• Awarded the NIH fellowship in EPILEPSY at the prestigious UCLA – USA from 2005-2006. Awarded Penry minifellowship in Epilepsy from the Wake forest university in North Carolina. Alumni of the San Servolo school of Epilepsy.
• Awarded the Asian Oceanian Achievement award in epilepsy 2016.AIIMS research award clinical 2018.
• ILAE Faculty 1000, ILAE Task force member for stigma in epilepsy, Pediatric epilepsy surgery subcommision-ILAE.
• Neuroscience Task force member of the DBT for Epilepsy, She heads the Disability Task force for epilepsy.
• Co-ordinator National Epilepsy Control program- India- Ministry of Health,
• Co-PI Centre of excellence for refractory epilepsy and MEG center- DBT.
• Secretary Genral of the IES, a member of IEA, Member of International Professional societies like AAN, AES, AASM.
• Core committee of Guidelines for epilepsy management in India (GEMIND).
• 200 research publications including NEJM. She has research projects in Epilepsy funded by DBT, DST and ICMR.
• Her main areas of interest are Epilepsy especially Drug Refractory epilepsies, epilepsy surgery, Women with epilepsy and functional neuroimaging in Epilepsy. Sleep disorders, cognition and Autoimmune disorders of CNS.
• Delivered guest lectures at various National and International epilepsy conferences & Numerous Orations.
• National Course Director of Epilepsy and EEG workshops of IES started by her.
• Organizes epilepsy awareness has written patient handouts Director NGO for epilepsy EKATWAM. She also runs rural outreach programs in Epilepsy in tribal Orissa and North east.