Supervision of PhD Theses:

In progress   Organization of the Bilingual Lexicon
                    Somsukla Banerjee (jointly with H Karnick)

2002   Anaphora Resolution in Malayalam and Hindi
            Shobha L.

1993   Expressions of Politeness and Gratitude: Towards A General Theory
           Ibha Pradhan (jointly with P. P. Sah)

1993   Some Marked Syntactic Constructions in Tamil and their Theory of Periphery
           V. Raghunathan

1992   An S-Selectional Approach to Grammar: Some Issues in Kashmiri Syntax
           Achla Misri Raina

1990   Theta-Roles in Syntax: A Theory of Some Dependent Elements in Hindi
           Abhilasha Jain

1989   Theatre-Talk: A Study of Conversational Structure in Three Absurd Plays
           Asha Kaul

1986   Subsystems of Principles: A Study in Universals Based on Tamil Syntax
           K. Geetha


Seminars/Workshops Organized (selected):

Seminar on Literature, Environment and Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Jan 7-9, 2003, with T. Satyanath, University of Delhi.

Seminar on Globalization: Language, Culture and Media, 2001, with S. Imtiaz Hasnain, AMU, Aligarh.

22nd LSI All India Linguists' Conference, 20-22 Dec 1999, with Achla M. Raina, IIT-Kanpur.

Intensive Course on Communication, 1998, with Achla M. Raina, IIT-Kanpur.

Seminar on Science and Tradition: Explorations in Indian Context, 1997, with A. K. Raina, IIT-Kanpur.

Effective Communication: Theory and Application, 1998, with Achla M. Raina, IIT-Kanpur.

Effective Professional Communication, with Achla M. Raina, IIT-Kanpur.

Research Methodology in Social Sciences, 1992-1993, with M. A. Ansari, et. al.

Intensive Course on Natural Language Processing, 1990-1993, with R. Sangal, et. al.

National Seminar on Human Communication, 1985, with L. Krishnan and N. K. Sharma.


Selected PG/UG Courses taught:

Generative Enterprise: Goals and Methodology
The Structure of Indian Languages and Contemporary Perspectives
Transformational Syntax
Introduction to Natural Language Processing
Natural Language Processing: Semantics
Grammar and Computation
Principles and Practice of Linguistic Communication
Responsible Dissent (course site)