Curriculum Vitae Dr. SUNIL KUMAR. RAVI, M.Sc (SLP), Ph.D (Speech Pathology) Associate Professor & Principal Shravana Institute of Speech and Hearing, Ballari, Karnataka. Tel: +91-9620542794 E-Mail: [email protected]

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Educational Qualifications: M.Sc (Speech-Language Pathology), Ph.D (Speech-Language Pathology). Current Job: Working as Associate Professor & Principal at Shravana Institute of Speech and Hearing, Ballari, Karnataka from 06th, February, 2017.

Academic/Teaching/Research Experience Duration Position Employer Duties Full Time Positions 06th, Associate Shravana Institute of As Head of the institution, duties include February, Professor & Speech and Hearing, but not limited to: 2017 – till Principal Ballari, Karnataka, 1. Conducting Bachelors program date (Full in Audiology & Speech Time) Language Pathology 2. Running and maintaining Speech and Hearing clinical services at institute 3. Conducting and heading research activities in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. 16th, August, Associate Naseema Institute of As Head of the institution, duties include 2013 – 24th, Professor & Speech and Hearing, but not limited to: January, 2017 Principal Bangalore, India 1. Conducting Bachelors program

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in Audiology & Speech Language Pathology 2. Teaching to UG and PG Courses in Speech Language Pathology 3. Running and maintaining Speech and Hearing clinical services at institute. 4. Conducting and heading research activities in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. 12th, August, Junior Dept. of Speech Performing research on the topic entitled 2010 to 11th, Research Language “An Event Related Brain Potential Study August, 2013 Fellow Pathology, All India of Language Processing in - Institute of Speech English Bilingual Aphasics” leading to and Hearing, Ph.D in Speech Language Pathology. Mysore, India 27th, Research Dept. of Speech Performed research work on the project July,2009 to Officer Language entitled “Development and 26th, July, Pathology, All India Standardization of Boston Naming Test 2010 Institute of Speech (BNT) on Bilinguals (Kannada-English and Hearing, & Telugu-English)” under AIISH Mysore, India Research Fund. Guest Faculty Positions 11th, October, Faculty Gulf Medical To Develop curriculum for Bachelor of 2014 to 30th, Consultant in University, Ajman, Health Science (Majors in Speech and October, 2014 Speech and United Arab Hearing) as per ASHA Requirements Hearing Emirates 26th, April, Faculty Gulf Medical To Develop curriculum for Bachelor of 2014 to 10th, Consultant in University, Ajman, Health Science (Majors in Speech and May, 2014 Speech and United Arab Hearing) as per ASHA Requirements

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Hearing Emirates September, Guest Faculty Dept. of Guest Faculty for M.Phil in Learning 2013- Psychology, Disability Course. December, University of 2014 Mysore, Mysore

FELLOWSHIPS  Recipient of Foreign Travel Grant from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Human Resource Development Group, Government of India, New Delhi for attending and presenting three research papers at International Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics, held at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, during 15th and 16th of May, 2012. (Ref no: TG/6661/11-HRD dated 23.04.2012. Grant Mount: Rs.30,000.00)  Recipient of Prestigious Junior Research Fellowship for pursuing Ph.D in Speech Language Pathology program from All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore for a period of three years (Total fellowship amount: Rs.4,77,600.00).

AWARDS  Received Best Paper Award in National Conference on Neurogenic Communication Disorders in Adults held at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad in December, 2015.  Received Best Poster Award in Language at 5th TAN ISHA Conference held at Kanyakumari on 3rd & 4th, October, 2015.  Received Second Best Oral Presentation Award in Language at 5th TAN ISHA Conference held at Kanyakumari on 3rd & 4th, October, 2015.  Received Best Paper Award at 6th KSB ISHA Conference held on 07th, September, 2013 at Kannur, Kerala.

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EDUCATION Degree Subject University/Institute Year Ph.D Speech Language All India Institute of Speech & 2015 Pathology Hearing, University of Mysore, Mysore Master of Speech Language All India Institute of Speech & 2009 Science Pathology Hearing, University of Mysore, Mysore Bachelor of Speech and Hearing All India Institute of Speech & 2007 Science Hearing, University of Mysore, Mysore Clinical Internship as part All India Institute of Speech & 2006-2007 of B.Sc (Speech & Hearing, University of Mysore, (A+ Grade) Hearing) Mysore

AFFILIATION TO ACADEMIC BODIES & SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES  Member of Board of Studies (BOS) (BASLP) – Bangalore University (2014-2017)  Member of Board of Studies (BOS) (MASLP) – Bangalore University (2014-2017)  Member of Board of Examiners – BASLP (Bangalore University) (2014-2017)  Board of Examiner – BASLP (Bangalore University) (From 2014 onwards)  Board of Examiner – MASLP (Bangalore University) (from 2014 onwards)  Member of Board of Studies (BOS) (BASLP) – VSK University, Ballari (From 2016)  Member of Board of Studies (BOS) (BASLP) – Holy Cross College (Autonomous), Trichy. (From 2014 onwards)  Co-chaired two scientific sessions on Language at 46th Annual Indian Speech & Hearing Conference held at Cochin during 7th-9th, February, 2014.  Chaired Scientific sessions on Language (Oral & Poster sessions) at 47th Annual Indian Speech and Hearing Convention held at Manipal University, Manipal during 01st – 03rd, January, 2015.

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 Member of Reviewer committee of Scientific papers of 46th, 47th & 48th Annual Indian Speech and Hearing Conventions.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

1. International Affiliate Membership of American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) 2. Member of World Stroke Organization, Switzerland. 3. Life member of Indian Speech and Hearing Association (ISHA), Membership No: L- 1584. 4. Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) Registration No: A17055 (registered as an Audiologist and Speech Pathologist). 5. Life member of Laryngology and Voice Association (LVA) – L - 454. 6. Life member of Linguistic Society of India – Membership No: 15/2013. 7. Life member of Indian Speech & Hearing Association – Kerala state branch. L-139.

PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN

1. Effect of attention and memory deficits in language in individuals with aphasia (Principal Investigator) – Completed 2. Acquired Dyslexia in Kannada-English Bilingual individuals with fluent and non-fluent types of aphasia – Submitted Project proposal to AIISH Research Fund for the A.Y. 2017-18.

MASLP DISSERTATIONS GUIDANCE Under Bangalore University: 1. Development & Standardization of Western Aphasia battery in Gujarati (Devangi Patel, 2016) 2. Development & Standardization of Boston Naming test in Manipuri (Jaslia Salam, 2016). 3. Assessment of Hearing Sensitivity in intensive GSM mobile phone user (Majun P P, 2016). Page 5 of 20

4. Effect of Auditory & Visual Attention Task on OAE’s . A DPOAE study (Neethu Mammen, 2016) 5. Lexical Processing in Nepali – English Bilinguals (Rashmi Ranjan, 2016). 6. Development & Standardization of Western Aphasia battery in Odiya (Suneeti Sahu, 2016). 7. Effect of Radiation therapy on speech and swallowing functions in Oral cancer patients (Rayona Varghese, 2015) 8. Dissociation of noun and verb naming in individuals with Alzheimer’s type of dementia (Chithira, 2015) 9. Narration skills in native and immigrant speaking children (Preeethi, 2015). 10. Adaptation & Validation of Mini Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination in Tamil. (Jyotsna, 2015). 11. Effect of working memory deficits on syntactic comprehension in individuals with dementia (Akhila, 2015). 12. Working Memory Abilities in Malayalam Speaking Individuals with Broca’s Aphasia (Faisal. P, 2014). 13. Cognitive Deficits in Malayalam Speaking Persons with Broca’s Aphasia (Jabir. S. 2014).

INVITED GUEST LECTURES 1. Resource Person at “6th Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu State Branch of ISHA held at Pondicherry on 19th to 20th, November, 2016. Delivered lectures on “Overview of Event Related Potentials (ERPs) in Assessment of Adult Language Disorders” & “Language Deficits in TBI & RHD”. 2. Guest speaker at “National Conference on Neurogenic Communication Disorders in Adults” at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad from 11th – 13th, December, 2015. Delivered a lecture on “Language Deficits in Traumatic Brain Injury & Right Hemisphere Damage”. 3. Guest Speaker at “National Seminar on Assessment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders” at Dr. S. R. Chandrashekar Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bangalore from 21st

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to 23rd, August, 2014. Delivered a lecture on “Clinical Co-relates in assessment of bilingual aphasia”. 4. Guest Speaker at “National Seminar on Assessment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders” at Dr. S. R. Chandrashekar Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bangalore from 21st to 23rd, August, 2014. Delivered a lecture on “Clinical – Neurological correlates & Assessment protocols of Apraxia of Speech”. 5. Resource Person at “Workshop on Child and Adult Language Disorders” at Department of Speech and Hearing, Holy Cross College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India on 28.06.2014. 6. Resource Person at “Workshop on Basic Statistics and Research Methods for Speech and Hearing” at Department of Speech and Hearing, Holy Cross College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India on 28.06.2014. 7. Guest speaker at Aphentia–2013 held at Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences (MCOAHS), Manipal University, Manipal on 12th April, 2013. Delivered a lecture on “Applications of Event Related Potentials in Assessment and Management of Aphasia & Dementia”. 8. Guest Speaker at National Conference on Health Promotion held at Bethel Medical Mission & Hosmat Hospital Education Institute, Bangalore, India on 10.12.13. Delivered a lecture on “Importance of Speech Therapy in Multidisciplinary Approach in Rehabilitation Science”. 9. Resource person at International Workshop on Audiology and Rehabilitation held at Department of Rehabilitation Science, Holy Cross College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India on 12.12.2013 to 13.12.2013.

SUBJECTS TAUGHT Bachelors in Audiology & Speech Language Pathology Program – 2013 to 2017 Sl. No Subject Title 1 Speech Language Diagnostics and Therapeutics 2 Articulation and Phonological Disorders 3 Fluency and its Disorders 4 Neurogenic Language Disorders

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5 Community Oriented Professional Practices (COPP) 6 Clinical Practicum – Speech Language Pathology

Masters in Audiology & Speech Language Pathology – 2013 to 2017 Sl. No Subject Title 1 Research methods in Speech, Language and Hearing 2 Speech Language Processing 3 Technology Application & Instrumentation in Speech and Hearing 4 Neuro Cognition and Language 5 Clinical Linguistics 6 Fluency Disorders 7 Language Acquisition & Language Disorders in Children 8 Adult Language Disorders

PUBLICATIONS BOOKS 1. Shyamala. K. C. & Sunil Kumar. R. (2010). Bilingual Aphasia – Proceedings of International Symposium of Bilingual Aphasia. All India Institute of Speech and Hearing publications, Mysore. (Editorial Assistant).

BOOK CHAPTERS 1. Sunil Kumar. Ravi., Krupa Saira George, Divya P & Shyamala K Chengappa. (2017). Psychosocial Perspectives of Persons with Aphasia. Sanjeev Gupta & S. Venkatesan., (Eds). Handbook of Research on Psychosocial Perspectives of Human Communication Disorders. IGI Global: New York. (In press) 2. Sunil Kumar. Ravi., Rayona Varghese, Krupa Saira George, & Sajith Babu. (2017). Speech, Swallowing and Psychosocial implications of Glossectomy. Sanjeev Gupta & S. Venkatesan., (Eds). Handbook of Research on Psychosocial Perspectives of Human Communication Disorders. IGI Global: New York. (In press)

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3. Vishnu, K. K., Sunilkumar, R., Bhat, S., & Shyamala, K. C. (2014). Fast mapping of novel words in multilingual context. Winskel, H., & Padakannaya, P., (Eds). South and Southeast Asian Psycholinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

RESEARCH PAPERS

1. Sunil Kumar. Ravi, Krupa Saira George, Bikash Duwal, Bishwajit Karki (2016). Rate of Speaking and Reading of Adult Nepali Speakers. Language in India (www.languageinindia.com), Vol. 16, No. 3, 236 – 244. 2. Sunil Kumar, Ravi., & Shyamala. K. Chengappa (2015). Sentence Processing in High proficient Kannada–English bilinguals: A reaction time study. International Journal of Multilingualism, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2014.964248. 3. Sunil Kumar. R., Shyamala. K.C. (2014). Reading comprehension of sentences in Kannada-English bilingual individuals with Aphasia. International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, Vol. 3(1), pp.7-13. (ISSN: 2277-4505) 4. Sunil Kumar. R., Shyamala. K. C., Vijayetha. S., & Gnanavel. K. (2015). Development of Boston Naming Test in Telugu: Performance of typical individuals and individuals with aphasia. (JAIISH, Vol. 32, 2013). 5. Sunil Kumar. R., Shyamala. K. C. & Vijay Kumar. N. (2013). An ERP study of semantic processing in Kannada – English typical bilingual individuals – A pilot study. Language in India (www.languageinindia.com), Vol. 13, No. 4, 306 – 319. 6. Ravi, S., Chengappa, S., Narne V. (2012). An Event Related Brain Potentials (ERP) study of Syntactic processing in Kannada-English Bilinguals with and without aphasia. Proceedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 61, 201. (ISSN: 1877-0428) 7. Chengappa, S., Ravi, S., Vijayetha, S. (2012). Preliminary norms of Boston Naming test in Kannada-English Typical Bilinguals and Bilingual Aphasics. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 61, 177-178. 8. Swapna, S., Shyamala. K. C., Sunil Kumar. R., & Achamma, B. (2012). Agraphia and Anomia in bilingual individual with left temporal lobe lesion – A case report. Online journal www.languageinindia.com, Vol. 12 (9). ISSN 1930 – 2940.

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9. Shilpahsree. P., Yashaswini, L., Sunil Kumar, R., & Sangeetha. M. (2011). Electroglottographic analysis in individuals with chronic laryngitis during speech task. Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, vol. 30. 46–51. (ISSN 0973 - 662X).

10. Sunil, K. R., & Shyamala. K. C. (2010). Dementia Assessment Battery–Kannada. Student Research at AIISH, Vol. IX, Part – B- Speech – Language Pathology. 261-274.

11. Sunil Kumar. R., Gnanavel. K., Vishnu. K. K. & Shyamala. K. C. (2010). Action Naming in Bilingual (Kannada – English) Aphasics: Implications to Models of Lexical Organization. Published in Bilingual Aphasia – Proceedings of International Symposium of Bilingual Aphasia. All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore. 12. Sunil Kumar, R. & Shyamala, K. C. (2010). Cross Language variations in linguistic deficits in individuals with Dementia of Alzheimer’s Type. Published in Proceedings of Third Student’s Conference on Linguistics in India (SCONLI – 3), Parimal Publishers, New Delhi. 13. Sunil Kumar, R., Carmel. J. & Shyamala. K. C. (2008). Non-word repetition skills in bilingual (Kannada–English) dyslexic children. Interdisciplinary Journal of Linguistics. 1, pp. 95-102. 14. Sunil Kumar, R., Carmel. J. R. & Shyamala. K. C. (February, 2008). Linguistic Profile in multi infarct dementia – a case study. Language in India, www.languageinindia.com, Vol. 8 (2). ISSN 1930 – 2940. 15. Sunil Kumar. R., Shyamala. K. C. & Carmel. J. (December, 2007). Acquired dyslexias in Kannada speaking adults with Right hemisphere damage. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, 10 (4), pp. 213-220. (ISSN 1361 – 3286). http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/136132807805297459. 16. Sunil Kumar, R., Shilpashri, H. N., & Shyamala. K. C. (June, 2007). Orthographic and reading errors in Kannada speaking normal children and in children with learning disability. International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, 36 (2), pp. 113-122.

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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 1. Bikas, D., Bishwajit, K., Krupa, S. G., & Sunil Kumar. R. (2014). Rate of speaking & reading of adult Nepali speakers. Proceedings of National Symposium on Acoustics (Acoustics 2014), All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, Mysore.

PRESENTATIONS INTERNATIONAL

1. Anusha. C., Sunil Kumar. Ravi, Santosh Dharamkar. (2016). Factors affecting Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors in Indian Context. Poster presented at 10th World Stroke Congress held at Hyderabad, between 26th to 29th, October, 2016. 2. Sunil Kumar. R, Chithira. S, Vandana. V. P. (2015). Noun and Verb processing in Malayalam Individuals with Dementia. Paper presented at 9th Asia Pacific Conference of Speech, Language and Hearing held at Guangzhou, CHINA between 09th – 11th, October, 2015. 3. Sunil Kumar. R, Rayona Varghese, Sajit Babu, Aneeth M V. (2015). Effect of Glossectomy on Swallowing functions in Malayalam Speaking individuals. Paper presented at 9th Asia Pacific Conference of Speech, Language and Hearing held at Guangzhou, CHINA between 09th – 11th, October, 2015. 4. Sunil Kumar. R, Jyotsna, Sonal C. (2015). Adaptation & Standardization of Mini Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (M-ACE) in . Paper presented at 9th Asia Pacific Conference of Speech, Language and Hearing held at Guangzhou, CHINA between 09th – 11th, October, 2015.

5. Sunil Kumar. R., Vijay Kumar. N., Shyamala. K. C. (2012). An event related brain potentials study of semantic processing in Kannada – English bilingual individuals. Paper presented at International Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics held at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong on 15th – 16th, May, 2012. 6. Sri Pallavi, M., Shylaja. K., Sunil Kumar. R., Shyamala. K. C. (2012). Confrontation naming and generative naming performance in bilingual persons with aphasia and dementia: a preliminary study. Paper presented at International Conference on Page 11 of 20

Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics held at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong on 15th – 16th, May, 2012. 7. Kavita, B., Vishnu, N., Shyamala. K. C., Sunil Kumar. R. (2012). Antonyms and translation: A comparative study in multilinguals. Poster presented at International Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics held at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong on 15th – 16th, May, 2012.

NATIONAL

1. Bidwaan Bhusal, Krupa Saira George, & Sunil Kumar. R. (2016). Confrontation and Generative Naming in Bilingual Individuals with Dementia. Paper presented at 6th Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu State Branch of ISHA held at Pondicherry on 19th to 20th, November, 2016. 2. Shalini Shaji, Niraja. T, Krupa Saira George, & Sunil Kumar. R. (2016). Effects of Long Term Noise Exposure on Hearing in Steel Industry Workers – A Longitudinal Study. Poster presented at 6th Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu State Branch of ISHA held at Pondicherry on 19th to 20th, November, 2016. 3. Shalini Shaji, Neethu Mammen, Krupa Saira George, & Sunil Kumar. R. (2016). Differential Effect of Types of Visual Attention on Efferent System – A DPOAE Study. Poster presented at 6th Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu State Branch of ISHA held at Pondicherry on 19th to 20th, November, 2016. 4. Ann Leethu Thomas, Manasa, Krupa Saira George, & Sunil Kumar. R. (2016). Effect of Audio-Visual integration in Speaker identification task. Poster presented at 9th Annual Conference of Kerala State Branch of ISHA held at Palakkad during 22nd and 23rd October, 2016. 5. Delphy Vincy Maria, Henwasin Sweety Lorin, Saranya. P, & Sunil Kumar. Ravi (2016). Analysis of Acoustic Parameters in Choir Singers and Non-Singers. Poster presented at 9th Annual Conference of Kerala State Branch of ISHA held at Palakkad during 22nd and 23rd October, 2016. 6. Henwasin Sweety Lorin, Delphy Vincy Maria, Divya. P, & Sunil Kumar. Ravi (2016). A Study on Aerodynamic Parameters in Choir Singers and Non-Singers. Paper presented at

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9th Annual Conference of Kerala State Branch of ISHA held at Palakkad during 22nd and 23rd October, 2016. 7. Amrutha N. Namboodiri, Jojan Mathew & Sunil Kumar. Ravi. (2016). Prader-Willi Syndrome: A Single Case Study. Poster presented at 9th Annual Conference of Kerala State Branch of ISHA held at Palakkad during 22nd and 23rd October, 2016. 8. Ann Leethu Thomas, Manasa, Swetha. G, & Sunil Kumar. R. (2016). Effectiveness of Holistic Rehabilitation in Aphasia. Paper presented at Joint Conference of Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation & Neurorehabilitation section of Indian Academy of Neurology, held at NIMHANS, Bangalore on 01st to 03rd April, 2016. 9. Ann Leethu Thomas, Manasa, Neema, & Sunil Kumar. R. (2015). “Effect of SFA treatment on recovery from Aphasia following Arteriovenous Malformation – A Case study”. Paper presented at National Conference on Neurogenic Communication Disorders in Adults held at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad on 11th – 13th, December, 2015. 10. Shalini Shaji, Neethu Rajiv, Raghavendra Prasad, Krupa Saira George, & Sunil Kumar. R (2015). “Effect of visual and auditory attention tasks on efferent auditory system – a distortion product otoacoustic emission study”. Paper presented at International Conference: Newborn hearing screening with otoacoustic emissions” held at National Institute of Speech and Hearing, Trivandrum, on 4th – 6th, December, 2015. 11. Aruna, Anjumol, Deboshree, S., Divya P, Sunil Kumar. R. (2015). Development of Action Naming Test in Tamil: an adaptation of ANT in English. Paper presented at 5th Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu State Branch of ISHA held at Kanyakumari on 3rd & 4th, October, 2015. 12. Deboshree, S., Aruna, Anjumol, Krupa Saira George, Sunil Kumar. R. (2015). Working memory abilities in Malayalam speaking individuals with dementia and typical individuals. Paper presented at 5th Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu State Branch of ISHA held at Kanyakumari on 3rd & 4th, October, 2015. 13. Jaslia Salam, Rashmi Ranjan, Suneeti Sahu, Rose Mary. C., Sunil Kumar. R (2015). Lexical Processing in Multilinguals – A Reaction Time Study. Paper presented at 5th Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu State Branch of ISHA held at Kanyakumari on 3rd & 4th, October, 2015. Page 13 of 20

14. Manasa. C., Ms. Ann Leethu Thomas, Divya. P., Sunil Kumar. R. (2015). Effect of Aging on Immediate Sentence Recall Abilities. Paper presented at 5th Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu State Branch of ISHA held at Kanyakumari on 3rd & 4th, October, 2015. 15. Sunil Kumar. Ravi, Rose Mary, Preethi Marin Thomas. (2015). Comparison of Narrative Abilities between Immigrant & Non-Immigrant Malayalam-English Bilingual Children. Paper presented at 5th Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu State Branch of ISHA held at Kanyakumari on 3rd & 4th, October, 2015. 16. Shalini. S, Neethu. R, Krupa Saira George, Sunil Kumar. R (2015). Effect of Aging on Phonological and Visuospatial Working Memory. Paper presented at 5th Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu State Branch of ISHA held at Kanyakumari on 3rd & 4th, October, 2015. 17. Sunil Kumar. R, Chithira. S, Vandana. V. P. (2015). Adaptation and Validation of Action Naming Test (ANT) in Malayalam. Paper presented at 8th Annual Conference of Kerala State Branch of ISHA held at Sulthan Bathery during 12th to 13th September, 2015. 18. Sunil Kumar. R, Rayona Varghese, Sajit Babu, Aneeth M V. (2015). Effect of Glossectomy on Speech intelligibility and articulation in Individuals with Oral Cancer. Paper presented at 8th Annual Conference of Kerala State Branch of ISHA held at Sulthan Bathery during 12th to 13th September, 2015. 19. Anjumol, Aruna, Deboshree, S., Krupa Saira George, Sunil Kumar. R. (2015). Lexical Processing in Malayalam –English Bilinguals: A Cross Linguistic Priming Study. Paper presented at 8th Annual Conference of Kerala State Branch of ISHA held at Sulthan Bathery during 12th to 13th September, 2015. 20. Krupa, S G, Jabir, M, & Sunil Kumar. R. (2015). Cognitive deficits in persons with Broca’s aphasia. Paper presented at 7th Karnataka State Science Academy Conference held at Oxford College, Bangalore on 5th & 6th, February, 2015. 21. Bishwajit, K., Bikas, D., Krupa, S. G., Lidiya, V., Sunil Kumar. R. (2015). Acoustic characteristics of vowels in Nepali. Paper presented at 7th Karnataka State Science Academy Conference held at Oxford College, Bangalore on 5th & 6th, February, 2015. 22. Sunil Kumar. R, & Medha Hegde. (2015). Working memory deficits in individuals with Broca’s aphasia. Paper presented at 47th Annual Convention of Indian Speech and Hearing Association held at Manipal University, Manipal on 01st-3rd January, 2015. Page 14 of 20

23. Bikas, D., Bishwajit, K., Krupa, S. G., & Sunil Kumar. R. (2014). Rate of speaking & reading of adult Nepali speakers. Paper presented at National Symposium on Acoustics (Acoustics 2014) held at All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, Mysore between 12th– 14th, November, 2014. 24. Akhila. K., Sitara. S., & Sunil Kumar. R. (2014). Effect of Proficiency levels on Syntactic Comprehension of Sentences. Paper presented at 8th Students Conference of Linguistics in India (SCONLI-08) held at Department of Linguistics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar on 24th – 26th, March, 2014. 25. Shareef, M. J., & Sunil Kumar. R. (2014). Disfluencies in 4.0-4.6 and 4.7-5.0 year old typical Malayalam-English Bilingual Children. Paper presented at 8th Students Conference of Linguistics in India (SCONLI-08) held at Department of Linguistics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar on 24th – 26th, March, 2014. 26. Sunil Kumar. R. & Shyamala. K. C. (2013). Sentence Comprehension in Kannada- English Bilingual Individuals with Aphasia. Paper presented at 6th KSB ISHA Conference on 07th, September, 2013 at Kannur, Kerala. 27. Sarath. P. V., Jobin Thomas., Medha. H., Sunil Kumar. R. (2013). Working memory abilities in Malayalam-English bilinguals. Paper presented at 6th KSB ISHA Conference on 07th, September, 2013 at Kannur, Kerala. 28. Jabir. S., Faisal, P., Durai. P., Lidiya. V., Sunil Kumar. R. (2013). Disfluencies in 4.0-4.6 and 4.7-5.0 year old typical Malayalam speaking children. Paper presented at 6th KSB ISHA Conference on 07th, September, 2013 at Kannur, Kerala. (Received best paper award) 29. Sunil Kumar. R., Gnanavel. K., Vishnu. K. K. & Shyamala. K. C. (2010). Action Naming in Bilingual (Kannada – English) Aphasics: Implications to Models of Lexical Organization. Paper presented at International Symposium on Bilingual Aphasia held at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore on 4th – 5th, January 2010. 30. Sri Pallavi. M., Anjana., Shylaja. K., Sunil Kumar. R., & Shyamala. K. C. (2010). Confrontation naming and generative naming in bilingual persons with Aphasia and Dementia. Paper presented at International Symposium on Bilingual Aphasia held at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore on 4th – 5th, January, 2010.

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31. Sunil Kumar, R. & Shyamala, K. C. (2009). Cross Language variations in linguistic deficits in individuals with Dementia of Alzheimer’s Type. Paper presented at Third Student’s Conference on Linguistics in India (SCONLI – 3), held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi from 19th to 21st February, 2009. 32. Sunil Kumar, R., Carmel. J. R. & Shyamala. K. C. (June, 2007). Linguistic Profile in multi infarct dementia – a case study. Paper presented at 35th All India Conference on Dravidian Linguistics, held at Mysore University, Mysore, INDIA. 33. Sunil Kumar, R., Carmel, J. & Shyamala. K. C. (January, 2007). Comparison of non- word repetition skills in bilingual (Kannada - English) dyslexics and normal children. Paper presented at the 39th Annual Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association. Calicut, India. 34. Sunil Kumar, R., Carmel, J. & Shyamala. K. C. (January, 2007). Acquired Dyslexias in Right Hemisphere Damaged Individuals. Paper presented at the 39th Annual Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association. Calicut, India. 35. Sunil Kumar, R. & Shyamala, K. C. (January, 2006). Cognitive Linguistic Impairments in Right Hemisphere Damaged Individuals. Paper presented at the 38th Annual Conference of the Indian speech and Hearing Association held at Ahmadabad, India.

SHORT-TERM COURSES ATTENDED 1. India’s Premiere Seminar and Workshop on Aphasia Therapy by Leora Cherney & Ann Oehring, conducted on 23rd to 25th, February, 2017 by Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai in association with ICMR & Bhoomika Trust. 2. Course on Cognitive Neurology, Participated in the “Teaching Course in Cognitive Neurology” conducted on 13th – 14th, December, 2010 by Department of Neurology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, in association with World Federation of Neurology RGACD, and Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, Hyderabad Deccan Chapter. 3. Course on Cognitive Neurology, Participated in the “III TEACHING COURSE IN COGNITIVE NEUROLOGY” conducted on 05th – 07th, April, 2013 by Department of Neurology, Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore. Page 16 of 20

CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

1) Seminar and Workshop on Aphasia Therapy held at Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai between 23rd to 25th, February, 2017. 2) 10th World Stroke Congress held at Hyderabad, between 26th to 29th, October, 2016.

3) 6th Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu State Branch of ISHA held at Pondicherry on 19th to 20th, November, 2016. 4) 9th Annual Conference of Kerala State Branch of ISHA held at Palakkad during 22nd and 23rd October, 2016.

5) 9th Asia Pacific Conference of Speech, Language and Hearing held at Guangzhou, CHINA between 09th – 11th, October, 2015. 6) Joint Conference of Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation & Neurorehabilitation section of Indian Academy of Neurology, held at NIMHANS, Bangalore on 01st to 03rd April, 2016. 7) National Conference on Neurogenic Communication Disorders in Adults held at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad on 11th – 13th, December, 2015. (Resource Person) 8) Attended three day workshop on “Phonetic Transcription for Speech Language Pathologists (PTSLP)” held at Dept. of Linguistics, Osmania University, Hyderabad during 20th-22nd November, 2014. 9) Attended National workshop on Recent Advances in Electroacoustic Measurements held at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore on 24th & 25th, September, 2013. 10) Attended 6th Annual ISHA, Kerala State Branch Conference held at Kannur, Kerala on 07th, September, 2013. 11) Attended National seminar on recent advances in voice care” organized by Dept. of SLP, AIISH, Mysore on 18th & 19th, April, 2013. 12) Attended Seminar on “Rehabilitation of Oral Cancer” organized by Dept. of SLP, AIISH, Mysore on 17.04.2013.

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13) Attended seminar “Unravelling the mysteries of cognitive neuropsychological assessment & management in Dementia: Untangling the tangled grays & whites” organized by Department of Clinical Services, AIISH, Mysore on 10.04.2013. 14) Attended National seminar on Non-aphasic Cognitive-communication disorders: Cutting edge clinical applications organized by Dept. of SLP, AIISH, Mysore, on 29.01.13. 15) Attended Workshop on Language and Neurobiology organized by Dept. of SLS on 14.12.2012. 16) National workshop on management of feeding skills in children with developmental disorders organized by Dept. of SLP, AIISH, Mysore on 17.12.2012 and 18.12.2012. 17) Seminar on Yoga and Music for management of Autism Spectrum Disorders organized by Department of Speech Language Pathology, AIISH, Mysore on 31.10.12. 18) Attended International Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics held at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong on 15.05.2012 and 16.05.2012. 19) Attended Workshop on Sign Augmented Speech organized by AAC Unit, Dept. of SLP, AIISH, Mysore on 04.05.2012. 20) Seminar on Rights and acts for persons with disability, held at Department of Clinical Services, AIISH, Mysore on 5th, December, 2011. 21) Seminar on Acquired Brain Injury in children and adolescents held at Department of SLP, AIISH, Mysore on 21.07.2011. 22) Seminar on Intervention of Autism Spectrum Disorders, held at Department of Speech Language Pathology, AIISH, Mysore on 12th, May, 2011. 23) International Symposium on Bilingual Aphasia held at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, India on 4th & 5th, January, 2010. 24) Third Student’s Conference on Linguistics in India held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on 19th – 21st, February, 2009. 25) Workshop on Child Language Disorders held at Department of Speech – Language Pathology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore on 17th, December, 2008. 26) National workshop on Voice: Assessment and Management organized by Department of Speech Language Sciences, AIISH, Mysore on 14th & 15th, February, 2008.

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27) National Seminar on Clinical Linguistics in Speech – Language Pathology held at Department of Speech – Language Pathology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore on 18th, January, 2008. 28) 35th All India Conference on Dravidian held at Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore, Mysore, on 21st – 23rd, June, 2007. 29) 39th Annual Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association held at Calicut, Kerala, on 19th – 21st , January 2007. 30) Workshop on Sensory Integration Training held at Department of Clinical Services, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore on 16th & 17th, October, 2006. 31) 38th Annual Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association held at Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 3rd -5th, February 2006. 32) 6th International Conference on South Asian Languages (ICOSAL-6) held at Hyderabad, on 5th to 8th, January 2005. 33) 36th Annual Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association held at Mysore on 16-19th, January 2004.

PUBLIC LECTURES  Delivered a lecture for various professionals and general public on “Communication Disorders in Psychiatric Conditions” at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, as part of Monthly Public Lecture Series Program on 25th, December, 2010.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Unit Leader of National Service Scheme (N.S.S) unit, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, University of Mysore, Mysore, for the year 2008 – 09. Actively involved in organizing and participated in several activities like Blood donation, Tree plantatio n, Shramadhan, talent’s day, Camps, etc. Member of National Service Scheme (N.S.S) for 5 years (2003-07 & 2008-09), AIISH NSS Unit, University of Mysore, Mysore, India. Served as General Secretary of AIISH Gymkhana, AIISH, Mysore for the year 2007 – 2008.

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COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE I have good knowledge in MS Office (Microsoft word, Excel, Power Point presentation), SPSS. Speech – Language softwares:

 Compumedics Neuroscan Ltd. (Electrophysiology/ERPs)  Praat V. 5.1.37. – Used for Spectrographic analysis of speech samples.  DMDX, Check vocal. – used to measure Reaction time in different speech and language tasks.  Language analysis softwares – Softwares like CLAN, SALT which are used to analyze the language samples in terms of Syntax, semantics.  CSL Lab (Multi Dimensional Voice Program, Motor Speech Profile, Nasometry) – Used for speech and voice analysis of different clinical population.  Dr. Speech – Software used for assessment and treatment of voice disorders.  Vaghmi Software - Software used for assessment of voice disorders Spirometers.  Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) – Used for statistical analysis of data in research projects.

Dr. Sunil Kumar. Ravi

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