visiting Professor in the U.S.A (University of Georgia, Athens & City University of New York) for the academic year 1999- 2000.
21. Member, UGC National Panel for Psychology. 1997-2000
20. Invited to organize “Panel on Linguistics and Developmental Language Disorders”, Round Table Meeting of the South Asian Languages Association, New Delhi. 1997.
19. Invited to participate in the Symposium on “Literacy & Knowledge about Language”, Piaget – Vygotsky Conference on Socio-Cultural Research, Geneva, Switzerland. 1996.
18. Visiting Fellow, Laboratoire Theophile Alajouanine, Montreal, and Canada.1993.
17. Invited to participate in the Conference on “Literacy & Language – Comparative Approaches”, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio, Italy. 1991.
16. Invited to participate in the ISAAC Conference and the Special Program on Rehabilitation for Developing Countries, Stockholm, Sweden. 1990.
15. Represented India at the Symposium on “Aphasias, Language and Cognition”, at the XIV World Congress of Neurology, New Delhi.1989.
14. Appointed Professor- Language Pathology, All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, Mysore.1989.
13. Visiting Scholar, Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistics, Paris, France. MCS-ICSSR, exchange program. 1989.
12. Invited to join the Laboratoire Theophile Alajouanine, Centre de Recherché, Montreal, Canada, as Associate Member.1988
11. Visiting Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies in Linguistics, Osmania University, Hyderabad. 1987.
10. Awarded the Vimla Virmani award for 1987, by the National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; for the paper “Linguistic profile therapy for Aphasia”, presented at the Second International Aphasia Rehabilitation Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden in 1986.
9. Visiting Scholar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay.1985.
8. Recognised as Guide for Ph.D. in Speech & Hearing by the University of Mysore, 1984.
7. Appointed as Reader & Head, Department of Speech Pathology, All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, Mysore. 1983.
6. Invited to participate in a meeting on Surface Dyslexia at Wolfsen College, Oxford.1982.
5. Awarded the Young Scientist Fellowship by the Indian Council of Social Science Research,India. 1980
4. Awarded the Ph. D. degree by the University of Mysore.
3. Interviewed and awarded the License to practice in Britain by the British College of Speech Therapists, London. 1974.
2. Appointed as Speech Therapist, at the National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore. 1971.
1. Obtained I rank in the following University Examinations of the University of Mysore