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Professor, Department of Psychiatry bijuv1@gmail.com Google Scholar | Twitter | PubMed Back Back to People Page Back Investigator Team Bipolar Disorder, Molecular Genetics, Stem Cell Research Dr Biju Viswanath Professor, Department of Psychiatry CBM, MGL, A-BIG-NET, DBT/IA Lithium I am a professor of psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru (NIMHANS) , where my primary area of research includes understanding the molecular basis of etiology and treatment response in neuropsychiatric disorders. My training as a physician specialising in psychiatry and as a basic researcher in human stem cells enables me with a unique skill set to develop and execute translational psychiatry research. I am currently funded to examine genetic and cellular correlates of lithium response in bipolar disorder. I am also a key investigator at the Rohini Nilekani Centre for Brain and Mind at NIMHANS (previously the Accelerator program for Discovery in Brain disorders using Stem cells (ADBS) program funded by the Department of Biotechnology), which aims to build a biorepository of human induced pluripotent stem cells for serious mental illnesses in India. The proposed study is in line with my interests in the genetic basis of bipolar disorder. I have established a network of investigators in India that has the capability to become an important contributor in the field of psychiatric genetics. I am also a DBT/WT India Alliance Intermediate Fellow in the Clinical and Public Health programme Publications Agrawal, A., Bulik, C. M., Abebe, D. S., Andreassen, O. A., Atkinson, E. G., Choi, K., Corvin, A., Davies, H. L., Davis, L., Docherty, A., Edenberg, H. J., Franke, B., Gelernter, J., Giusti-Rodriguez, P., Hettema, J. M., Hjerling-Leffler, J., Huang, H., Johnson, E. C., Lewis, C., … Sullivan, P. (2025). The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: Discoveries and Directions . https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xykj2_v2 Parthaje, S., Janardhanan, M., Paul, P., Karunakaran, K. B., Deb, A. P., Shankarappa, B., Pal, P. K., Mahadevan, A., Jain, S., Viswanath, B. , & Purushottam, M. (2025). CAG Repeat Instability and Region-Specific Gene Expression Changes in the SCA12 Brain. The Cerebellum , 24 (3), 60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-025-01808-z Ratna, N., Venkatesh, S. D., Pasupulati, S., Murari, G., Kamble, N., Viswanath, B ., Yadav, R., Varghese, M., Pal, P. K., Jain, S., & Purushottam, M. (2025). Allelic Diversity, de novo CAG Expansions, and Intergenerational Instability at the HTT Locus in a clinical sample of Huntington’s Disease from India . https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.03.21260193 Ritter, P., Glenn, T., Achtyes, E. D., Alda, M., Agaoglu, E., Altınbaş, K., Andreassen, O. A., Angelopoulos, E., Ardau, R., Aydin, M., Ayhan, Y., Baethge, C., Bauer, R., Baune, B. T., Balaban, C., Becerra-Palars, C., Behere, A. P., Behere, P. B., Belete, H., … Bauer, M. (2024). Association between a large change between the minimum and maximum monthly values of solar insolation and a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder. International Journal of Bipolar Disorders , 12 (1), 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40345-024-00364-5 Shankarappa, B., Prasad, V. P., Kumar, S., Rao, R. S., Royal, A. B., Swamy, M., Prasad, P., Niranjana Murthy, A. S., Ganesh, S., Viswanath, B. , Jain, S., Purushottam, M., & Thyloth, M. (2024). A Novel Homozygous Variant in CPLANE1 Gene in a Patient with Developmental Deficits. Molecular Syndromology , 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1159/000541167

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Scientist ‘D’ (Electrophysiology) gautam73kb.cbm.nimhans@gmail.com LinkedIn | Twitter ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1072-4144 Back Back to People Page Back MRI/EEG Team Dr Gautam Kumar B Scientist ‘D’ (Electrophysiology) CBM Dr Gautam’s fascination with understanding biological systems with the help of graph theory during his engineering took him on a journey on the yellow brick road called research. His PhD thesis was on using novel techniques to understand Alzheimer’s disease using neuroimaging data and network analysis using EEG & PET imaging data. His current interest is understanding psychiatric disorders using dynamic causal/decision models. As an autodidact, He gets excited talking about diverse topics and good food.

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Professor, Department of Psychiatry Google Scholar Back Back to People Page Back Investigator Team Schizophrenia Dr Venkatasubramanian G Professor, Department of Psychiatry Dr. Venkatasubramanian Ganesan (Venkat) is a Professor of Psychiatry & Consultant Psychiatrist at Schizophrenia Clinic & The Metabolic Clinic in Psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore. He co-ordinates the InSTAR Program for Schizophrenia (www.instar-program.org ) as well as the WISER Neuromodulation Program (www.wiser-program.org ) at NIMHANS. His areas of research interest include: Clinical Neurobiology & Metabolic Abnormalities in Schizophrenia, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Psychiatry, and Brain Imaging in Psychiatry. He heads the Translational Psychiatry Laboratory at the Neurobiology Research Centre, NIMHANS Atmaram, S. K., Pathak, H., Manohar, H., Sreeraj, V. S., Venkatasubramanian, G. , & Kommu, J. V. S. (2025). Localizing dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for noninvasive brain stimulation in adolescents: A comparison between BeamF3 and 10–20 EEG systems: A cross-sectional study. Indian Journal of Psychiatry , 67 (3), 346–349. https://doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_972_24 Elachola, M. A., Pathak, H., Bagali, K., Suhas, S., Sreeraj, V. S., & Venkatasubramanian, G. (2025). Exploring the factors and outcomes of clozapine discontinuation in India: A retrospective analysis. Asian Journal of Psychiatry , 106 , 104424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2025.104424 Parlikar, R., Boopathy, P., Pathak, H., Damodaran, D., Selvaraj, S., Chhabra, H., Nayok, S. B., Thimmashetty, V. H., Bose, A., Agarwal, S. M., Shivakumar, V., Sreeraj, V. S., Narayanaswamy, J. C., & Venkatasubramanian, G. (2025). Boosting and maintaining the response to transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in schizophrenia with persistent hallucinations: A retrospective exploratory study from a naturalistic clinical cohort. Asian Journal of Psychiatry , 107 , 104457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2025.104457 Samantaray, S., Goyal, N., Kesavan, M., Venkatasubramanian, G. , Bose, A., Shreekantiah, U., Sreeraj, V. S., Das, M., Raj, J., & Kumar, S. (2025). Impact of EEG Reference Schemes on Event-Related Potential Outcomes: A Corollary Discharge Study Using a Talk/Listen Paradigm. Brain Topography , 38 (2), 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-025-01103-4 Spurthi Thatikonda, N., Narayanaswamy, J. C., Venkatasubramanian, G. , Reddy, Y. C. J., & Sundar Arumugham, S. (2025). Differential Functional Connectivity of Frontolimbic Circuit During Symptom Provocation in Distinct Symptom Profiles of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Connectivité fonctionnelle différentielle du circuit frontolimbique durant la provocation de symptômes dans des profils symptomatiques distincts du trouble obsessionnel-compulsif. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry , 07067437251328368. https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437251328368

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