Areas of Interest / Research / Teaching
Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Chronic Pain & Somatization, Psycho Oncology & Palliative Care, Neuropsychiatry, Culture & Mental Health, Postgraduate training & teaching methods, Research Methodology & Ethics in research,
POSITIONS & EXPERIENCE
Clinical, Academic, & Research
(CONSULTANT, PSYCHIATRIST)
Senior Professor of Psychiatry
Oct 2015 to dec 2020
Dean, Behavioural Sciences
January 2016 to Jan 2019
Head, Department of Mental Health Education
December 2015 to March 2020
PUBLICATIONS
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Citations
More than 600 publications
in different International and National journals,
with more than 300 citations / listings in PUBMED / MEDLINE Books.
Edited and / or published twenty two Books, Manuals or Journals.
SOME Major Research Projects:
1981
• Indian Council of Medical Research funded Collaborative Study on Chronic pain, 1981.
1988 to 1990.
• Study of Somatic Symptoms in Cancer:
Manchester, England,
1988-1991
• Psychesthenic Syndrome attributed to vaginal discharge. NIMHANS project
1991 to 1993
• Prevalence of premenstrual symptoms and syndromes in Indian women NIMHANS Funded project
All Projects
HONOURS & AWARDS
1. Kalawati Jagannath Memorial Prize for the Best student in Pediatrics, 1976.
2. Bronze Medal for performance in M.D. ( Psychiatry ), 1981.
3. Tilak Venkoba Rao Award, Indian Psychiatric Society, 1988.
4. Poona Psychiatric Association Award II, 1987.
5. Bhagawat Award, of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 1988
