ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6808-1183

PRESENT EMPLOYMENT / POSTS:
Professor of Psychiatry / In-charge, Research & Thesis Committee, Institute of Mental Health, Osmania Medical College / Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana. 20/09/18 till date. Postgraduate examiner Advisor /Past Editor (2010-15), Archives of Mental Health (previously, Andhra Pradesh Journal of Psychological Medicine), official indexed publication of AP branch of Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS), 2010-2015. I formed an editorial board consisting of members of national and international repute. Under the guidance of the editorial board and the society, improved the standards of the journal, got the membership of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), got it listed with the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and got it indexed with various databases, including the prestigious Scopus. Deputy Editor, Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2015 to date (IPS). (PubMed indexed) Associate Editor, Indian J Psychological Medicine (IPS-South Zone). 2015 to date. (PubMed indexed) Editorial Board member, Telangana Journal of Psychiatry (IPS-Telangana), 2015 to date. Member, Research Building Capacity Committee, IPS- South Zone. 2017 to date Consultant Psychiatrist, private practice in Hyderabad. 2002 to date Volunteer and Member, European Association of Science Editors (EASE) certification and training group Member, EASE, World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), Global Network for HIV and AIDS Research (GNHAR)

POSITIONS HELD IN PAST:
Appraiser for MD/MS NEET 2018. Appointed by National Board of Exams, New Delhi. 6-7 Jan 2018 Guest Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychiatry, section Addictive Disorders and Behavioural Dyscontrol. 2014-2016 (PubMed indexed) Speciality Field Editor, Indian J Psychiatry (IPS). 2015 to date. (PubMed indexed) Editorial Board member, Academic Psychiatry (American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, Association for Academic Psychiatry, Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry), 2014-2017. (PubMed indexed) Deputy Editor, Journal of Indian Association of Private Psychiatry (Indian Association of Private Psychiatry). 2012 to 2015. Member, task force on Person Centred Medicine of IPS. 2012-2014 Member, Ethics Committee, Hyderabad. India Joint Secretary (Former, Executive Council member), TGGDA, Gandhi unit, Hyderabad