CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Dr Shivani Tiwari is an Associate Professor in Department of Speech and Hearing at MCHP, Manipal.
Academic Responsibilities:
Teaching: Undergraduates and Postgraduates
Guiding Dissertations of Masters of Speech Language Pathology (MSLP) students
Guiding PhD thesis
Guiding students for paper presentations at Clinical conferences, Journal clubs, Conferences.
Clinical responsibilities:
Clinical supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students in the assessment and management of communication disorders
Internship Coordinator
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject | Semester / Year |
|---|---|
| Speech Language Development | 1st Semester |
| Language Disorders in Children | 4th Semester |
| Neurobiology for Speech Language and Cognition | 1st Semester MSLP |
| Language and Literacy Disorders | 4th Semester MSLP |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Speech and Hearing | School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal | 2015 |
| MSc | Speech and Hearing | All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore | 2004 |
| BSc | Speech and Hearing | All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore University, Mysore | 2002 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manipal Academy of Higher Education | Associate Professor | 2010-Till date | |
| Manipal Academy of Higher Education | Assistant Professor | 2008-2010 | |
| Manipal Academy of Higher Education | Lecturer | 2005-2008 | |
| All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore University, Mysore | Senior Speech Pathologist | August 2004 – December 2004 |
Are bilingual children with SLI additionally disadvantaged? Evidence from a Kannada-English bilingual child with SLI
Prathibha Karanth
2013, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Unraveling the overlapping features of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Specific Language Impairment
Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India ,2012.
The Central Alexias and Agraphias in Semi-syllabic orthographies
Department of Science and Technology, Government of India,2011
Reading-related eye movements in Semisyllabic and Alphavetic Orthographies
Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2012
Reading Acquisition in children learning to read in two distinct orthographies Malayalam and English
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, Government of India Undertaking, 2010-2011
Development and standardization of noun verb picture battery in Kannada and Malayalam languages
AIISH Research Funds
Supporting Oral Language Development
UKRI-GCRF
A cross-linguistic investigation exploring the mechanisms associated with sub-lexical dyslexia in two alphasyllabic orthographies
DST
Eyeing on Autism: The Eye Gaze-based early Detection of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
DST
Mixed reality in aphasia rehabilitation
ICMR
Visual word recognition in alphasyllabic orthography
DST
Bilingual aphasia rehabilitation using transcranial direct current stimulation
DST
Development of Assessment Batteries for Bilingual (Kannada-English and Malayalam- English) Children with Specific Language Impairment
AIISH Research Funds (ARF)
Lexical Organization in Kannada-English and Malayalam-English Bilinguals with and without Aphasia: An Investigation through Translation
AIISH Research Funds (ARF)
Cross-language semantic treatment generalization in Kannada-English and Malayalam-English bilinguals with aphasia
AIISH Research Funds (ARF)
Tracing the evidence of phonological dyslexia in semi-syllabic orthography
DST-CSIR
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Child language development and disorders, Adult language and its disorders, reading and writing, bilingualism
Area of Expertise
Developmental Language Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Area of Research
Bilingual Children with Developmental Language Disorders, Acquired Reading and Writing Impairments and Reading-Related Eye Movements while Reading Alphasyllabary
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
- Life member of Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)
- Life member of Indian Speech & Hearing Association (ISHA)
- Life member of Indian Speech & Hearing Association –Manipal Chapter
Certificate Courses:
- Certificate Course in Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Methodology from the Department of Biostatistics, Manipal University
Awards and Recognition:
- Dr T. M. A Pai gold medal for the outstanding research 2017 for the article titled ‘Specific Language Impairment in a morphologically complex agglutinative Indian language – Kannada’, published in Journal of Communication Disorders at SOAHS Manipal, 2017 Annual Day.
- Shaila Vora Award for Best Paper in Language at 48th Annual Convention of Indian Speech and Hearing Association (2016).
- International Travel Grant to present research at a scientific conference (51st Annual Meet of Academy of Aphasia at Lucerne, Switzerland) by the Department of Science and Technology (DST, Govt. of India (2013)
- Travel Grant for attending and presenting research at the International Symposium on Bilingualism – 7 by conference organizers (International Symposium on Bilingualism – 7 at Utrecht, The Netherlands) (2009).
Autism in Adolescence and Adulthood: A survey
2011-01-01 Sameera Mohammed Jaffer
2010-2011
Reading Measures and their prediction to Word reading Performance in children reading Malayalam Alphasyllabary: A Comparative study
2010-01-01 Remya Nair
2009-2010
Lexical Access in Malayalam-English bilinguals using Picture Word Interference Paradigm
2014-01-01 Anu Mohan
2008-2009
Theory of Mind in Children with Mental Retardation, with and Without Downs Syndrome – A Comparative Study
2009-01-01 Vanessa Fernandes
2008-2009
Bilingual Memory and Its relation with vocabulary development in younger and older Hindi-English bilingual children
2009-01-01 Mansi Mathur
2008-2009
Semantic and Cognitive Attributes in Acute and Chronic Schizophrenics: A Comparative study
2008-01-01 Mithila Poonacha
2007-2008
Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN) across Academic Performances in Fourth Grade Students
2008-01-01 Taniya Raj
2007-2008
Emergence of Morphological markers in Malayalam-English early sequential bilingual children
Chinnu Rajan
2012 – 2013
Learning to spell in Malayalam Alphasyllabary: A Preliminary Investigation
Neeraja Rachel Cherian
2012 – 2013
Learning to spell in Hindi: A Preliminary Study
Deepika Tolani
2012 – 2013
Verbal fluency in Kannada-English bilingual adults: Effects of language proficiency, usage and age of L2 acquisition
Shivali Appaiah K.
2013 - 2014
An investigation of reading skills in Arabic – Comparison of Native and Non-native speakers using behavioral and eye tracking measures
Safaa Asif
2014-2015
Construction validation and normatives for grammatical morphology development in Kannada and its relation ot reading speed – A cross sectional study
Andrea Salins Angel Selvakumar
2015 -2016
Knowledge Belief and Self-Competency of Health Care Professionals Involved in Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism in India: A Survey
Atika Jain Dr. Sebastian Padickaparambil Dr. Sumita Rege
2016-2017
Knowledge, Attitudes and Competency of Speech Language Pathologists on Autism In India: A Survey
Lara Mendonsa
2016-2017
Adaptation and Validation of Parental Behavioral Scale – Short Version for Parents of Children with Autism in Kannada
Gayathri Shivadas
2017-2018
Speech Language Pathologist’s Perspectives Towards Bi/Multilingualism for Children with Language Impairment: A Quantitative Study
Niharika Halemane
2018-2019
Exploring the Overlap of Language Components in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder
Shalini Banerjee
2019-2020
Exploring the reasons for not availing Rehabilitation services among Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Qualitative Study
Fathima Noorie Dr. Sebastian Padickaparambil Mr. Dan Issac Pothiyil
2020-2021
Association of Developmental and Sensory skills in preschool children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Chinnu Jacob Kuruvilla Dr. Sumita Rege
2020-2021