Policy development and strategy planning assignments
1. Development of policies and strategies on disability for Actionaid-India, 1988-1996.
2..Assistance in the development of Comprehensive Rehabilitation in India, for the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA), India, 1990.
3.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, 1991.
4.Member of the Expert Group to advise ACTIONAID?Kenya on CBR programme planning and development, 1993.
5.Member of a Consultation Group to discuss policies and plans for rehabilitation in India, organised by the Ministry of Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, 1993.
6. Delegate representing Government of India at the Seminar of NGOs on Problems and Issues Affecting Disabled Persons in SAARC Countries, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1993.
7. Assistance in formulating policies for rehabilitation in India for MISEREOR, Germany.
8. Facilitation of setting up an autonomous liaison body to promote employment opportunities for disabled people, in collaboration with the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Delhi, 1994.
9. Member of the Sub?Committee to formulate the revised National Plan for Rehabilitation, constituted by the Ministry of Welfare, Government of India, 1994.
10. Assistance in planning rehabilitation services in Lebanon, on behalf of ACTIONAID?UK and M.Jallad & Sons, Caterpiller Inc., Lebanon, 1994-5.
11. Assistance in developing policies in rehabilitation for ACTIONAID?Bangladesh, 1994.
12. Member of the Expert Group on CBR, constituted by the Rehabilitation Council of India, Ministry of Welfare, Government of India, 1994.
13. Assistance in initiating CBR programmes of ACTIONAID-Nepal, 1995
14. Member of the Selection Panel for the National Awards on Handicapped Welfare, constituted by the Ministry of Welfare, Government of India, 1995.
15. Member of the Expert Panel on Disability, Council for Advancement of Participatory Action and Rural Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, 1995.
16. Preparation of a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Plan to Integrate Community Based Rehabilitation into the Welfare Programmes of Tata Tea Ltd., Munnar, Kerala, 1995.
17. Preparation of a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Plan to Integrate CBR into Primary Health Care Systems of Karuna Trust, Yelandur, Mysore, 1996.
18. Preparation of a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Plan to Integrate CBR into the Community Development Programmes of SAMBHAV project, Gwalior, 1996.
19. Development of the Policy document for the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi, 1997.
20. Consultant for the development of a regional strategy on disability for Oxfam South Asia Region, Bangladesh, 1999.
21. Member of the Technical Reference Panel for Rehabilitation, The Leprosy Mission International, UK, 2000-2005.
22. Resource person for the future strategy development for Centre for Rehabilitation of Paralysed, Dhaka, February 2000.
23. Review and Strategic Planning for LAMB Hospital Disability Programme, Bangladesh, for WMPL, USA, March 2001.
24.Review and strategic planning for the 9th Five Year Plan on CBR, for the Royal Government of Bhutan, May 2002.
25.Facilitator at 2 strategic planning workshops for the Callan Services for Disabled, Papua New Guinea, June 2002.
26.Strategy Planning for a country-wide CBR Programme, United aid for Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan, April 2004.
27.Review and strategic planning for John Grooms Overseas, Sri Lanka, June - December 2005
28.Strategic Advisor and Consultant on developing CBR, Ministry of Health, Govt of Vietnam and MCNV Netherlands, Hanoi, January 2005, August 2005 and August 2006.
29.Strategic Advisor and Consultant to CORDAID, Netherlands on developing strategies and partnerships for programmes for persons with mental handicap in India, 2005 to date.
Capacity building and training assignments
1.Facilitation and initiation of elective placement of students from the National Institute of Mentally Handicapped, India; and from the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia, at CBR projects in India, 1994.
2. Facilitator of the discussion group on `Evaluation of CBR projects' at the International Workshop on Developing Guidelines for CBR, organised by AIFO and WHO, Rome, 1995.
3.Orientation programme on CBR in India for policy planners/rehabilitation managers of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, Beijing, 1996.
4.Orientation programme on CBR in India for CBR managers from the Ministry of Health and World Vision, Myanmar, 1996.
5. Orientation programme on CBR for the Advisor - Rehabilitation of the Ministry of Health, Ethiopia, 1997.
6.Organisation of workshops on planning and management for disability projects of Misereor in the Southern and Northern regions of India, 1997.
7.Resource person at a 3 day workshop on community based rehabilitation for personnel involved in leprosy rehabilitation programmes, organised by INF Leprosy Project, Pokhara, Nepal, 1997.
8.Resource person at an international training programme for CBR planners and managers, organised by UNDP and Christoffel Blinden Mission, Tanzania, Africa, 1997.
9.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. 1997.
10.Resource person at an international training programme for CBR planners and managers, organised by UNDP and Christoffel Blinden Mission, Ahmedabad, India, 1998.
11.Resource person for the workshop on CBR for partners of Christoffel Blindenmission, Hyderabad, India, 1998.
12.Resource person at the satellite workshop on CBR, at the 11th Rehabilitation International Conference of the Asia Pacific Region, Hong Kong, 1998.
13.Resource person at the workshop on ‘Sustainability of CBR Projects’ organised by the WHO Collaborating Centre on Rehabilitation, at Tongji Hospital Rehabilitation Dept, Wuhan, China, 1998.
14. Resource person for the CBR Training Course for CBR Managers, organised by Ministry of Health, Govt. of Myanmar, and World Vision, Myanmar, Yangon, 1999.
15.Planning, designing of the methodology and content, and facilitating the ‘Disability Development Workshop’ in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for NOVIB, and CORDAID, Netherlands, 1999.
16.Resource person for the CBR Training Course for Navajeevana, and other partners of CBM South Asia Regional Office, Tangalle, Sri Lanka, 1999.
17.Resource person at the CBR training course for Bangladesh Protibandhi Foundation, Dhaka, 1999.
18.Resource person for the strategy development for a model CBR project for Myanmar, for World Vision, Myanmar, March 2000.
19.Resource person at the CBR planning and strategy development training course for CATER Trust, Madurai, India, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, June 2000.
20.Resource person for the workshops on improving community participation in leprosy programmes of the Leprosy Mission India, November 2000.
21.Resource person at the Training of Trainers workshop on community based rehabilitation for World Vision Myanmar, December 2000.
22.Resource person for a workshop on community participation for Superintendents of the Leprosy Mission, India, February 2001.
23.Resource Person at the Project Leaders’ Meeting, CBM South Asia Regional Office (North), Ahmedabad, April 2001.
24.Resource person at the CBR Managers’ Training Programme organised by Christoffelblinden Mission, Ethiopia, October 2001.
25.Resource person at the AIFO International Partners’ Meeting, Bologna, Italy, October 2001.
26.Resource person for a workshop on community participation for Superintendents of the Leprosy Mission, India, February 2002.
27.Resource person at the workshop on planning and monitoring of CBR projects, for CORDAID disability partners in Bangladesh, July 2002.
28.Resource person at the workshop on planning and monitoring of CBR projects, for REACH, Kolkata, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, September 2002.
29.Resource person at the International Training Course for CBR Managers, organised by ENABLEMENT, Netherlands, October 2002.
30.Resource person at the workshop to identify training needs and resources for the health staff of Government of Gujarat, Ahmedabad, October and December 2002.
31.Invited discussant at the International Review of Training in CBR, AIFO, Bologna, Italy, February 2003.
32.Resource Person at the UNESCAP Workshop on Women with Disability, Bangkok, Thailand, August 2003,
33.Resource Person at the JICA Training Programme on Intellectual Disabilities, Tokyo, Japan, August 2003.
34.Faculty at the International Training Course for CBR Managers, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 2004.
35.Review of CBR and Training of Managers, United aid for Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan, April 2005.
36.Faculty at the International CBR Management Training Programme Enablement, Netherlands, October 2004.
37.Resource Persons at UNESCAP Workshop on Poverty and Disability, Bangkok, July 2005.
38.Faculty at the International CBR Management Training Programme Enablement, Netherlands, March 2006.
39.Resource person at the UNESCAP Workshop to Review the Biwako Millenium Framework. Bangkok, July 2006.
40. Resource Person at the Regional Meeting of Leonard Cheshire International, South Asia Region, Sri Lanka, December 2006.
41. Resource Person at the CORDAID Partners’ Meeting, Hyderabad, India, January 2007
42.Resource Person at the CBR Managers’ Training Programme organised by CBM –West Africa, Nigeria, March 2007
43. Resource person at the International Disability Management Course organised by Enablement Netherlands, October 2007.
44. Resource person at the field validation of WHO CBR Guidelines, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2007.
45. Resource person at the CBR Management Training Programme for partners of CORDAID, SKN and SLF, Guntur, India, January 2008.
46. Resource person at the workshop on Leprosy and CBR, International Leprosy Congress, Hyderabad, India, February 2008.
47. Resource Person at the International CBR Managers’ Training organised by Enablement, Netherlands, October 2008
Evaluation assignments
1.Situation analysis of the Physiotherapy Centre at IRDT, Dharmapuri, funded by Titan Industries Ltd., Bangalore, India, 1996.
2.Evaluation of the Caritas Nederland funded programmes of the National Association of the Blind, Bangalore, India, 1996.
3 Evaluation of the Silent Valley Project for Hearing Impaired Women, funded by Caritas Nederland, Thrissur, Kerala, India, 1997.
4. Evaluation of Mobility India, Bangalore, India, 1997.
5. Evaluation of Hearing Impaired Children Trust, Sri Lanka, on behalf of Misereor, Germany, 1997.
6.Evaluation of Navajeevana CBR Programme, Tangalle, Sri Lanka, on behalf of Christoffel Blindenmission, Germany, 1998.
7. Evaluation of Bangladesh Protibandhi Foundation, Dhaka, on behalf of SKN, Netherlands and Caritas, Netherlands, 1998.
8. Evaluation of Youth for Action, Hyderabad, India, on behalf of Christoffel Blindenmission, Germany, 1998.
9. Evaluation of the Rehaswiss Programme in India, for Rehaswiss, Switzerland, 1998-1999.
10. Evaluation of OSDER CBR Programme, Bangladesh, for Caritas Netherlands, 1999.
11. Evaluation of Centre for Rehabilitation of Paralysed, Bangladesh, for the British High Commission, Dept. for International Development, Bangladesh, 1999.
12. Evaluation of InterLife -Bangladesh Disability Programme, for PMU, Sweden, February/March 2000.
13. Evaluation of ANKUR Project, College of Social Work, Bombay, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, September 2000.
14. Appraisal of SACRED, Andhra Pradesh, on behalf of Action for Disability, UK, December 2001.
15. Evaluation of Rural Aid, Tamil Nadu on behalf of Action for Disability, UK, January 2001
16.Evaluation CRUTCH CBR Project, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, May 2001.
17.Evaluation of CATER CBR Project, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, August 2001.
18.Evaluation of the Deaf Project of World Vision Myanmar, Yangon and Mandalay, Myanmar, November 2001.
19.Evaluation of Blind Education and Research Development Organisation, Bangladesh, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, December 2001.
20.Evaluation of SETU, Bangladesh, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, December 2001.
21.Evaluation of Save the Planet and Disability, Bangladesh, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, December 2001.
22.Evaluation of The Leprosy Mission India CBR Programme, January, 2002.
23.Evaluation of REACH, Kolkota, on behalf of CORDAID Netherlands, March 2002.
24.Evaluation of OSDER, Bangladesh, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, July 2002.
25.Evaluation of the CBR programme of World Vision Myanmar, August 2002.
26.Evaluation of Bangladesh Protibandhi Foundation, Bangladesh, on behalf of CORDAID, Netherlands, September 2002.
27.Evaluation of disability programmes of VSO in Indonesia and Thailand, January 2003.
28.Evaluation of Learning Disability Project of Sadhana Trust, Tamil Nadu, India, for CORDAID Netherlands, March 2003.
29.Evaluation and strategic planning for READ CBR Programme, Tamil Nadu, for CORDAID Netherlands, April 2003.
30.Evaluation of Yakkum Rehabilitation Project, Indonesia for of SKN Netherlands and CORDAID Netherlands, July 2003.
31.Evaluation of RUCODE CBR Project, Tamil Nadu, for CORDAID Netherlands, August 2003
32.Evaluation of ANKUR Project for Children with Mental Handicap, Mumbai, India, for CORDAID Netherlands, November 2003
33.Evaluation of Centre for Rehabilitation of Paralysed, Dhaka, December 2003.
34.Evaluation of Cambodia Trust Rehabilitation Programme, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 2004.
35.Appraisal of RDRS CBR programme, Rangpur, Bangladesh, for CORDAID Netherlands, June 2004
36.Evaluation of CBR Projects in India of Leonard Cheshire International South Asia Regional Office, Bangalore, India, 2007
37.Team Leader for the UNDP Research on ‘Impact of tsunami on persons with disability’ in Tamil Nadu State, India, undertaken by WilburSmith Associates, India, 2007.
38. Evaluation of BasicNeeds India Mental Health and Development Programme, India, March 2008.
39. Evaluation of Yunnan Disabled Persons’ Federation CBR Programme, for CBM China, Kunming, China, April-May 2009.
Knowledge enhancing and advisory assignments
1.Editor – Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, 1997 to date
2. Co?ordination of publications in rehabilitation in India, with Appropriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group (AHRTAG), London, 1993-5.
3.Co?ordination of research activities in rehabilitation in India with the International Centre for Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 1993-95.
4.Series Editor for Selected Readings in Community Based Rehabilitation, Series 1 : CBR in Transition, published by Action for Disability, UK, January 2000.
5. Publishing Editor for the Special Issue on Disability and Rehabilitation in India, published by the Saudi Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation, Riyadh, Jan-March 2000.
6.Editor, Friday Meeting Transaction, 1999 – 2002.
7.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.
8.Project Co-Supervisor for dissertation of Master of Science degree, Institute of Child Health, University College London, September 2002.
9.Author – Training Notes in CBR, 2001
10.Author – Manual for CBR Planners, 2003
11. Member of the Editorial Board of Saudi Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation, Riyadh
12. Member of the Editorial Board of WFNR Update, UK.
13.Member of the Editorial Board of revised ILEP Guidelines on CBR in Leprosy, 2006.
14.Member of the WHO Expert group to develop Guidelines for CBR, Geneva, November 2004, June 2005, December 2006 to date.
15.Member of the Editorial Committee of the World Report on Disability and Rehabilitation, World Health Organisation, Geneva, 2006 to date
16. Local Co-supervisor for Ph.D Thesis from Institute of Child Health, University College London, 2007
17. Facilitator and resource person at the Commonwealth Asia Seminar on Disability, 2008.
18. Coordinator for the production and distribution of CBR in Africa Series 1, 2 and 3, on behalf of Institute of Child Health, UK, and University of East Anglia, UK.
19. Chief Editor, Inclusive Community Development – Future Direction of Community-based Rehabilitation in Asia-Pacific, 2009.
20. Member of the International Advisory Group for the Conduct of the 1st Asia-Pacific CBR Congress, Bangkok, February 2009.