AIISH Alumni Association
AIISH Alumni Association (AAA)
Background
The former Director of the All India Institute of Speech & Hearing (AIISH), Dr. Vijayalakshmi Basavaraj along with the team of staff members working at AIISH (Dr. M. Pushpavathi as Convenor) conducted the first AIISH Alumni meet on 25th January 2010. This meeting was attended by 144 alumni representing the first batch of 1966, till the recent batches of 2009. They had come from all over India and from USA, Australia, and UK. In addition, a few alumni joined online; seven from USA, one each from UK and India. Dr. C.K.N. Raja, Director, NIE Governing Council and Sri. Krishna Vattam, senior journalist served as the Chief Guest during the inaugural function. Both of them reminisced about the changes they had observed in the institute over the years, and about the former directors and staff of the institute. The Director, AIISH, in her presidential speech briefed about the objectives of the first Alumni meet and informed about the need for an AIISH Alumni Association (AAA). She also informed about the draft copy of the Bye-laws and Rules & Regulations of the Association which had been prepared. She also suggested installing an ad-hoc committee to register the AAA. The constitution of the committee of office bearers that was suggested was as follows:
- President - the Director of AIISH (if an alumnus of AIISH) / the senior most faculty who is an alumnus of AIISH, if the Director is not an alumnus of AIISH.
- Secretary - an alumnus working at AIISH
- External Secretary - an alumnus not working at AIISH
- Treasurer - an alumnus working at AIISH
- Members - 1 alumnus working at AIISH and 4 alumni not working at AIISH
The above suggestions of Dr. Vijayalakshmi Basavaraj were unanimously approved. Hence, the Director nominated Dr. Asha Yathiraj to serve as the founder Internal Secretary and Dr. M. Pushpavathi as the founder Treasurer. The remaining members volunteered to serve on the committee.
Aim of AAA: To promote and foster relationship between the alumni, present students, staff and management of AIISH by exchanging their expertise and knowledge, which will help the AlmaMater in achieving excellent quality in technical education, research and improving the quality of service being rendered.
Current Office bearers
President of the association- Dr. M. Pushpavathi, Director, AIISH, Mysuru
Executive Secretary- Dr. Swapna N, Professor of Speech Pathology, AIISH, Mysuru
Honorary Secretary: Ms. Vimala Jayakrishna Kasturi, Assistant Professor, Sweekaar Academy of Rehabilitation Sciences, Secunderabad, Telangana
Treasurer: Dr.R Gopi Sankar, Audiologist/Speech Language Pathologist Gr-1, Department of Clinical Services, AIISH, Mysuru
Executive Committee members:
- Dr. Sunil Kumar Ravi, Assistant professor in Speech Pathology, Department of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia.
- Dr. GopiKishore, Speech-Language Pathologist, Chowchilla Elementary School District, California, USA.
- Mr. Jitendra Kumar Saini, Assistant professor (Speech & Language Pathology), Dept. of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology, Amity University, Haryana
- Dr. Srushti Shabnam, Associate Professor, Nitte Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mangaluru, Karnataka.
- Ms. D. Dhivya, Lecturer in Special Education, AIISH, Mysuru
Activities
Guest lectures to share the academic knowledge and research expertise of the alumni with the students of AIISH
Dr. Varun Uthappa, Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders, Eastern New Mexico University, USA and Dr. Priyanka Shailat, Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders, Eastern New Mexico University, USA delivered a guest lecture on the topic ‘Practical issues in the Intervention of Child Language and Speech Sound Disorders’ on 30th June 2023. The beneficiaries for this program were JRF, Staff and III BASLP and I MSc (SLP) students of AIISH.
Dr. Sanyukta Jaiswal, Associate Professor, Department of Hearing Speech, and language Science, Gallaudet University, USA delivered a guest lecture on the topic ‘Contemporary research in voice science’ on 3rd August 2023. The beneficiaries for this program were JRFs, staff and I MSc (SLP) students of AIISH
Ms. Minakshi Guptha, Audiologist, Australia, shared her work experience and scope of the speech and hearing in different setups in Australia on 8th December 2024. The beneficiaries for this program were JRFs, staff and I MSc (Aud & SLP) students of AIISH.
Dr. Vignesh S S, Associate Professor, Madras Medical college, Chennai, India, shared his work experience and scope of the speech and hearing in medical setups in India on 8th December. 2024. The beneficiaries for this program were JRFs, staff and I MSc (Aud & SLP) students of AIISH.
Dr. Radhika Aravamudhan, PhD, EdD Dean, Salus University, Vice President for Academic Affairs Audiology, ASHA, delivered a guest lecture on the topic ‘Inter- Professional Practices’ on 23rd January 2024. The beneficiaries for this program were JRFs and staffs of AIISH
Dr. Swathi C.S, Head, Dept. of linguistics, Osmania university, Hyderabad, delivered a guest lecture on the topic ‘Application of linguistic principles in clinical practice’ on 24th January 2024. The beneficiaries for this program were JRFs, staff and II MSc (SLP) students of AIISH
"Interactive Session of AIISH Alumni” was conducted on 27th July 2023 with 10 AIISH Alumni (1998 to 2003 batch)
Dr. Swathi C. S contributed a book about linguistic practices to AAA on 24th January 2024.
Guest lectures to share the academic knowledge and research expertise of the alumni with the students of AIISH
Ms. Rupa Rao, Audiologist, Hear USA, Ohio, USA delivered a guest lecture on the topic ‘Verification and validation measures in hearing aid fittings’ on 17th June 2022.
Ms. Rupa Rao, Speech-language Pathologist, USA delivered a guest lecture on the topic ‘Fundamentals to Research trends: My journey of continuous learning’ on 21st July 2022.
