ORCID: 0000-0002-8191-9769
TEACHING, ACADEMIC & CLINICAL FOCUS AREAS
Oral health; Special Care Dentistry; Orofacial Function; Temporomandibular Disorders; Bruxism; Sleep Apnea; Swallowing Disorders; Central Facial Palsy; Motor learning.
ACADEMIC DEGREES
2022 - 2023 Leadership Development Program, AU, Denmark.
2020 - 2021 Masters in Swallowing Disorders, University Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain.
2016 - 2017 Postgraduate Diploma in Teacher Training Program (Pedagogical), AU.
2016 - 2017 Postgraduate Diploma in Swallowing Disorders, UAB, Spain.
2010 - 2013 PhD in Dentistry (Oral Neuroscience), AU, Denmark.
2002 - 2007 Bachelor of Dental Surgery (Equivalent to Danish Masters), Rajiv Gandhi University, India.
CURRENT ACADEMIC & TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2024 - 2026 Visiting Associate Professor, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
2023 - Oral Health Course Director for Allied Health Professionals, Central Denmark Hospitals.
2023 - 2025 Research Fellow, INTI International University, Malaysia.
2018 - Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, AU, Denmark.
2018 - Senior Researcher, HNRC, Central Denmark Regional Hospital, Denmark.
PAST ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2020 - 2022 Adjunct Associate Professor, JSS Academy of Higher Education, Mysore, India
2019 Adjunct Associate Professor, Mataro Hospital, UAB, Spain.
2014 - 2018 Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, AU, Denmark.
2012 Clinical Observer, Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, London, Canada.
2010 - 2013 PhD Fellow, Institute of Dentistry and Oral Health, AU, Denmark.
2008 Senior Research Fellow, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
PAST TEACHING APPOINTMENTS INCLUDING COURSES & WORSKSHOP ORGANIZER
2019 PhD course teaching: Translational Neurobiology of the Pain System XXIII: Provoke, Probe
and Modulate Pain Neuroplasticity, Aalborg University, Denmark.
2019 Lecturer of Dysphagia to Neurology residency program, Aarhus University Hospital.
2018 Lecturer for Postgraduate diploma program in swallowing disorders, UAB, Spain.
2013 Clinical Teacher, Institute of Dentistry and Oral Health, AU, Denmark.
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
2020- Principal Investigator: Staff-led interventions for oral care program in brain-injury patients.
2020 - 2023 Principal Investigator: Diagnosis and prevention of bruxism in brain-injured patients.
2019 Organizer and chair symposium for 25 Japanese health care professionals.
2017 - 2021 Principal Investigator: Development of an Oral Health Assessment tool and Treatment plan
2013- Team leader: Hindi translation for Diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders.
2011 - 2013 Youth Goodwill Ambassador: Represents Danish Universities for internationalization.
2011 - 2013 Member of AU PhD talent development program.
2011 - 2013 Represents AU at various platform and active blogger for asiancorrespondent.com.
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS, EDITORIAL WORK AND POSITION OF TRUST
2021 - 2023 Chairman and mid-term evaluation for PhD defense assessments.
2021 - Review Editor for Reconstructive Dentistry (Frontiers in Dental Medicine).
2021 - Topic Editor for Environmental Research and Public Health.
2014 - World Federation for Neurorehabilitation (WFNR).
2013 - Scandinavian Center for Oral Neuroscience (SCON).
2013 - European Society for Swallowing Disorders (ESSD).
2012 - Ad hoc Reviewer: Ageing & Research, Biogerontology, Brain Research, Dysphagia, Plos
one, Oral Rehabilitation, European Journal of Oral Sciences etc.
2010 - International Association of Dental Research (IADR).
ACADEMIC & CLINICAL CERTIFICATION COURSE
2020 PhD Supervision course, AU.
2015 Dysphagia and its management by neuromuscular electrical stimulation: clinical course.
2013 Bruxism and portable electromyography assessment: hands-on course, AU.
2013 Diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders: clinical course.
ACTIVE ACADEMIC INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS AND COOPERATION
Scientific collaborator Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong.
Teaching collaborator European Society for Swallowing Disorders, UAB, Mataro, Spain.
Scientific collaborator Oral rehabilitation group, School of Dentistry, Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
Scientific collaborator Department of Oral Function and Rehabilitation, Nihon University, Japan.
Academic collaborator Orofacial pain and Jaw function group at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Scientific collaborator Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India.
