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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry Google Scholar Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Dr Suhas Satish Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry Dr. Suhas Satish is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at NIMHANS, with active research interests at the intersection of clinical neuroscience, precision psychiatry, and digital mental health. He holds an M.D. in Psychiatry and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neurosciences and Therapeutics in Schizophrenia. His work has been recognised through several honours, including the Early Career Fellowship of the World Psychiatric Association, the NIMHANS Silver Jubilee Award (University Gold Medal), and the Frank Noronha Award for Best Outgoing Resident. Through his work, Dr. Suhas aims to advance a future where mental-health care is predictive, personalised, and grounded in measurable biology in combination with clinical wisdom through the power of data, technology, and neuroscience.

Assistant Professor, Department of Geriatric Psychiatry LinkedIn | ResearchGate drvijaysh@yahoo.com Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Dr Vijaykumar S Harbishettar Assistant Professor, Department of Geriatric Psychiatry

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Assistant Professor, Centre for Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry Google Scholar jayantmahadevan@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Addiction Dr Jayant Mahadevan Assistant Professor, Centre for Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry Publications Jha, A., Sharma, A. K., & Mahadevan, J. (2024). Addiction Research in South Asia. In S. M. Y. Arafat & S. K. Kar (Eds.), Current Perspectives on Substance Use Disorders in South Asia (pp. 245–277). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6619-2_13 Parate, N., Br, M., R, S., Narasimha, V. L., Mahadevan, J. , Chand, P., Murthy, P., & Arora, S. (2024). NAMAH—An Innovative Tele-ECHO Mentoring Program to Foster Well-being Among Physicians. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine , 02537176241287839. https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176241287839 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 Shekar Mv, C., Bhargav, H., Holla, B., Mahadevan, J., Singh, A., Narasimha, V. L., Katla, N., Snigdha, A., S, K., & Maheswari, E. (2024). Efficacy of yoga-breath linked intervention to stop smoking (Y-BLISS) in reducing the number of cigarettes smoked per day among smokers attempting to reduce or quit: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Wellcome Open Research , 9 , 693. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22839.1 Shivaprakash, P., Shukla, L., Joshi, S., Mahadevan, J. , Kandasamy, A., Chand, P. K., Benegal, V., & Murthy, P. (2025). Tapentadol as a drug of abuse – A preliminary report. Indian Journal of Psychiatry , 67 (2), 256–259. https://doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_794_24

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Project Scientist (Lab) LinkedIn k.kathirvel93@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team Bioinformatics Dr Kathirvel K Project Scientist (Lab) Kathirvel Kandasamy, is a Project Scientist in Neurobiology Research Centre at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences. He graduated from Bharathidasan University with Master of Technology in Bioinformatics and then earned his Ph.D. in 2023 from SASTRA University, studying microbial keratitis with advanced NGS techniques. His research interest integrates Neurobiology, Human genetics and Bioinformatics to study Neurodevelopmental disorders. GitHub: Haplotype-aware-variant-calling-from-long-read-sequence

Professor, Department of Biostatistics LinkedIn | Google Scholar kthenna@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Dr Thennarasu Kandavel Professor, Department of Biostatistics

Clinician Scientist (Equivalent to Assistant Professor, Psychiatry) ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3173-4248 swarnabuddha_nayok@yahoo.co.in Back Back to People Page Back Clinical Team Dr Swarna Buddha Nayok Clinician Scientist (Equivalent to Assistant Professor, Psychiatry) Swarna Buddha Nayok has completed DPM & MD in Psychiatry, and done Ph.D. in Clinical Neuroscience (submitted). He works at the Centre for Brain and Mind as a Clinician Scientist. His fields of interest are severe mental illness, media & psychiatry

Clinical Post Doctoral Fellow (Equivalent to Senior Resident, Psychiatry) ORCID ID: 0009-0005-1300-2317 chidatma.a@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Clinical Team Dr Chidatma A Clinical Post Doctoral Fellow (Equivalent to Senior Resident, Psychiatry) Dr. Chidatma A is a Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Brain and Mind with an MD from Karnataka Medical College and Research Institute, ranked 4th at RGUHS. He has a strong background in community mental health, psychiatric training, and research. His work includes international presentations and published research, with a focus on neurobiology, schizophrenia, and psychopathology. Dr. Chidatma is passionate about advancing mental health care through clinical expertise and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Senior Professor & Department of Psychiatry Google Scholar Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Dr Prabha S Chandra Senior Professor & Department of Psychiatry Dr. Prabha S. Chandra, is a Professor and Head of Psychiatry at NIMHANS, Bangalore, India. She studied at the Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi and NIMHANS. She has served as a Temporary Advisor to the WHO and UNAIDS and is the Secretary of the International Association of Women’s Mental Health, a nominated member of the World Psychiatric Association and an executive member of the Marce International society. She has been an NHS International Fellow and Consultant in Manchester, UK and a visiting professor at the University of Liverpool. Her main areas of interest are Women's Mental Health, Perinatal Psychiatry, teaching methods, ethics and palliative care. She has nearly 180 publications and has edited several books. She has three active research grants and has won several recognitions and awards. She has started the first dedicated psychiatry service including a Mother Baby unit in South Asia for mothers with severe mental illness.