BIODATA – Dr MJ Thomas

Curriculum Vitae

Dr Thomas M.J

Consultant Psychiatrist

M.B.B.S., D.P.M., M.D., M.N.A.M.S. (PSYCHIATRY)

Fellow of Indian Psychiatric Society, Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)

Mobile: 98450-03762

website: www.drmjthomas.com

KMC: 13,345

Wife: Dr. Maya Thomas (www.mayathomas.in),

Son: Capt. Rohit Thomas (commercial pilot in vietjet, Vietnam) (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohit-thomas-68a97a4/)

Date of Birth: 05-09-1950

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS

CONSULTANT AND CO-ORDINATOR IN PSYCHIATRY, SAGAR HOSPITAL, BANGALORE – 560 041, INDIA

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

JUNIOR RESIDENT AT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES, BANGALORE, 1977-79
TUTOR, DEPT. OF PSYCHIATRY, ST. JOHN’S MEDICAL COLLEGE, BANGALORE, 1979 – 81
SENIOR RESIDENT AT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES, BANGALORE: 1981 – 83
ASST. PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY, ST. JOHN’S MEDICAL COLLEGE, BANGALORE, 1984 – 87
SENIOR CONSULTANT IN PSYCHIATRY, MANIPAL HOSPITAL, BANGALORE, 1988 TO 2003
SENIOR CONSULTANT IN PSYCHIATRY, MALLYA HOSPITAL, BANGALORE, 1999 TO 2002
CONSULTANT AND CO-ORDINATOR IN PSYCHIATRY, SAGAR HOSPITAL, BANGALORE, 2002 TO DATE
CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST, APOLLO-CLINIC, BANGALORE
CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST, MEDINOVA, BANGALORE

ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY IN 3 HOSPITALS

Development of Dept. of Psychiatry at St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore.

This Dept. of Psychiatry was established within St. John’s hospital at a time when Psychiatric patients were traditionally admitted away from other medical patients in separate buildings. For the purpose of integrated admissions the process of special approvals had to be sought. Refer: “On Planning a General Hospital Psychiatric Unit”: Indian Journal of Medical Education, 20, 1, (1981) and “Integration of Mental Health Care in Paediatric Units”: Indian Journal of Medical Education, 20, 6, (1981)

Manipal Hospital, Bangalore.

An integrated psychiatric ward was developed in this hospital in a private commercial health organisation setting, that maintained a high quality of service.

Mallya Hospital, Bangalore

A high quality Dept. of Psychiatry was developed in this hospital from a non-performing integrated setting catering to the psychiatric care.

Sagar Hospital, Bangalore

Invited to start and stabilise a Department of Psychiatry as a leading support service for other medical specialities of the hospital.

Apollo Clinic & Medinova Diagnostic centre, Bangalore

Part-time work at these organisations to provide comprehensive services at their doorstep.

STRESS AUDIT OF ORGANISATIONS, AND DEVELOPMENT OF MENTORING STRATEGIES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS

Stress levels of organisations and teams are measured using qualitative and quantitative methods followed by mentoring teams to build appropriate team values suitable for efficient performance.

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF PERSONNEL DURING SELECTION PROCESSES

Assessment of personality and presence of psychiatric disorders that may disturb the person’s capability of functioning in the role expected of the person.

DEVELOPMENT OF EVALUATION AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY FOR ORGANISATIONS DEALING IN DISABILITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES

Working as consultants one plans and develops the structure of programmes, assists the countries to implement them, carries out evaluations and advices the donor organisations until the programme stabilizes. My role was to develop technology based evaluations and monitoring systems (software). Dr Maya Thomas, my co-consultant, has presented more than 150 papers and international presentations on this topic.

We are also associated with “Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development (DCID)”, a journal on disability rehabilitation published for past 30 years. (www.dcidj.org)

MEMBER OF BOARDS INVOLVED IN HEALTH PLANNING, SELECTION OF TRAINEES AND MANAGERS, IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND INDUSTRY

PUBLICATIONS: 85 Publications

CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS:48 Assignments

QUALIFICATIONS

1 M.B.B.S. 1974 1ST ST. JOHN’S MEDICAL COLLEGE, BANGALORE BANGALORE

2 E.C.F.M.G. 1975 SCALE 82 EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION FOR FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES, PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.

3 DIPLOMA IN PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE (DPM) 1979 1ST NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES BANGALORE

4 M.N.A.M.S. (PSYCH) 1982 1ST

(BY EXAMINATION) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES INDIA

5 M.D. (PSYCH) 1983 1ST NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES BANGALORE

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (IN PSYCHIATRY)

Junior Resident, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, from 1977 to 1979.
Tutor in Psychiatry, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, from 1979 to 1981
Senior Resident in Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, from 1981 to 1983
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, from 1984 to 1987
Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore – 560 017
Senior Consultant in Psychiatry, Mallya Hospital, Bangalore
Consultant and co-ordinator in Psychiatry, Sagar Hospital, Bangalore-560041

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC FORA

Indian Psychiatric Society (Elected Life Fellow of the Society, Past Secretary – Indian Psychiatric Society, Karnataka Branch).
Life Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences, India. (Eligibility granted with qualifying examination in the speciality).

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

THIOPENTONE HYPERSENSITIVITY. Journal of Indian Medical Association, 65, 76, (1981).
ON PLANNING A GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRIC UNIT. Indian Journal of Medical Education, 20, 1, (1981).
INTEGRATION OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN PAEDIATRIC UNITS. Indian Journal of Medical Education, 20, 6, (1981).
SEXUAL NEURASTHENIA – A CULTURE BOUND NEUROSIS IN INDIA. Paper read at the first Asian Conference of Sexology, Bombay (1981).
MANAGEMENT OF SEXUAL AMBIGUITY PRESENTING IN ADOLESCENCE. Indian Paediatrics, 19, 539, (1982).
INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION OF MALATHION IN ATTEMPTED SUICIDES. Journal of Association of Physicians of India, 30, 121, (1982).
INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA ASSOCIATED WITH ADMINISTRATION OF HALOPERIDOL. Pharma Bulletin, Australia, 13, Feb., (1983).
MORBIDITY SURVEY OF PATIENTS ATTENDING A COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AND STUDY OF CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ‘UNDIAGNOSED’ PATIENTS. Journal of Indian Medical Association, 80, 134, (1983).
PERSONALITY PROFILES AND PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN CERTAIN SPECIFIC SKIN DISORDERS. MD Thesis submitted to Bangalore University, June (1983).
‘MORBID JEALOUSY’ – AN ANALYSIS OF ITS CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE. Journal of Indian Medical Association, 81, 115, (1983).
SHEEHAN’S SYNDROME WITH PSYCHOSIS. Journal of Association of Physicians of India, 33, 175, (1985).
PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE. The Clinician, 48, 242, (1984).
SYMPTOMATIC PSYCHOSIS WITH PELLAGRA. Indian J. Dermatology Venereology Leprology, 50, 152, (1984).
TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY PRESENTING AS SCHIZOPHRENIA. Paper presented at the Neurology Club, Bangalore, (1984).
PATTERNS OF MEDICAL DRUG USE – A PRELIMINARY REPORT. Paper presented at CHAI workshop, Bangalore (1984).
MYXOEDEMA AND PSYCHOSIS. J. of the Indian Medical Association, Jan., (1986).
CLINICAL APPROACH TO HEADACHE IN GENERAL PRACTICE. Medical Service, 3 April (1985).
DELUSION OF PARASITOSIS. Indian J. Dermatol. Venereol. Leprol., 51, 213, (1985).
EARLY DETECTION IN A TYPICAL PRESENTATIONS OF RABIES. Tropical Doctor, London(1986).
OPIATE TYPE OF DEPENDENCE AND WITHDRAWAL – A STUDY OF 50 CASES. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Conference of IPS (South Zone), Trichur, Sept. (1985).
KORSAKOV’S SYNDROME – IT’S CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS. The Clinician, Nov., 364 (1985).
GENDER REASSIGNMENT – A FOLLOW-UP AFTER THREE YEARS. Paper accepted for publication.
ROUTINE RADIOGRAPHY IN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS. British Medical Journal (1986).
LORAZEPAM WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES. Pharma Bulletin, Australia, 105, 2, (1986).
CEREBELLAR SIGNS AND HYPOTHYROIDISM WITH LITHIUM. Pharma Bulletin, Australia, April (1986).
FAMILY PATHOLOGY AND INTERVENTION IN TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM. Medical Service, June, (1986).
INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOLISM AND LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY : A STRATEGY FOR INTERVENTION. Paper accepted by Indian Journal of Industrial Medicine.
ROUTINE HAEMATOLOGICAL EXAMINATION IN PSYCHIATRIC IN-PATIENTS. Paper accepted by Journal of Association of Physicians of India.
PHYSICAL ILLNESS IN GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRIC IN-PATIENTS. Paper presented at Annual Conference of IPS, 1987, (Calcutta).
TRANSIENT HYPERTENSION DURING ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL STATE. Paper in preparation.
INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA DUE TO METABOLIC CAUSES. Paper accepted for publication.
PERSONALITY PROFILES AND PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN CERTAIN SPECIFIC SKIN DISORDERS. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of IPS, 1987, (Calcutta).
HEPATOMEGALY IN ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE. Paper accepted for publication in Hepatology.
UNILATERAL INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA WITH NEUROLEPTICS. Ind. J. Psychol. Med., (1986).
ALCOHOLISM – SOME OBSERVATIONS, Medical Service, 1987 (Oct.)
INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOLISM AND LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY – CAN IT BE PREVENTED? Paper presented at the one day workshop on ‘Correction and rehabilitation of alcoholic employees in industry’, conducted by Bharat Electronics on December 17, 1988 at Bangalore.
NEED FULFILMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH, Health Action, April, 15, (1989).
ALCOHOLISM – PERSPECTIVE PLAN FOR THE CHURCH. Paper presented at the Synod level consultation on ‘Healing, Health and Wholeness’, conducted by the C.S.I. Council of Healing Ministry on April 1989 at Bangalore.
THE ROLE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN DEVELOPING REHABILITATION SERVICES. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society, South Zone, on 13 and 14 October 1990 at Bangalore.
THE ROLE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN DEVELOPING REHABILITATION SERVICES. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 1991, 14, 89-93.
INTEGRATION OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY REHABILITATION INTO COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES IN INDIA, ACTIONAID Disability News, Vol. 6, No.1, 1995.
INTRODUCTION OF EVALUATION BASED PLANNING FOR REHABILITATION IN INDIA. Invited chapter in “Innovations in Rehabilitation in Developing Countries”, Lisieux Hall Publications, U.K., 1995.
IDENTIFICATION SURVEY IN 12 ACTIONAID SUPPORTED CBR PROJECTS – A DISCUSSION ON THE PREVALENCE OF DIFFERENT DISABILITIES. ACTIONAID Disability News, Vol. 7, No.1, 1996.
PREVALENCE OF DISABILITY IN ACTIONAID SUPPORTED CBR PROJECTS AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN PROGRAMME PLANNING. ACTIONAID Disability News, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1996.
SELECTION AND TRAINING OF MANPOWER IN COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION. ACTIONAID Disability News, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1996.
ASSESSING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AS PART OF PROJECT PLANNING IN CBR PROJECTS. ACTIONAID Disability News, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1996.
A BRIEF REPORT ON THE INNOVATIVE USE OF LOCAL RESOURCES IN COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES, Paper presented at the Rehaswiss National Seminar, Trivandrum, January 1997.
COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION FOR PERSONS WITH VISUAL DISABILITY – THE ROLE OF SPECIAL TEACHERS, Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 8, No.2, 1997
NEED FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN REHABILITATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 8, No.2, 1997
CONTROVERSIES ON SOME CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION, Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 9, No.1, 1998
A QUESTION OF MANAGEMENT IN REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES IN INDIA, Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 9, No.1, 1998
CONTROVERSIES ON SOME CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION, Paper presented at the Second International Exhibition and Congress on Rehabilitation, Dubai, March 1998. (Invited presentation)
PROFESSIONAL CAREER AND PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITIES, Newsletter of the Indian Psychiatric Society, Karnataka State Branch, Jan-Feb 1998.
THE RELEVANCE OF PLANNING ACTIVITIES BEFORE STARTING A PROGRAMME, Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 9, No.2, 1998
GETTING MESSAGES ACROSS ABOUT CBR, CBR News, No. 11, Sept-Oct 1998.
ENHANCING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMMES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, The Leprosy Mission International, UK, in press. (Invited presentation)
A DISCUSSION ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY USING EXAMPLES FROM RESEARCH ON PARKINSON’S DISEASE, DEPRESSION AND DEMENTIA, paper presented at the Clinical Conference, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, India, June 1998.
COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION IN SOUTH ASIA : AT THE CROSS ROADS ? World Federation of Neurological Rehabilitation Update, November 1998. (Invited paper)
EDUCATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN IN CROSS DISABILITY CBR PROGRAMMES IN SOUTH ASIA, in ‘Listening to Sounds and Signs, Christoffel Blindenmission, Bangalore, 1998. (Invited presentation)
INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL FACTORS ON DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, paper presented at the 7th European Regional Rehabilitation Conference of Rehabilitation International, Jerusalem, November 1998. (Invited presentation)
FRIDAY MEETING NOTES, Friday Meeting News, Vol.1, No.1, 1999
REHABILITATION NOTES, Friday Meeting News, Vol.1, No.1, 1999
INTEGRATION OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY REHABILITATION INTO MULTI-DISABILITY COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES, in ‘Neurorehabilitation Principles and Practice’, NIMHANS, Bangalore, 1998 (Invited presentation)
A REVIEW OF THE SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT GROUP FOR DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS, Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal,Vol.10, 1, 1999.
A DISCUSSION ON THE SHIFTS AND CHANGES IN COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION IN THE LAST DECADE. Paper presented at the 2nd World Congress on Neurological Rehabilitation , Toronto, April 1999. (Invited presentation)
A DISCUSSION ON THE SHIFTS AND CHANGES IN COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION IN THE LAST DECADE. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 1999, 3 (3), 185-189 (Invited presentation)
THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL FACTORS ON DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 10, 2, 1999.
A DISCUSSION ON SOME CRITICAL ASPECTS OF PLANNING OF COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION. In Maya Thomas and Thomas MJ (Eds) Selected Readings in Community Based Rehabilitation, Series 1: CBR in Transition, Bangalore, January 2000
PLANNING FOR “COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION” IN CBR, Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, Vol 12, 1, 2001.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN CBR. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference of the Islamic World Council of Disability and Rehabilitation, Khartoum, Sudan, February 2001. (Invited presentation)
IMPLICATIONS OF URBANISATION OF INDIA ON CBR PLANNING. Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, Vol 12, 1, 2001.
A PERSONAL VIEW OF SOME CONTROVERSIES IN COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION. Paper presented at the World Congress of Neurology, London, June 2001. (Invited presentation)
BOOK REVIEW : SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER : A MANUAL FOR PHYSICIANS. The National Medical Journal of India. Vol 14, No.3, May/June 2001.
A DISCUSSION ON SOME CONTROVERSIES IN COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION. Paper presented at the African Regional Conference on CBR, Kampala, Uganda, September 2001. (Invited presentation)
FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A CBR TRAINING INSTITUTE THROUGH LOCAL COLLABORATION. Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 12, 2, 2001.
STATUS OF WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES IN SOUTH ASIA. In Thomas M, Thomas MJ (Ed). Selected Readings in Community Based Rehabilitation, Series 2 : Disability and Rehabilitation Issues in South Asia, Action for Disability, UK, January 2002. (Invited presentation)
SELF HELP GROUPS TO EMPOWER DISADVANTAGED GROUPS. Health Education and Media Advocacy 2002; 1(3):4-6.
COMMENTS ON “DISABILITY IN ASIAN CULTURES AND BELIEFS”, BY M.MILES. Journal of Religion, Disability and Health 2002; 6(2/3): 131-133. (Invited presentation)
MANAGING STRESS. Health Action 2003;16(5): 10
ADDRESSING NEEDS OF WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES IN CBR. Behinderung und Dritte Welt, Vol 3, 2003, 118-123 (Invited presentation)
SELF HELP GROUPS AS A TOOL FOR EMPOWERMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY. WFNR Update, Spring 2005 (Invited presentation)
COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION AS A TOOL FOR INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY. Behinderung und Dritte Welt, 2005, 94-98 (Invited presentation)
GLOBAL TRENDS IN DISABILITY REHABILITATION AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR LEPROSY PROGRAMMES. Leprosy Review 2008; 79(1):10-16. (Invited presentation)
NETWORKING FOR COMMUNITY BASED INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT, Paper presented at the CBR seminar of Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities, Shirakawa, Japan, November, 2014 (Invited presentation)
CBR AS A STRATEGY FOR COMPREHENSIVE CARE IN THE COMMUNITY – LESSONS LEARNED FROM EXPERIENCES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Paper presented at the seminar on Fuwarinclusion 2015, Organised by Social Welfare Cooperation MUSOU, Tokyo, Japan, January, 2015. (Invited presentation)

CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS

Independent responsibility for planning, designing and starting the teaching unit of Psychiatry at St. John’s Medical College Hospital.
Member of the Selection Panel for the undergraduate medical admissions at the St. John’s Medical College.
Consultant to Arogyavaram Medical Centre (AMC), Madanapalle, on proposals related to redefining the role of AMC and exploring possibilities of converting it into specialised units, utilising the existing infrastructure.
Consultant to the Community Health Cell, Bangalore on issues related to appropriate technology in Medicine.
Consultant to the C.S.I. Council of Healing Ministry on perspective plans for the Church in dealing with alcoholism.
Consultant to Shanti Seva Sadan – De-addiction, Rehabilitation and Preventive Education Centre for alcoholics and drug addicts, Bangalore.
Consultant to CREST counselling centre, Bangalore on youth counselling.
Consultant to Miraj Medical Centre, Miraj, on organisational policy development.
Member of the Expert Group to assist an Overseas Development
Administration (ODA) funded Mission, in evolving the methodology for research on community based rehabilitation approaches in urban slums in India.
Member of the Committee of Bangalore University to evaluate a Ph.D thesis in Psychiatric Social Work, 1990.
Consultant to the Disability Division, ACTIONAID-India on methodology for evaluation and research related to rehabilitation.
Advisor to the Disability Division, ACTIONAID-India on the establishment of the Technical Support Unit in rehabilitation.
Member of the Governing Council of Society for Community Health Awareness Research and Action, Bangalore.
Member of the Advisory Board of Abala Ashraya Sangha, Crisis Intervention Centre, Bangalore.
Consultant in charge of the Department of Psychiatry to develop integrated ward systems for psychiatric treatment at Manipal, Mallya and Sagar-Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore.
Preparation of a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Plan to Integrate Community Based Rehabilitation into the Welfare Programmes of Tata Tea Ltd, South India Plantation Division, Munnar, Kerala.
Preparation of a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Plan to integrate CBR into the Primary Health Care Systems of Karuna Trust, Yelandur, Mysore.
Evaluation of the CARITAS Neerlandica funded programmes of the National Association of the Blind, Bangalore.
Facilitation of Research on CBR by Queen’s University, Canada, at different CBR projects in India.
Modification of the ACTIONAID Annual Planning and Reporting Systems to include disability rehabilitation concepts.
Situation analysis of the Physiotherapy Centre at IRDT, Dharmapuri, funded by Titan Industries Ltd., Bangalore.
Preparation of a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Plan to integrate CBR into the Community Development programmes of SAMBHAV, Gwalior.
Designing a Rehabilitation Strategy for ACTIONAID-Ethiopia.
Development of a Course Curriculum for the Training of CBR Managers from developing countries.
Assistance in developing training materials in mental health for CBR workers, for the YPAC CBR Development and Training Centre, Solo, Indonesia.
Evaluation of the Silent Valley Project for Hearing Impaired Women at Thrissur, Kerala, funded by Caritas Nederland.
Development of a Policy Document for the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Delhi.
Evaluation of Mobility India, Bangalore.
Technical Advisor of the Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal.
Organisation of workshops on planning and management for disability projects of Misereor in the Southern and Northern regions of India.
Evaluation of Hearing Impaired Children Trust, Sri Lanka, on behalf of Misereor, Germany.
Organisation of the Indo-Japanese Symposium on Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities, sponsored by the Japan Association for Employment of Disabled, Tokyo and the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Delhi.
Evaluation of Bangladesh Protibandhi Foundation, Dhaka, on behalf of SKN, Netherlands and Caritas, Netherlands.
Planning and designing of the evaluation of Navajeevana Trust, Sri Lanka, on behalf of Christoffel Blindenmission, Germany.
Planning and moderating of the ‘Friday Meetings on Community Based Rehabilitation’, held on the last Friday of odd months in Bangalore.
Planning and designing the evaluation of Youth for Action, Hyderabad, on behalf of Christoffel Blindenmission, Germany.
Evaluation of the Rehaswiss Programme in India, for Rehaswiss, Switzerland, 1998.
Planning and designing of the methodology and content for the ‘Disability Development Workshop’ in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for NOVIB, and CORDAID, Netherlands, 1998.
Resource person at the CBR training course for Bangladesh Protibandhi Foundation, Dhaka, 1999.
Series Editor for Selected Readings in Community Based Rehabilitation, Series 1 : CBR in Transition, published by Action for Disability, UK, January 2000.
Designing the methodology of evaluation of InterLife -Bangladesh Disability Programme, for PMU, Sweden, February/March 2000.
Resource person at the CBR planning and strategy development training course for CATER Trust, Madurai, India, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, June 2000.
Designing the methodology of evaluation of ANKUR Project, College of Social Work, Bombay, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, September 2000.
Designing the methodology of Review and Strategic Planning for LAMB Hospital Disability Programme, Bangladesh, for WMPL, USA, March 2001.
Designing the methodology of evaluation of CRUTCH CBR Project, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, May 2001.
Designing the methodology of evaluation of CATER CBR Project, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, August 2001.
Evaluation of The Leprosy Mission India CBR Programme, on behalf of the Leprosy Mission, UK, June – January 2002.
Series Editor for Selected Readings in Community Based Rehabilitation, Series 2: Disability and Rehabilitation Issues in South Asia, published by Action for Disability, UK, January 2002.
Member, Interview board for medical undergraduate selection, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India -560034.
Mentor and facilitator for strategic planning for the Senior Management Team of Leonard Cheshire International Regional Office for South Asia.,
Conducting stress audit and developing counselling/mentoring strategies for SoCrates, Bangalore, a Toshiba Group company, 2005-2006
Member of interview panel for staff selection of Leonard Cheshire International – South Asia Regional Office.
Consultant to develop software systems for monitoring and analysis of USAID funded 5 country wheelchair service provision project of World Vision, US, June-September, 2014.