2010-2023 Special Educator, Mental Health Foundation, Kolkata Member of the multi-disciplinary team at MHF, Kolkata as special educator. My clinical responsibilities consisted of working directly with individuals and their families, and outreach and training engagements required me to create resource materials and present at conferences and workshops. 2022 Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services Empanelled consultant for diversity, inclusion, disability and mental health for the global Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) community. 2022 Advocacy Project, Inclu.de & Newsreel Asia Extraordinary: Personal Stories of Autism. https://www.newsreel.asia/extraordinary?rq=extraordinary Launch of the Extraordinary Series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf3BRlOP8tU 2021 Co Founder, Inclu.de To work in the space of neurodiversity, design and inclusion. 2020-2021 Head of Living and Learning, India Autism Center As Head of Learning and Living my work consisted of planning the spaces and programmes within the IAC for the residence, school, college, arts, vocational and professional training centres. It also included coordinating with the Design, Research, and Events and Conference branches of the organisation. 2018-2020 Consultant, India Autism Center Consultant to the IAC for the residence and learning centres. Supporting the Design, Research, and Events and Conference branches of the organisation. 2019 Co-founder, Ainaa Partnered with Trishala Kanakia to conduct reflective mental health workshops using Narrative Ideas and Practices. 2014-2015 Resource Material Creation • Lead author on a manual for Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Delay for the ‘Jan Man Swasth’ program funded by the Jamshedji Tata Trust. This included researching and writing the manual, which includes identification and intervention strategies for ID. • Edited all content for the Action for Autism, Delhi, website. • Edited the Trauma Informed Care Kit (TICK) document for the Acid Survivors Foundation India. 2009-2012 Special Educator, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata One to one clinical work with individuals and families. 2009 ADOS Training, Institute of Child Health, London. Trained in ADOS administration at UCL Institute of Child Health in collaboration with the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. 2009-2013 Principal Investigator, Epidemiological Research on Autism Principal Investigator on a research study on Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) in India in collaboration with the National Centre for Autism, New Delhi, and the Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University, UK. • Grant awarded by: Autism Speaks, New York, USA. Grant period: May 2009 – May 2010 (Extension till June 2011) • Grand awarded by: Groden Centre, USA. Grant Period: May 2012 – June 2013 The team translated and validated diagnostic and screening tools for ASC, namely the Autism Diagnostic Observational Schedule (ADOS), Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ), Ten Questions (TQ) and Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ), into Hindi and Bengali. A 3-stage pilot prevalence study was undertaken in 2 phases as well using these tools. 2007 Founder, Creating Connections Set up the Creating Connections consultancy for disability and mental health. 2003-2005 MSc. Applied Psychology, Brunel University, London. Dissertation Topic: Recognition of Autism, using the DMS-IV criteria, among Paediatricians, Psychologists, and Psychiatrists in Calcutta, India. 2002-2003 Diploma in Special Education, Action for Autism, Delhi, India Hands on training at the National Centre for Autism ‘Action for Autism’ in Delhi, India, in Learning and Behavioural Support for neurodivergent individuals. Work involved counselling parents • conducting Functional Assessments • writing progress reports and Individual Educational Plans • conducting group, and one to one sessions. 2000-2001 Co-worker & Foundation Course Certification, Camphill Blair Drummond, Scotland, UK Co-worker at Camphill Blair Drummond, Scotland, an integrated community, caring for young adults with special needs. Responsible for the direct physical and mental welfare of a young woman with Autism and Epilepsy • Taught myself the Makaton Sign Language.