Service

Department 

A.  Departmental Committees                                                                                                      

1. Electronic Journal (2004 - Present)

2. Strategic committee (2004 & 2005)

3. Curriculum Committee (2005- Present)

4. Committee on Ecotox facility (2005)

5. Pre Professional interview committee (2005- Present)

6. Departmental website committee (2005-2006)

7. Scholarship committee – (2004 -Present)

8. Minority Committee / Chair (2004 – Present)

9. Graduate students / Teaching assistants  task force  (2003-2004)

            10 In-charge of purchase, maintenance and training of users of shared  equipment

                facility   at Dept. of Physiology, University of Kentucky (1996-2003)

            11.Faculty search committee, Department of Physiology, Univ. of KY (1998-1999)

            12.   Supervisor in-charge of delegation of duties and performance evaluation of

                    lecturers, instructors and technical staff in medical colleges in India (1978-1982)

            13.   Director of graduate studies (master’s degree), Director of Histology, Kasturba 

                    Medical college, Manipal, India (1982)

University 

            1.Research Committee (2006-Present)

2. Strategic planning committee on graduate education and research (2003-2004)

            3. ABI Protein Chemist Faculty recruitment committee (2005-2006)  

            4. ABI Microscope facility management committee (2005-Present)                                                                   

            5.Member, Committee for integrated neuroscience curriculum development, Calabar

               Medical College, University of Calabar, Nigeria (1980-1982)

Students Academic Clubs 

            Faculty  advisor for Medical Arts Club (2005-Present) 

            Faculty Advisor for ASU – Society for Neuroscience

Community

2003  As a member of the ASU environmental science forum, “ Second Nature”,  have

         encouraged student participants towards organizing events to promote community

         awareness of environment

2005-2007 Organizer of Regional Brain Bee competion

 2003        Trained two high school students in neuroscience research during summer of 2004 under

          Science, Society, Leadership Program 

2004        Category Judge for Craighead County Science Fair 

2005-2007 Grand Prize Judge for Craighead County Science Fair 

2005-2007    Along with Dr. Amy Pearce conducted Brain awareness day at public library for

                    Jonesboro public. This was well received by the public with requests for several

                    repeat performances 

2005    Judged graduate student presentations for best presentation award in Biological sciences

            at Annual Meeting of Arkansas Academy of Sciences, 2005, Hendrix college, Arkansas

 2005   Chaired a session during undergraduate scholars day, ASU, 2005 

2005   Participated in Minority access annual conference at Los Vegas, and moderated a session on recruitment and retention of minority students 

1997    Judge for International science fair organized by Intel and GE 

1993 - 1999     Judge for Science fair, Fayette county schools, KY 

1994-2003            Speaker on neuroscience and research to school children at Fayette county, KY

                        during   brain awareness week