Psychiatric Social Worker (Research) LinkedIn ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8708-7505 alagarsami.ar23@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Clinical Team Alagarsami A R Psychiatric Social Worker (Research) Alagarsami A.R is a Psychiatric Social Worker at the Centre for Brain and Mind. With a M.Phil degree in Psychiatric Social Work, Alagarsami have experienced in clinical research and psychotherapy.

Project Associate, PhD Candidate vidyaparthaje97@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team, Research Students & Fellows Shreevidya Parthaje Project Associate, PhD Candidate

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MRI Technician ganeshgv7007@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back MRI/EEG Team Ganesh G V MRI Technician Ganesh is a Laboratory Technician in Centre for Brain and Mind Project. With a Masters degree in Virology, Ganesh has working experience in molecular biology research, and clinical laboratory. He enjoys photography, watching movies and Gardening in his spare time

Project Associate manasadeepika97@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team Manasadeepika Project Associate I am a project associate at CBM NIMHANS, and am passionate about neuroscience research. I'm currently trying to understand how bionergetics contributes to the machanism of action of lithium in bipolar disorder. Beyond the lab, I find joy in capturing moments through portraits and paintings, letting creativity flow onto canvas. Dancing is my escape, where movement becomes an expression of inner rhythms.

Lab Technician vaishnavi.ravi19@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team Niveditha R Lab Technician Niveditha is a lab technician at the Centre for Brain and Mind. With a Degree in Medical laboratory technology. Niveditha has experience working in Microbiology especially in Virology with hands on experience in ELISA, PCR. She enjoys photography, trekking, exploring new places, food and dance.

Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry LinkedIn | Google Scholar urvakhsh@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Dr Urvaksh M Mehta Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry Urvakhsh Mehta practices in Bengaluru, India. He is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Schizophrenia, COVID-19, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Delirium Tremens. His clinical research consists of co-authoring 119 peer reviewed articles in the past 15 years.

Professor, Department of Biostatistics Google Scholar binukumarb@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Dr B Binu Kumar Professor, Department of Biostatistics

Scientist ‘D’ (Neuroimaging) Google Scholar ajay.nimhans@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back MRI/EEG Team Dr Ajay Kumar Nair Scientist ‘D’ (Neuroimaging) Ajay studies brain structure and function in the context of mind-body-environment interactions to promote brain health and wellbeing.

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

Senior Professor Dpt. Of Psychiatry Google Scholar Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Molecular Genetics Dr Sanjeev Jain Senior Professor Dpt. Of Psychiatry Sanjeev Jain is a clinician and a teacher, and researches the genetic correlates of psychiatric and neurological disease. He studied medicine at the Delhi University (Maulana Azad Medical College); and did his post-graduate studies at the NIMHANS. He has been a Commonwealth Fellow at Cambridge (UK), and the co-Director of a NIH-Fogarty training and mentorship program. He has provided the lead for, and participated in, several population and cohort studies, and also provides genetic testing for several neuro-degenerative disorders, as well as counseling services for these families. This work includes the genetics of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer’s disease and Huntington’s disease, as well as addiction and OCD. Over the past few years, discussions and collaboration with other colleagues at NIMHANS, the NCBS and inSTEM, have extended the research from the clinic, to the bench, using both clinical assessments (including MRI, EEG etc.) as well as tools of cellular and molecular biology, including WES, iPSC and neuronal cell lines from individuals diagnosed to have psychiatric illnesses, and their affected and unaffected relatives. He has been a member of the committee for drafting the Mental Health Policy document for India; and is also an Adjunct Faculty at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), Bangalore. His other interests include the history of mental health services in India, from the colonial to the contemporary period. This work has helped understand the interface between science and medicine, and social responses to mental illness in India. The work has been supported by various funding agencies in India (DBT, ICMR, DST and the CSIR), as also the Wellcome Trust, NIH (Fogarty) and the MRC-ICMR. Gopikumar, V., Narasimhan, L., Easwaran, D., Srinivas, A., R, K., Moideen, P., Sivayokan, S., Rohatgi, P., Padmakar, A., Rajesh, V., Ravi, M., Krishnadas, P., Margaret, A., Hamlai, M., Sharma, C., Joseph, S., Venkateswaran, C., Ck, K., Sn, S., … Ravikanth, L. (2025). From institutions to homes: Evaluation of a housing with supportive services intervention for people with psychosocial disabilities with histories of homelessness. SSM - Mental Health , 7 , 100424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100424 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 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 Vinod, P., Sen, S., Jayasankar, P., Janardhanan, M., Paul, P., Viswanath, B., Jain, S ., Harbishettar, V., Sivakumar, P. T., & Purushottam, M. (2024). Does Apolipoprotein E polymorphism play a role in familial Alzheimer’s Dementia. Alzheimer’s & Dementia , 20 (S1), e087257. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.087257