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Co-curricular experience
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Aparna Oak

Aparna Oak

Bangalore

Summary

I enjoy working in multi-disciplinary teams where I can learn and contribute. I bring more than 10 years of experience in a wide range of fields and backgrounds. I have excellent organizational skills, am a quick learner, easily adaptable with great communication skills.

I am looking for management opportunities within innovative solutions, development, and analysis in the field of language processing and applied linguistics.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Guest / Visiting Faculty

Self Employed
Bengaluru
08.2016 - Current
  • Teach Introductory Linguistics, Phonetics, Clinical Linguistics to Bachelor’s and Master’s students of ASLP (RCI approved) programs
  • Valuation as per University, RCI, UGC guidelines
  • Subject Matter Expert towards curriculum development and planning
  • Language Analysis for research projects/ Master’s theses covering Morpho-syntax, Discourse Analysis, Phonetics of Indian English, Multilingual language acquisition
  • Developed affiliations with 6 eminent universities as External Resource Person

HIGHLIGHTS - drive academic excellence through continuously updating teaching techniques and assessment matrices; expand applications to incorporate newer technologies into rehabilitation, thus bridging the gap between clinical linguistics and computational linguistics.

Lead Audiologist

Quadio Devices Pvt. Ltd
07.2011 - 05.2014
  • Product development - as Primary SME, successfully established tele-audiology process from initiation to go-live phase; initiated escalation to 3 new setups; lent expertise for development of related accessory products.
  • Training – as Owner and project lead, successfully developed and completed implementation of in-house training programs for all clinical, research, administrative and development personnel
  • Clinical Research – as Project lead, implemented and completed clinical trials during both alpha and beta phases of process and product testing
  • Quality assurance – as Team lead and SME, established protocol and SOPs for all products and processes.
  • New development - lent expertise to executive management tier for new projects, process and product design phase

HIGHLIGHTS - Successfully served as liaison between Software, Firmware, Product Design teams and Operations, Sales & Marketing stakeholders; participated in team projects to work collaboratively in fast paced environments; adapted to new technology disciplines and implemented in efficient operations.

Research Assistant

AIISH, Mysore
12.2010 - 06.2011

Research Project for AIISH’s Research Fund titled “Maturation of Auditory Processes in Children aged 6 years to 11 years”

  • Coordinated & created subject pool for clinical trials
  • Completed Audiological and Cognitive testing for subject population
  • Consolidation, analysis, and publication of test data

Clinical Audiologist

Mandke Hearing Services Pvt. Ltd
09.2005 - 06.2006
  • Audiological diagnostic testing – Audiometry, Immittance, OAE and BERA
  • Hearing Aid Fitting and Trial
  • Auditory Verbal therapy

HIGHLIGHTS - learnt commercial value of healthcare, effective ways to increase sales, footfalls and marketing.

Education

Master of Arts - Linguistics

Deccan College Post Graduate & Research Institute, Pune, India
06.2016

Bachelor of Speech, Language & Hearing - Language And Speech Science

Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Deemed University, Manipal, India
07.2005

Bachelor of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology (BASLP)

Skills

  • Linguistics & Language Analysis
  • Phonetics & Speech Science
  • Healthcare
  • Product and Process development
  • Clinical Research & Subject testing
  • Product testing
  • Creative
  • Eclectic
  • Attention to detail
  • Methodical and structured
  • Outgoing
  • Time management

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Marathi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Kannada
Elementary (A2)
Gujrati
Beginner (A1)

Co-curricular experience

  • Content writer – developing content for websites, academic journals & magazines in domains of Health & lifestyle, Eco-tourism, Food & Beverage industry in India
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant (Tutor): Oral English Proficiency Program, Purdue University, USA

Timeline

Guest / Visiting Faculty - Self Employed
08.2016 - Current
Lead Audiologist - Quadio Devices Pvt. Ltd
07.2011 - 05.2014
Research Assistant - AIISH, Mysore
12.2010 - 06.2011
Clinical Audiologist - Mandke Hearing Services Pvt. Ltd
09.2005 - 06.2006
Deccan College Post Graduate & Research Institute - Master of Arts, Linguistics
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Deemed University - Bachelor of Speech, Language & Hearing, Language And Speech Science
Aparna Oak