My presentations till date

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Presentations
I. Presentation & Poster during Undergraduate & Post-graduate Program
1. Punita V. Solanki, Yogita Kambli, Bhavana Mali, Sonal Panjwani, Pratibha S. Saraph: Presented a seminar
on Burns Rehabilitation as a group activity during Internship’ 1995 at Seth G. S. Medical College, Parel East,
Mumbai, India.
2. Punita V. Solanki, Manjiri Gokhale: Secured First Prize in Poster Competition Topic Titled: Neuro-
Rehabilitation - Treatment Modalities in Occupational Therapy in February, 1997 on the occasion of
UTKARSH, an Annual Occupational Therapy College Festival held in Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General
Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India.
II. Dissertation Presentation during Post-graduate Program
3. PV Solanki, KP Mulgaonkar, SA Rao: Effect of Early Mobilization on Grip Strength, Pinch Strength and
Work of Hand Muscles in cases of closed Diaphyseal Fracture Radius - Ulna treated with Dynamic
Compression Plating. This dissertation was submitted to the University of Mumbai in May, 1998 and was
presented at the Meeting of the Staff Society of Seth G. S. Medical College & KEM Hospital, Parel East, Mumbai,
on 15th
March, 1999.

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III. Presentations after Post-graduation
4. Punita Vasant Solanki, Stephen Brian Austin Sams, Indira Ramesh Kenkre, Sapna Gulabrao Wankar: A
Retrospective Analysis of Disability Evaluation findings in patients with Physical Disabilities: Experience
of Occupational Therapists from an Indian Perspective. This paper was presented in non-competitive
category, at the 45th
annual national conference of All India Occupational Therapist’s Association (AIOTA), from
11th
to 13th
January, 2008, at Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
5. Punita V. Solanki: Presented a splint: Modified Ankle Foot Orthosis of Low Temperature Thermoplastics
at the 45th
annual national conference of All India Occupational Therapist’s Association (AIOTA), from 11th
to
13th
January, 2008, at Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
6. Punita V. Solanki, Binoti A. Sheth, Murali Poduval, Stephen B. A. Sams: Effectiveness of Modified
Ankle Foot Orthosis of Low Temperature Thermoplastics in Infants with Idiopathic Congenital Talipes
Equino Varus Deformity. This paper was presented at WIROC (Western India Regional Orthopaedic
Conference) in the form of a poster on 27th
and 28th
December, 2008 at Hotel Grand Hyatt, Santacruz, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India.
IV. Faculty Speaker for Workshops/Seminars/Courses/Community Awareness/
Conferences/ Panel Discussions
1. Invited as a resource person to give a talk on Principles of Sports Therapy for Childhood, Adolescence &
Young Adulthood in Bombay YMCA Lakeside Children’s Sports Camp at Lonavala, Nilshi Village,
Maharashtra, India, in May, 2010.
2. Invited as a speaker for the workshop on Good Clinical Practice for a topic on Role of an Institutional
Ethics Committee at Seth G. S. Medical College and K. E. M Hospital, Parel East, Mumbai on 8th
May, 2012,
for professionals and students. Workshop was approved by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences with
approval number: MUHS/E.6/Workshop/1657 dated 03.05.2012.
3. Conducted the continuing occupational therapy education (COTE) on Translating Research into
Publication and its Application in Occupational Therapy Practice, as an expert faculty, held during 50th
Annual National Conference of AIOTA in Trivandrum, India, on 26th
day of February, 2013 for 1 & ½ hours.
4. Invited as a speaker to give a talk on Principles of Sports Therapy for Childhood, Adolescence & Young
Adulthood for upcoming school sports coaches, by Imperial International Sports Academy (IISA) at
Lakshyadham School in Goregaon East, Mumbai, on 17th
May, 2013.

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5. Invited as a speaker for awareness of occupational therapy practice and to give a talk on Occupational
Therapy by Trustees of Ahura Support Group for Differently Abled Families; for non-medical personnel and
clients seeking occupational therapy services on 5th
January, 2014, Sunday at 10.30 am at Rustom Baug, Neville
Wadia Hall, Byculla, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
6. Invited as a faculty/speaker to deliver a talk on Occupational Therapy for Chronic Pain for 15 minutes at
ISSPCON (Indian Society for the Study of Pain Conference) on 7th
February, 2014, Friday at Padmashree Dr. D.
Y. Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
7. Invited as a faculty (resource person) to deliver 5 talks on Research Methodology topics for 5 ½ hours at the
Workshop on Research Methodology & Application of Software held on 21st
and 22nd
March 2014 at National
Institute for the Orthopedically Handicapped Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
8. Invited as a faculty/speaker to deliver a continuing professional education on Study Designs in Hand
Therapy Research held at the 3rd
annual national conference of Society for Hand Therapy, India on 13th
September, 2014 at Thane, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
9. Invited as a faculty/speaker to deliver a continuing professional education on Therapist’s Approach
towards Complex Regional Pain Syndrome held at the 3rd
Annual National Conference of Society for Hand
Therapy, India on 14th
September, 2014 at Thane, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
10. Invited as a faculty/speaker to deliver a presentation on Comprehensive Care of the Paraplegic Patient:
Recent Advances during a seminar on “Thoraco-Lumbar Fractures” at WIROC 2014, an annual conference of
Bombay Orthopaedic Society (Maharashtra Medical Council granted 1 credit hour) held on 26th
December, 2014
in Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
11. Invited as a panelist for a panel discussion on Planning your Occupational Therapy Career by Mumbai
Branch of AIOTA and Pad. Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Occupational Therapy, for the occasion of World
Occupational Therapy Day on 27th
October, 2015 at Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
12. Invited as a faculty speaker to deliver a talk on Clinical Assessment of Wrist and Hand: Occupational
Therapist’s Perspective for the 4th
annual national conference of the Society for Hand Therapy, India held on
12th
& 13th
December, 2015 at B. J. Government Medical College & Sassoon General Hospital in Pune,
Maharashtra, India.
13. Invited as a faculty speaker to deliver two COTE presentations on Effective Literature Search Strategies
and Referencing and Art of Writing Research in Occupational Therapy by Occupational Therapy Department
of LTM Medical College and LTM General Hospital in collaboration with Academic Council of Occupational
Therapy (ACOT), AIOTA on 13th
March, 2016, at Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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14. Invited as a faculty speaker to deliver two COTE presentations during a live and a webinar half day workshop
on Art of Writing Research in Occupational Therapy by Karnataka Branch of All India Occupational
Therapists’ Association (AIOTA) in collaboration with ACOT, AIOTA on 20th
August, 2016, at PCB Apps
Office, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. (Contact Hours: 04; Credit Units: 0.5 for Participants and 1 for Faculty)
15. Invited as a faculty speaker to deliver a talk on Art and Science of Hand Therapy Media for the 5th
annual
national conference of the Society for Hand Therapy (SHT), India, held on 30th
September, 2016 & 1st
October,
2016, at Goa Medical College & Hospital, in Bambolim, Goa, India.
16. Moderated a panel discussion on Post-Traumatic Hand Stiffness: Therapy vs. Surgery (panel members
were: Anuradha V. Pai, Vivek Kulkarni, Shrikant Chinchalkar, Dr. Narender Saini and Dr. Praveen Bhardwaj)
for the 6th
annual national conference of the Society for Hand Therapy, India, held on 22nd
& 23rd
September,
2017 at J. W. Marriott Hotel, Juhu Tara Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, organized in collaboration with the
41st
annual national conference of the Indian Society for the Surgery of the Hand (ISSH).
17. Invited as a faculty speaker to deliver 7 talks related to research Study Designs and Guidelines, Case Report
Forms, Tables, Graphs, Figures and Photographs, Steps of Submission Process, Systematic Review
Submissions, Efficient Use of Word and Efficient Use of Power Point for the 1st
national, intensive, live and
webinar COTE on Science and Ethics of Research Methodology and Art of Writing Research from 22nd
to
25th
April, 2018, organized at AIOTA Headquarter in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
18. Invited as a faculty speaker to deliver a talk on Clinical & Functional Assessment of Hand for Planning
Hand Therapy at the 6th
educational program in honor of Late Mrs. Aruna P. Tole at “CME on Gynecological
Cancer Management & Updates of Occupational Therapy Practice” on 14th
December, 2018, at Tata Memorial
Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
19. Moderated a panel discussion titled Purposeful Occupation- and Activities-Based Hand Rehabilitation:
Current Evidence! and the panel experts were: Dr. Vishal Kumar, Chandigarh; Dr. Raj Kumar Sharma,
Ghaziabad and Dr. Shovan Saha, Manipal; during the 56th
annual national conference of the AIOTA i.e.,
OTICON’2019 held at GMC & PGIMER, Chandigarh, India from 8th
to 10th
February, 2019. The faculty were
awarded with 1 credit unit by Academic Council of Occupational Therapy (ACOT).
20. Invited as a resource faculty to deliver a COTE seminar on Striving for Excellence in Occupational
Therapy Research: Indian vs. Global - Presentation & Publication Context organized by the Mumbai Branch
of the AIOTA on 7th
August, 2019, between 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm, at Seth G. S. Medical College and KEM Hospital,
Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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21. Invited as a guest faculty to deliver talks on Study Designs in Hand Therapy Research and Hand
Therapists Approach Towards Complex Regional Pain Syndrome during the 7th
annual national conference
of the Society for Hand Therapy, India i.e., SHTICON’2019 organized in collaboration with 43rd
annual national
conference of the Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand i.e., ISSHCON’2019 on 13th
and 14th
September, 2019,
at Puri, Odisha, India.
22. Appointed & Served as a resource faculty for the Fellowship Programme in Musculoskeletal & Hand
Rehabilitation and Ergonomics (MSE) by the Academic Council of Occupational Therapy (ACOT) of the All
India Occupational Therapists’ Association (AIOTA) in June and July 2022. Presented two talks on Level I
Pilates Mat Foundations for Beginner & Intermediate and Art and Science of Therapeutic Media in
Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation.
23. Presented as Editor on About the Indian Journal of Occupational Therapy (IJOT) at the 60th
annual
national conference of All India Occupational Therapist’s Association (AIOTA) i.e., OTICON’2023, held from
3rd
to 5th
February, 2023, organized by the Saveetha College of Occupational Therapy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
24. Invited as Guest Speaker for the COTE on “Hello Occupational Therapist - FAQs: Series 2” by Faculty
of Occupational Therapy at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai held on 6th
February 2023 between 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm.