B.Sc. (Speech & Hearing) from All India Institute of Speech and Hearing,

M.Sc. (Speech & Hearing) from All India Institute of Speech & Hearing,

C.C.C. (Clinical Competency Certificate) in Speech Language Pathology

Participated in a W.H.O. assisted Workshop on "Diagnostic Performae in Speech & Hearing" at All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, Mysore in 1981.

Independent project in Audiology on Electronystagmography - A Review of Literature", University of Mysore, 1983.

"Dysfluencies in normals under Delayed Auditory Feedback" published in the Journal of All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, Vol.XIII, 1982.

"Dysfluencies in normals under Delayed Auditory Feedback-II, in readingcombined & voiced passages", published in the Hearing Aid Journal, Vol.4 (1), 1983.

Dissertation- "Spectrographic Analysis of Dysarthric Speech" published as a similar paper in Journal of All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, XIV, Jan. 1983.

Presented a paper on "Types of Language Disorders in Children" in a symposium on Language Disorders held at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New-Delhi, 1986.

Presented a paper on "Role of Electronic Aides in Teaching Speech to the Deaf", in a symposium on Deafness held at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in 1988.

Participated in a workshop on "Clinical Applications of Personal Computers in Communication Disorders" held at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, November 1988.

Presented a paper on "Speech Deficits & their Assessment in Cerebral Palsied Children", in the National Seminar on Cerebral Palsy, held at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad in Nov.1990.

A paper on "An Easy Method of finding Optimum Pitch", presented at the National Symposium on Acoustics 1991, held at National Physical Laboratories, New Delhi in October, 1991.

"Speech Aerodynamics-I", presented in the annual conference of the Indian Speech & Hearing Association held at Patna in Feb. 1994.

"Vocology - A subject for specialization in Speech, Language Pathology" published in the Indian Journal for Disability & Rehabilitation, vol.8 (1), 1994.

"Recent Advances in Voice Intervention", presented in the annual conference of the Indian Speech & Hearing Association held at Madras in March 1995.

"Perturbation Measures in Young Adults", presented in the annual conference of the Indian Speech & Hearing Association held at Madras in March 1995.

"Physiological Frequency Range of Phonation", published in Hearing Aid Journal, Vol.9, No.4, Jan.1995.

As co-author, "Development & validation of lexicon for Asian - Indian individual with or no functional speech", submitted for publication in the American Journal of Speech Language Pathology (1998).

Speech Language Pathologist & Audiologist in "Doctor's Clinic", New Delhi, from Aug. 1983 to June 1984.

Audiologist & Speech Language Pathologist in "New Delhi Ear Hospital" from July 1984 to Feb. 1985.

Worked as Speech Language Pathologist in the Department of E.N.T. at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, from May 1985 to April 1987.

Lecturer in Speech Language Pathology at Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped Bombay, from May 1987 till Feb. 1998.

Worked as Speech Language Pathologist with rehab companies in Michigan since Feb 1998 till Feb 1999. The work involved working in Nursing Homes (Geriatric setup), and also in a special school. Have supervised Speech Aides in various nursing homes in Michigan for Speech Language Pathology/Dyaphagia work.

Working in various School Districts in Southern California since March 1999 through June 2000.

Since July 2000 working for a Rehab Company in and around Los Angeles in Skilled Nursing Facilities.

Was involved in development & field-testing of a computerized device for testing Oral Motor and Swallowing Ability.

* Member "American Speech Language Hearing Association" (ASHA)

* Associate Member, "International Society for Phonetic Sciences"