Alakananda Banerjee MPT, PhD

Dr. Alakananda Banerjee, Physical Therapist from New Delhi has been practicing for almost 31 years. Dr. Banerjee was the first in India to develop a comprehensive treatment protocol for dysphagia in acute and chronic care. She was an honorary faculty on Innovative Technology for Biodesign students at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. She has national and international publications/ presentations in area of Functional Electrical Stimulation for stroke patients and on an EEG-EMG (Synphne) therapy for stroke patients. With expertise in International Classification of Functioning, she has undertaken workshops on ICF. Dr. Banerjee founded the Dharma Foundation of India (charitable trust) in 2010 to help develop innovative community healthcare models and technology to implement Active Ageing (WHO framework) in the community dwelling elders. Dr. Banerjee has been elected Vice President of All India Senior Citizen Confederation (2016-2019).