Dr. J. Prajna Bhat, M.Sc. (Audiology), Ph.D

Dr Prajna Bhat J is currently serving as the Professor and Deputy Director at the School of Rehabilitation and Behavioural Sciences (SRBS), Pondicherry Campus under the Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation DU. She also heads the Department of Audiology at SRBS. She possesses a deep passion for academia blending over 15 years of Audiology experience across Academics, Administration, Clinical and Research domains with keen analytical insight and teaching excellence. She has completed her bachelor’s in Speech and Hearing, Master’s in Audiology and PhD in Audiology from the prestigious All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru. Throughout her career, she has made substantial research contributions, publishing in prestigious Scopus and Web of Science indexed journals. Her active engagement in national and international conferences reflects a strong commitment to knowledge dissemination and scholarly advancement. She serves as a Member of the College Council and the Institutional Research Committee at SRBS-AVMC. She has served as a member of Board of Studies for Bengaluru North, Central and City universities as well as valuator/examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Bengaluru City University, Bengaluru North University, SDUMC (Kolar), Holy Cross College (Trichy), SRIHER (Chennai) and SRM University (Chennai). Additionally, she is a member of the Research Advisory Committee (PhD) at SRM university and VMRF-DU. She also serves as Thesis valuator for the Mysore university and Manipal university. Her leadership abilities are evident from her service as Head of the Accreditation and Ranking Cell, Placement Cell Coordinator, and her current role as ISO Coordinator for Academics, RCI coordinator for UG and PG courses in Speech and Hearing as well as her proven capacity to organize numerous seminars, webinars, conferences, college events and community outreach programs. Her research and academic mentorship include supervising doctoral thesis, postgraduate dissertations, clinical conferences, and journal club presentations, with primary research interests in electrophysiology, hearing aids, music perception, tinnitus and vertigo. She has won several awards for best poster and best paper at conferences as well as for teaching excellence. She has rendered extensive professional service to the Indian Speech and Hearing Association (ISHA), Bengaluru Chapter, serving as an Executive Committee Member from 2018 to 2022. She currently serves as the member of the scientific committee and is a reviewer for the Audiology papers submitted to the Indian Speech and Hearing Association conference.