Executive Committee

Office bearers and committee

The Executive Committee is elected by the Society's Primary Members once in two years and administers the Society's day-to-day activities, membership and programmes.

Executive Committee

President

Prof. Bindu M. Kutty

Senior Professor of Neurophysiology (Retd.); formerly Head, Department of Neurophysiology and Dean, Basic Sciences; founder of the Centre for Consciousness Studies, NIMHANS, Bengaluru.

Sleep, meditation, cognition and wellbeing.

General Secretary

Prof. B.S. Shankaranarayana Rao

Professor, Department of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS, Bengaluru.

Neural plasticity, stress and the remodelling of neural circuits in neuropsychiatric disorders.

Treasurer

Mr. Chetan S. Mukundan

Director R&D, Axxonet Brain Research Laboratory (ABRL), Axxonet System Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru.

Forensic cognitive neuroscience; industry–academia collaboration.

Founder & Honorary President

Prof. C.R. Mukundan

Founder President (2014–2018). Former Professor & Head, Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology Unit, NIMHANS; Professor Emeritus, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, GFSU; Honorary Chairman, ABRL.

Established clinical neuropsychology and cognitive electrophysiology at NIMHANS; author of the NIMHANS Neuropsychology Battery.

Executive Committee Member

Dr. Laxmi T. Rao

Department of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS, Bengaluru. Faculty of the Society's 2018 workshop “Understanding Cognition from Neuro-behavioural Perspectives” and a review editor in cognitive neuroscience.

Neurophysiology of cognition; stress, learning and memory; behavioural neuroscience.

Executive Committee Member

Dr. Arun Sasidharan

Centre for Consciousness Studies, Department of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS, Bengaluru; formerly with the Axxonet Brain Research Laboratory. Presented at the 2016 National Conference and an invited speaker at CNSI-2020 on interfacing industrial and academic research.

EEG and event-related potentials; sleep and consciousness; neurotechnology for cognitive assessment.

Archive · 2015

Founding Executive Committee

The committee recorded in the Inaugural Souvenir of 21 June 2015. Designations and institutions are as listed at the time.

#MemberSpeciality & designationInstitutionPosition
1Dr. Mukundan C.R.Neuropsychology · Professor EmeritusIBS, GFSU, GandhinagarPresident
2Dr. John P. JohnPsychiatry · Additional ProfessorNIMHANS, BengaluruGeneral Secretary
3Dr. Alex JohnsonNeuropsychology · Associate ProfessorKMC, Manipal UniversityExecutive Secretary
4Dr. Roopesh B.N.Child Neuropsychology · Assistant ProfessorNIMHANS, BengaluruExecutive Secretary
5Dr. Keshav KumarNeuropsychology · Additional ProfessorNIMHANS, BengaluruTreasurer
6Dr. Radhakrishnan K.Neurology · ProfessorKMC, Manipal UniversityEC Member
7Dr. Bindu M. KuttyNeurophysiology · ProfessorNIMHANS, BengaluruEC Member
8Dr. Rajashekhar B.Audiology–Language · Dean, ProfessorKMC, Manipal UniversityEC Member
9Dr. Indramani SinghNeuropsychology · Professor, DirectorCSL, BHU, VaranasiEC Member
10Dr. Prabha AdhikariMedicine · ProfessorKMC, Manipal UniversityEC Member
11Dr. Harsha HalahalliNeurophysiology · ProfessorKSHEMA, Nitte University, MangaluruEC Member
12Dr. Unnikrishnan M.Psychopharmacology · ProfessorKMC, Manipal UniversityEC Member
13Dr. Kiranmai S. RaiNeurophysiology · ProfessorKMC, Manipal UniversityEC Member
14Dr. Ashima NehraNeuropsychology · Associate ProfessorAIIMS, New DelhiEC Member
15Dr. Suvarna AlladiNeurology · Additional ProfessorNIMS, HyderabadEC Member
16Dr. Priyanka KackerNeuropsychology · Assistant ProfessorIBS, GFSU, GandhinagarEC Member
17Dr. Gopee KrishnanSpeech–Language · Associate ProfessorSAHS, Manipal UniversityEC Member
18Mr. Chetan S. MukundanDirectorAxxonet System Technologies, BengaluruEC Member

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