Brief Sketch:

An alumni of GMC, Kota, Rajasthan (MBBS) and AIIMS, New Delhi (MD  Psychiatry), Dr. Rohit Verma further pursued his professional training at GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi and PGIMER RML Hospital, New Delhi as Senior Resident and Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi as Assistant Professor before rejoining AIIMS, New Delhi in the capacity of Assistant Professor from 2014. Apart from patient care, teaching and administrative responsibilities, he has been involved in research on various platforms. He has been commended for his work on disability in severe mental illness (Dr. BB Sethi Award) and disaster related mental health (Dr. GC Boral Award) by national societies. With interest towards the interface of Neurology and Psychiatry, he conducted research and was acclaimed for it by national and international research societies (Junior Scientist Award & Travel Grants). He is working in the field of Brain Mapping & Stimulation with state-of-the-art set up at AIIMS.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Medicine in Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi; completed Qualifying Examination 5/2005, Degree and Thesis completed 2008
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Rajasthan, Medical College, Kota, Rajasthan, 2002

Experience

• Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, July 2014 – Till Date
• Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Drug De-addiction, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Smt. S. K. Hospital, New Delhi India, January 2013 – July 2014
• Senior Resident, Academic-Regular, Department of Psychiatry and Drug De-addiction, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital New Delhi India, June 2010 – November 2012
• Senior Resident, Academic-Regular, Department of Psychiatry and Drug De-addiction, Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated group of hospitals, New Delhi India, January 2009 – April 2010
• Junior Resident, Academic-Regular, Department of Psychiatry and Drug De-addiction, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, New Delhi India, July 2005 – Dec 2008
• Predoctoral Internship, Maharao Bhim Singh Hospital, Government Medical College, Kota, Rajasthan, India, 12/2002-12/2003

Areas of Interest

• Brain Stimulation – ECT, rTMS, TBS, tDCS
• Brain Mapping – QEEG, ERP, fNIRS
• Movement Disorders –Neuropsychological underpinnings
• mHealth – Mobile App development for management of Mental Illness
• Severe Mental Illness – FEP biological underpinnings, Botulinum toxin for sialorrhoea

Awards & Honours

• Indian Council of Medical Research Financial Assistance Grant to MD/MS/DM/MCH Thesis Programme - Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, 2006
• Congress Travel Award by Melvin Yahr International Parkinson’s Disease Foundation and Association of Parkinsonism and RelatedDisorders - XIX World Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders, Kenes International, Shanghai, China, 2011
• Dr. B. B. Sethi Award - Indian Association of Social Psychiatry, Patna, 2011
• Fellowship Travel Award by Y-Mind Sao Paulo Advanced Science School, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), State of São Research Funding Agency (FAPESP) - Y-Mind: The Cutting-Edge Science for Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Prevention, São Paulo, Brazil, 2013
• Congress Travel Award by Melvin Yahr International Parkinson’s Disease Foundation and Association of Parkinsonism and RelatedDisorders - XX World Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders, Kenes International, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014
• Dr. G. C. Boral Award II - Indian Association of Social Psychiatry, Mysore, 2014
• Indian Council of Medical Research International Travel Grant for Non-ICMR Scientists - Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, 2015
• Travel Award by The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society- 2^nd Middle East Camp for Parkinson’s, Movement Disorders, and Neuromodulation, Dubai, UAE, 2015
• AIIMS Intramural Research Grant- New Delhi, 2015-17
• Junior Scientist Award by The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society– 5^th Asian and Oceanian Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Congress, Manila, Philippines, 2016
• Travel Award by The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society- 3^rd Taiwan International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, Taiwan, 2017

Posts, memberships and fellowships

• Assistant Editor:Asian Journal of Cognitive Neurology
• Member, Editorial Board: International Journal of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Technical Expert: National Accreditation Board of Hospitals, National AIDS Control Organization
• Geriatric Teaching Expert: National Institute of Social Defense
• ECT Expert: National Human Rights Commission
• Expert Committee Member, Disability Certification in Mental Illness: Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Member of –

• Delhi Psychiatric Society (DPS)
• Indian Medical Association (IMA)
• Indian Association for Social Psychiatry (IASP)
• Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS)
• Indian Psychiatric Society - North Zone (IPS-NZ)
• Asian Society Against Dementia (ASAD)
• Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health (CCSMH)
• Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorder (APRD)
• Movement Disorder Society(MDS)

Investigator/co-investigator in funded projects

• A study of brain activation using functional near infrared spectroscopy and quantitative electro-encephalographic spectral analysis in catatonia – Ongoing (funded by AIIMS Intramural Grant; 2015-17)
• A prospective study of sleep pattern, perceived stress and coping strategies in first year medical undergraduate students – Ongoing (funded by AIIMS Intramural Grant; 2016-17)

Investigator/ co-investigator in non-funded projects

• Comparison of the effectiveness of Music and Yoga Nidra for brain activation: randomized controlled pilot study – Completed in June 2016
• A retrospective chart review of the pattern and outcome of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) therapy in a tertiary care centre – Completed in February 2016
• Development of A Mobile Based Intervention Framework for Difficult to Treat Severe Mental Illnesses in Low-Resource Settings – Ongoing
• A cross-sectional study of association of illness disability and cognitive functioning in patients to caregiver needs in first episode schizophrenia – Ongoing
• A retrospective chart review of the pattern and outcome of electroconvulsive therapy in a tertiary care centre – Ongoing
• A pilot randomized controlled trial of targeted prefrontal cortex modulation with bilateral transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for reducing craving in patients with opioid dependence – Ongoing
• A study of allocentric neural navigation process schematic utilizing dynamic optic array for prospective control – Ongoing

Thesis supervised for MD/ PhD

• - as guide (None)
• -as co-guide (1- Completed; 4 - Ongoing)

Any other relevant information

Technology Development

• Mobile app for activity scheduling and monitoring of patients with severe mental illnesses (SMIs), 2016 {e-Harmony}

Collaborations

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
• Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi

Community Work

• Provided specialist services at Medical Camp in Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh - 2016
• Provided specialist services at Medical Camp in Leh, Laddkah – 2016
• Provided specialist services at Medical Camp in Morena, Madhya Pradesh – 2017
• Public lectures for community awareness towards mental illness

Presentations at scientific meetings/ conferences/ workshops (Previous two years)

• Symposium Lecture – 22^nd World Congress of Social Psychiatry (WASP-2016), New Delhi, India; Nov 2016: Disability in patients with dual diagnosis & time for paradigm shift in care.
• Symposium Lecture – 22^nd World Congress of Social Psychiatry (WASP-2016), New Delhi, India; Dec 2016: Mobile telephony in mental health: relevance for social psychiatry in south asia.
• Presentation – Mental Health: Sensing and Intervention, UBICOMP Workshop 2016;Harmony: Close Knitted mHealth Assistance for Patients, Caregivers and Doctors for Managing SMIs.
• Presentation – 5^th Asian and Oceanian Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Congress (AOPMC), Manila, Philippines, March 2016: A comparison of depressive symptoms and sleep disturbances in individuals with Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson plus syndrome.
• Symposium Lecture – World Psychiatric Association Regional Congress 2015, Kochi, India; Sept 2015: Improving communication with the caregivers of persons with mental illness
• Symposium Lecture – 40^th Annual Conference of IPSNZ 2015, Srinagar, India; Oct 2015: The Broken Mind: Post Disaster Psychological Sequel
• Symposium Lecture – 22^nd National Conference of Indian Association for Social Psychiatry (NCIASP-2015), Agra, India; Nov 2015: Stigma and Mental Disorders: What happens when psychiatric disorders and substance use disorders co-occur?
• Symposium Lecture – National Conference of Physiology and Pharmacology (APPICON-2015), Jodhpur, India; Nov 2015: Cognitive remediation
• Presentation – 1st International Brain Stimulation Conference, Singapore, March 2015:  Effectiveness and tolerability of voltage dependent and time dependent brief pulse electro-convulsive mechanisms.
• Presentation – 1st International Brain Stimulation Conference, Singapore, March 2015:  Response rate of rTMS in treatment refractory OCD as a variable of gender endotypic expression.

Organization

Dept. of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029, India

Areas of Expertise

Trauma psychology (disaster, physical & sexual abuse, domestic violence, dissociative disorders), Home and Community Based Psychosocial Trauma Intervention, Trauma FocusedCBT for children & adults, CBT for Depression & Anxiety, Supportive therapy,Marital therapy and Stress& Conflict management.

Areas of Expertise

Trauma psychology (disaster, physical & sexual abuse, domestic violence, dissociative disorders), Home and Community Based Psychosocial Trauma Intervention, Trauma FocusedCBT for children & adults, CBT for Depression & Anxiety, Supportive therapy,Marital therapy and Stress& Conflict management.

Key Areas of Expertise in conducting Training Programmes/Workshops

Training Programmes:

• One and two weeks training/training of trainers’programme on Community based Disaster Psychosocial Support
• One week training programme on Needs of Children in Disasters
• One week training programme on Community based Disaster Management
• One week training programme on stress management
• trong>Training-Workshopson (Duration: 1-6 days):
• Trauma focused CBT (separately for disaster, sexual abuse, domestic violence survivors)
• CBT for Anxiety & Depression
• CBT for Couple Therapy
• Stress, Compassion fatigue,& Burnout Management
• Conflict Management
• Assessment & Intervention in Traumatic Lifevents in Childhood
• Executive Leadership Development & OB Lab
• Interpersonal Relationship and Social Skills

Symposiums conducted/Invited lectures/Key Presentations made at Scientific meetings, conferences,workshops.
Bold indicates the name of the presenter.

• Sagar S, Satapathy S, Sagar R (2017). Conducted a workshop on Safe Behaviours on Road for IIT students on 18^thFeb 2017 at IIT Delhi, India.
• Satapathy S(2017). Invited lecture on conflict management skills in workplace during the workshop on human relationship skills in the work place on 21 Feb 2017 at AIIMS, New delhi.
• Satapathy S(2016). Presented an oral paper on traumatic life events in childhood and subsequent adult sexual offendersduring the World Conference on Social Psychiatry held from 30^thNov-4^thDec 2016 at New Delhi, India.
• Symposium on: Trauma in Children and Adolescents with Sexual Abuse in India: A Current Update on Impact, Assessment, Clinical Management and Policy Framework. Satapathy S, Sagar R,Sharma R, MahapatraA,Choudhary V(2016). 22^ndInternational Conference on Child & Adolescent Psychiatry scheduled from 18-22 Sept 2016 at Calgary, Canada.
• Satapathy S, Sagar R, Sharma R, Choudhary V (2016). Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Children with ADHD in India in last 40 Years:  Where Do We Stand?22^ndInternational Conference on Child & Adolescent Psychiatry scheduled from 18-22 Sept 2016 at Calgary, Canada.
• Satapathy S, Sharma R, Sagar R, Choudhary V & MohapatraA (2016). Psychological Correlates associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children  and Adolescents Diagnosed With Dissociative Disorders. 22^ndInternational Conference on Child & Adolescent Psychiatry scheduled from 18-22 Sept 2016 at Calgary, Canada.
• Satapathy S, Choudhary V, Sharma R & MohapatraA (2016).Adverse Childhood Experiences And Other Psychosocial Correlates Of Adult Males Accused Of Sexual Offences:
  An Exploratory Study.22^ndInternational Conference on Child & Adolescent Psychiatry scheduled from 18-22 Sept 2016 at Calgary, Canada.
• Satapathy S(2016). Invited lecture on Intervention on Psycho-Social support for victims and offenders of sexual violence during a two days national seminar on Sexual abuse from 14-15 August at Goa, India
• Satapathy S (2016). Aseries of half day invited workshop on essential human skills for hospital managers for the target audience of CMOs/CCMOs of UP State government during Executive Development Training Programme conducted by SGPGI, Lucknow, India.
• Gupta S &Satapathy S(2016). Conducted a workshop on Psychological First Aid for Nurses working in Trauma Centre, during the World Trauma Conference held at AIIMS. 
• Satpathy S (2016).Invited lecture on attitudes of the critical care team towards the patients and their caregivers during the workshop on critical care nursing held on 23 Feb 2016 at AIIMS, New Delhi.
• Satapathy S. Memebr of SAARC Regional Consultative Meeting to Identify Priorities of Actions for Children in South Asia Living in Changing Climate, 7-9 Sept 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Satapathy S, Swain R, &Behera C. Poster on Correlates of Personality and Tattoos in female suicides. 6^thWorld Congress on Women’s Mental Health. March 22-25, 2015, Hotel Keio Plaza. Tokyo, Japan
• Satapathy SPoster on Trauma-focused CBT for Sexually Abused Female Adolescents- A group therapy model. 6^thWorld Congress on Women’s Mental Health. March 22-25, 2015, Hotel Keio Plaza. Tokyo, Japan
• Satapathy S. (2015). Chairing a concurrent session on Stress and Health (6^thNov 2015) during the 2^ndInternational Conference on “Stress Management Professional” -ICSMP 2015, 6-7 Nov 2015, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500045, India
• Satapathy S(2015). Presentation during the panel discussion on Need for Stress Counseling protocol for Professional approach on 7^thNov. 2015 during the 2^ndInternational Conference on “Stress Management Professional”-ICSMP 2015, 6-7 Nov 2015, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500045, India
• Satapathy S. (2015). Symposium on Psychosocial Adversities and Psychological Trauma in Children: Key Frameworks during 13^thAnnual Conference on Indian Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 19-21 Nov 2015, AFMC Auditorium, AFMC, Pune, India
• Satapathy, S.(2015). “Current Psychotherapeutic Approaches, Psychosocial Adversities (including disasters) and Psychological Trauma in Children: Indian scenario” during 13^thAnnual Conference on Indian Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 19-21 Nov 2015, AFMC Auditorium, AFMC, Pune, India
• Satapathy, S(2014).Invited lecture during the“State Level Conference on “Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation” at Police Auditorium Gulshan Ground, Jammu” on 12 Feb 2014
• Satapathy, S (2014). Essential Components of Community Based Modified TFCBT for Traumatic events Affected Children, 40^thAnnual Conf. of IACP, 28 Feb-2 March 2014, Chennai, India
• Satpathy S. Invited Oral PPT presentation on the electronic version of the  Poster “Community based TF-CBT for Sexually Abused Adolescents in Disaster Affected Areas”. Asia-Pacific Workshop on Building Individual and Organizational Capacity for Psychological Interventions after Disasters. December 7-12 2014, SWT University, Mianyang, Sichuan, China
• Satapathy, S& Mehta, M. (April-2013). National Guidelines on  PSSMHS-Country position, India, South Asia Regional Advocates CapacityBuilding Workshop on IASC Guidelines for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings, 23rd – 27th April 2013, at Pegasus Reef Hotel, Hendala, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Lecture on Inetrpersonal Communication: Principles and Process during the Wrokshop on Communictaion skills for 2^ndsemester MBBS students on 30^thJanuary 2016 at LT-I, AIIMS, New Delhi
• Lecture on Gender/social/cultural sensitivity in clinical communicating during the Wrokshop on Communictaion skills for 2^ndsemester MBBS students on 7^thFebruary 2016 at LT-I, AIIMS, New Delhi
• Conducted a Half-day Workshop on Coping with Stress for nurses, lectures and tutors of the Nursing College of AIIMS on 10^thMarch 2016, organized by the Nursing College, AIIMS, New Delhi during a 3 days programme on Psychiatric Nursing Update for nurses from 9-11 March 2016 at Education Hall, CEMET, AIIMS, New Delhi.
• Invited lecture on Attitudes of Critical Care Team on 23 Feb 2016 during a two-day workshop on Critical Care Nursing, organized by the Nursing College, AIIMS, New Delhi, from 22-23 Feb 2016 at Education Hall, CEMET, AIIMS, New Delhi.
• Lecture on “Communication in Teams: Principle, Process and Barriers” during half-day workshop on communication skills for JRs, SRs, and Faculty on 30^thOct 2015 at CMET, AIIMS, New Delhi. 
• Lecture on “stress management” at UGC-HRDC Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education, Delhi University during the Orientation programme for university teachers from June 8-July 4 2015 (on 17^thJune 2015).
• Lecture on Understanding sex, gender and gender sensitization and one group activity session on Myths, Facts, and experiences during the two day workshop titled “ Awareness and sensitization on child sexual abuse in Sports Academies” 22-23 July 2015 at Sports authority of India, Patiala, Punjab, India.
• Resource person for the audio recording (27^thOct 2015) on Psychological assessments in mental disorders for the programmes on PG Diploma in Mental Health (PGDMH) of IGNOU, New Delhi
• Chairing a session during A South Asia regional advocacy for capacity building on Inter Agency Standing Committee Guidelines (MHPSS) in emergency settings: April-2013 in Sri Lanka
• Presented a paper on “Combined effort of Art of Living, Counseling, CBT and Medical Treatment on specific mental disorders: Some Interventional Case Studies”, National Conference on Yoga and Indian Approaches to Psychology, at Pondicherry, India, 29^thSep –1^stOct, 2002.
• Presented a paper on “Factors Affecting Rural Women Entrepreneurship”, in National Seminar on Structure of Employment and its interface with Technology, IIT Delhi, 27^th-28^thMarch, 2002.
• A paper on “Mental Health of Visually and Hearing Impaired Adolescents, Presented in Award Session of National Conference on Researches in Clinical Psychology, AIIMS, Delhi, February 2002.
• Presented a paper on “Impact of Background Differences on Some Selected Psychosocial Variables: A Study of Women Entrepreneurs in Food Processing Enterprises”, Fifth Biennial Conference on Current Trends in Entrepreneurship Research, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad, 9-11 January, 2003. Proceedings- page number. 1-21
• A Paper on Mental Health Consequences of Kumbakonam School Fire Tragedy was presentedat the National Workshop on Mainstreaming Psychosocial Care into Disaster Management Framework, 23-25 Nov 2004
• A Paper on “A SWOT analysis of New Delhi s coping capacity in the event of a major earthquake” was accepted for the Poster Presentationin The 16^thWorld Conference on Disaster Reduction, 18-21^stJune 2006, Toronto, Canada
• A Paper on “A SWOT analysis of New Delhi’ s coping capacity in the event of a major earthquake- Coping with Health Emergencies” was presentedin India Disaster Management Congress, 27-28 Nov 2006, at VigyanBhawan, New Delhi.
• A Paper on “Emerging need of community based disaster psychosocial care: experience of Kumbakonam school fire tragedy” was presentedin India Disaster Management Congress,27-28 Nov 2006, at VigyanBhawan New Delhi
• A paper on Disasters & Disability: Issues & Concerns was presented at the National Workshop on Needs of Children in Disasters, 14-15 December 2006, New Delhi, India.
• A paper on Disability Issues in Disasters was presented at the International Conference on “International Conference on Tsunami Preparedness of Persons with Disabilities, 11-12 January 2007, Royal Phuket City Hotel, Phuket, Thailand
• A paper on Children with Special Vulnerabilities- Role of Pediatricians was presented at National Conference on Children in Disasters, 8-9 September 2007 at New Delhi, India.
• A paper on Disaster Psychosocial Care & Mental Health Services: NIDM’s Experience was presented at National Conference on Psychosocial Support & Mental Health Services in Disasters, 26-27 November 2007 at NIMHANS, Bangalore, India.
• A paper on Women with Critical Health Care Needs in Emergencies: A Field Operational Model to Reduce Psychological Distress would be presented (poster) at 3^rdInternational Congress on Women’s Mental Health, 17-20 March 2008, Melbourne, Australia.
• A paper onMental Health of Disaster Affected Women in India: Study of a Fire Disaster was presented (oral) at 3^rdInternational Congress on Women’s Mental Health, 17-20 March 2008, Melbourne, Australia.
• Three papers (one oral & two poster) at XXIX International Congress of Psychology, 20-25 July 2008, Berlin, Germany
• One paper (oral) on Cultural Practices in Post-Disaster Psychosocial Care & Mental Health Services: A Tool Kit for Practitioners at IACCP, August, 2008 at Bremen, Germany – Could not attend due to personal problems
• Sekar K &Satapathy S(2010). Determinants of Psychosocial Health of Tsunami Affected People with Disability: Research Difficulties & Issues.
• Satapathy S&Sekar K (2010). Psychological Functioning of Tsunami Affected People with Disabilities.
• Both papers: oral presentation at the International Conference on Rebuilding Sustainable Communities with the Elderly and Disabled People after Disasters, from 12-15 July 2010 at Boston, USA.
• Satapathy, S&Sekar, K (2011). Psychological Distress, Quality of Life and Post-traumatic Stress among Tsunami affected People With Disabilities, 17th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, 31 May- 4 June 2011, Beijing, China
• Satapathy, S (2011). Mental Health Impact of Natural Disasters in India in past two decades, December 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia
• Satapathy, S (2012). Psychological Interventions for Disaster Affected Children: Field practices in India, February 2012, Beijing, China

Principal Investigator in funded project (2005 onwards)

Total: 3 between 2005-2012

2015 Sept-2017 March One intramural funding

Satapathy, S, Sagar R, Sharma R, and Choudhary V (2017). 18 months duration. Development of a non-computer based manual cognitive training kit for children with ADHD between 6-11 years of age.

Investigator in non-funded project along with year 2012-2017

Satapathy S, Chadha RK, Bakhshi S, Rath GK. Kaushal T (2015) Development of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behaviour Intervention & Family Therapy Module for Child & Adolescent Cancer Survivors.

Satapathy S, Sagar R, Choudhary V, Sharma R, &Mohapatra A (2016). Psychological Correlates associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with Dissociative Disorders.

Satapathy S, Choudhary V, Swain R, Behera C, Sharma R, &Mohapatra A. (2016). Psychosocial Correlates of Adult Male Accused of Sexual Offences: An Exploratory Study.

Dissertation supervision (Co-Guide) for M.Sc. nursing/ MD/DM students 2012-2017

Total: 12

Chief-guide in Ph.D Thesis

• Child Sexual Abuse: Development of Multidimensional scale and Psychological Trauma Focused Intervention Module, Ph.D in Clinical Psychology, Dept. of Psychiatry, AIIMS
• Psycho-behavioural and Cognitive Functioning of Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: Development and Feasibility of Composite Psychological Intervention Module

Co-guide in Ph.D thesis (on going)

Cancer in Older Adults: The development of a comprehensive screening tool and biomarkers, Ph.D student of Dept. of Geriatric Medicine, AIIMS

Funded extra-mural project as PI- Waiting for financial approval

Initial approval of ICMR Research project on “Development of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behaviour Intervention & Family Therapy Module for Child & Adolescent Cancer Survivors”

Extra-mural funded project. As Co-PI

Online survey (web based) on knowledge-attitude and perception of the young generation (age 14 to 30 years) about elderly health of various states of India, - a pilot initiative. Dr. PrasoonChattarjee, Asst. Prof., Geriatric Medicine –PI. Funded by Times Group, India

Members expert committee-

• National Committee Member of Central Adoption Resource Agency of Ministry of Women & Children of Govt. of India for clearance of inter-country adoptions. 
• Psychological evaluation and selection interview of Candidates for Antarctica expedition of Ministry of Earth Sciences of Govt. of India
• SAARC Regional Expert consultative meeting for Children living in changing climate in South Asia
• Member of expert resource persons Committee for the development of comprehensive e-learning course Disaster management. (Developed Course-4: Psychosocial support and mental health services management during emergencies in India) by Centre for Development of Advance Computing (CDAC, Govt. of India). Audio-visual lecture series materials were developed for e-education of public in general, students and professionals working in this area in particular. 

Fellowships/Honour/Award

• Mentor of DU Innovative Research Project--Status of Electronic Gadget Usages and its impact on Physical & Mental Health during Adolescence through Young Adulthood: An Exploratory Study 2016.
• ICSSR Ph. D. Fellowship
• Prof. Anima Sen Award(A cash of Rs. 1000/ and a certificate) for the best research paper in –2002 (Disabilities & Impairments Journal) ----February 2004
• World Bank Institute Faculty Development Programme Short-term Fellowship (3 months) at University College London, London, UK -2009:Earthquake risk perception and risk reduction behavior analysis in Turkey, Japan, USA.
• FICDM– Fellow Member, International Congress of Disaster Management.
• International consultantfor development of teacher training curriculum on disaster management for govt. of Sri Lanka, 16-20 April 2007 at Colombo. School Curriculum development on disaster management, life competency skills at primary and secondary level.
• International Member of UNICEF MENA Pool of DRR Expertsfor any disaster intervention for children
• In-service professional Training: Disaster psychosocial therapeutic intervention, Hypnosis, Patients’ emotions management, counseling skills, disability management, training skills, development & management of virtual training courses (World Bank Institute, Washington), etc
• Life Membership in Indian/International Professional Bodies: Life Member of Delhi Association of Clinical Psychologists. Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry Psychological Association,Indian Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Indian Association of Health Psychology, Indian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Indian Association of Geriatric Mental Health,International Association of Women’s Mental Health.
• Associate Member (2008, 2009): American Psychological Association
• Member:Association of Psychological Sciences
• Invited resource person in many government institutes
  • 1. One Two-week international Course on Disaster Risk Management & Schools (31^stJuly-11 August 2006) for Sri Lankan School Principals and Authorities- as Nodal Officer & Course Director
  • 2. One 6 day training course on School Safety for Sri Lankanteachers-2008- course Director & Nodal Officer
  • 3. Part of the course team for a 15 day training course on General Disaster Management for participant from 24 African Countries-2010, 2011, 2012
  • 4. Coordinator of 5- day training-cum workshop on Children in Disasters for 8 SAARC countriesfrom 7-11 Feb 2011 at Hyderabad, India.UNICEF & save the Children and SAARC Disaster Management Centre are the partners

Reviewers/Member of Editorial Board

J of Child Psychology & Psychiatry/International J of Psychological Counseling/International J of Medicine/Australian e-Journal of Advancement on Mental Health/International Journal of Organisational Culture, Case Studies/Educational Research/South Asian J of Disaster Studies/Disaster Advances-An International Journal/Journal of Mental Health & Human Behaviour/Indian J of Community Medicine/J of Indian Association of Applied Psychology/J of Emergency Management/J of Trauma & Treatment