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Curriculum Vitae

Dr. SUNIL KUMAR. RAVI,

M.Sc (SLP), Ph.D (Speech Language 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,

February,

2017 – till

date (Full

Time)

Associate

Professor &

Principal

Shravana Institute of

Speech and Hearing,

Ballari, Karnataka,

India

As Head of the institution, duties include

but not limited to:

1. Conducting Bachelors program

in Audiology & Speech

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,

2013 – 24th,

January, 2017

Associate

Professor &

Principal

Naseema Institute of

Speech and Hearing,

Bangalore, India

As Head of the institution, duties include

but not limited to:

1. Conducting Bachelors program

mailto:[email protected]

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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,

2010 to 11th,

August, 2013

Junior

Research

Fellow

Dept. of Speech

Language

Pathology, All India

Institute of Speech

and Hearing,

Mysore, India

Performing research on the topic entitled

“An Event Related Brain Potential Study

of Language Processing in Kannada-

English Bilingual Aphasics” leading to

Ph.D in Speech Language Pathology.

27th,

July,2009 to

26th, July,

2010

Research

Officer

Dept. of Speech

Language

Pathology, All India

Institute of Speech

and Hearing,

Mysore, India

Performed research work on the project

entitled “Development and

Standardization of Boston Naming Test

(BNT) on Bilinguals (Kannada-English

& Telugu-English)” under AIISH

Research Fund.

Guest Faculty Positions

11th, October,

2014 to 30th,

October, 2014

Faculty

Consultant in

Speech and

Hearing

Gulf Medical

University, Ajman,

United Arab

Emirates

To Develop curriculum for Bachelor of

Health Science (Majors in Speech and

Hearing) as per ASHA Requirements

26th, April,

2014 to 10th,

May, 2014

Faculty

Consultant in

Speech and

Gulf Medical

University, Ajman,

United Arab

To Develop curriculum for Bachelor of

Health Science (Majors in Speech and

Hearing) as per ASHA Requirements

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Hearing Emirates

September,

2013-

December,

2014

Guest Faculty Dept. of

Psychology,

University of

Mysore, Mysore

Guest Faculty for M.Phil in Learning

Disability Course.

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

Pathology

All India Institute of Speech &

Hearing, University of Mysore,

Mysore

2015

Master of

Science

Speech Language

Pathology



Mysore

2009

Bachelor of

Science

Speech and Hearing All India Institute of Speech &


Mysore

2007

Clinical Internship as part

of B.Sc (Speech &

Hearing)



Mysore

2006-2007

(A+ Grade)

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).

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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 Malayalam 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.

http://www.languageinindia.com/

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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.


http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/136132807805297459

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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 Tamil Language. 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

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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 11 th –

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 3 rd &

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 3 rd &

4th, October, 2015.

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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 3 rd & 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.

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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.

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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 Languages 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.

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