Avilasha Barooah
Bangalore
Summary
Accomplished psychology professional specializing in clinical neuropsychology, NLP coaching, teaching, mental health advocacy and research. Demonstrated success in developing effective intervention strategies and conducting thorough neuropsychological assessments that improve patient outcomes. Has strong analytical skills and attention to detail that can drive successful initiatives, with a commitment to promoting mental health awareness and fostering positive patient relationships and social change. Core competencies include technical expertise, leadership, and empathetic problem-solving, with a goal of enhancing community well-being through impactful social initiatives.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Visiting Faculty (Narayana Institute of Health and Allied Sciences)
Narayana Hrudalaya Foundations
Bangalore
07.2017 - 10.2018
- Taught Psychology for 1st year BPT (Bachelor in Physiotherapy), 1st year B.Sc Nursing, 1st year GNM (General Nursing) students
- Taught Sociology for 1st year BPT (Bachelor’s in Physiotherapy), 2nd year B.Sc Nursing and PcB.Sc Nursing (Post Basic Nursing) students
- Set question papers and assessed students for projects, internal assessments to prepare internal weightage for university examinations
- External viva conductor for Psychology and Sociology
- Counselled and prepared students for patient-nurse/therapist relationship and how to balance work-life in mentally exhausting jobs
Expert – Internal customer experience enrichment
Opsbuds Solutions Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
02.2012 - 06.2012
- Assess the organization’s culture and business trends
- Study internal customer’s psychometric profiles
- Map experience and perception impact on culture and identify the key areas to improve
- Learning needs identification and initiation of new methods
- Ensure change is implemented and impact is mapped
Clinical Neuropsychologist for Stroke
GNRC hospitals Ltd.
Guwahati
11.2009 - 03.2011
- Specializing in Post stroke neuropsychological assessment, counseling and rehabilitation
- Responsible for GNRC’s Stroke prevention program
- Trained and certified by NES (NHS Education for Scotland) and Chest, Heart and Stroke, Scotland
Research Consultant
EngenderHealth ICO (New Delhi) of EngenderHealth, NewYork
New Delhi
01.2006 - 03.2007
- Implementation of a one year research-to-intervention pilot project that proposed to develop and test a model intervention for shifting young men’s attitudes, values and behavior away from those that promote gender based violence and towards those that create engender equity in their relationships with girls and women across three states of India
- Assisted in data management and data analysis on software packages QSR NUDIST 6
- Provided support in developing narrative reports for the national report and monographs and case profiles for publication in a manual developed for community workers entitled 'Engaging Men as partners to Reduce Gender Based Violence'
- Assisted in developing a short audio-visual film on the project
- Independently responsible for interpretation of coded data through QSR NUDIST of the in-depth interviews and for quantitative data entry of pre & post evaluation scores of intervention workshops into SPSS base version 14.0/Excel
- Provided a written report on the qualitative analysis of the 48 in-depth interviews conducted for the project for each of the three states
Education
Certificate Programme - Management of Social Initiatives
Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
Kozhikode09-2024
Post Graduate Certificate - Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Inspiritive
Sydney, Australia05.2009
Post Graduate Diploma - Management of Learning Disabilities
SNDT University
Mumbai, India03.2007
Masters - Clinical Psychology
Amity University
New Delhi, India09.2005
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University
New Delhi, India06.2003
Skills
- Mental Health Advocacy
- Intervention Strategies
- Patient Relationship Management
- Neuropsychological Evaluation
- Mentoring
- Subject matter expertise
- Collaborative Research
- Project management
- Peer collaboration
- Cultural awareness
Timeline
Visiting Faculty (Narayana Institute of Health and Allied Sciences)
Narayana Hrudalaya Foundations
07.2017 - 10.2018
Expert – Internal customer experience enrichment
Opsbuds Solutions Pvt Ltd
02.2012 - 06.2012
Clinical Neuropsychologist for Stroke
GNRC hospitals Ltd.
11.2009 - 03.2011
Research Consultant
EngenderHealth ICO (New Delhi) of EngenderHealth, NewYork
01.2006 - 03.2007
Certificate Programme - Management of Social Initiatives
Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
Post Graduate Certificate - Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Inspiritive
Post Graduate Diploma - Management of Learning Disabilities
SNDT University
Masters - Clinical Psychology
Amity University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University
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