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Project Associate, PhD Candidate Google Scholar | LinkedIn lakshanadp1998@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team, Research Students & Fellows Lakshana DP Project Associate, PhD Candidate Lakshana is a Ph.D candidate working on understanding the mechanisms of lithium in bipolar disorder. Lakshana's personality can be summed up in a few words; hungry, sleepy & bad at math (until she has to run stats for her experiments).

Clinical Post Doctoral Fellow (Equivalent to Senior Resident, Psychiatry) arushisingh2707@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Clinical Team Dr Arushi Singh Clinical Post Doctoral Fellow (Equivalent to Senior Resident, Psychiatry)

Assistant Professor, Centre for Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry Google Scholar jayantmahadevan@gmail.com 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 Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Addiction Dr Jayant Mahadevan Assistant Professor, Centre for Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Junior Research Fellow (Centre for Brain Mapping) LinkedIn joycegodinho25.jg@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back MRI/EEG Team Joyce Godinho Junior Research Fellow (Centre for Brain Mapping) Joyce Godinho is a Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Brain and Mind. She is passionate about understanding the intricacies of the human brain and its impact on cognition, behaviour, and rehabilitation. She holds a Master's degree(MSc.) in Neuropsychology from the National Forensic Sciences University(NFSU), with extensive experience in EEG and Event-Related Potential (ERP) analysis. Her research delves into the neural mechanisms driving sports performance. She explored how cognitive processes shape decision-making, attention, and motor control in athletes, including Indian national level kabaddi players.

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 Google Scholar | Twitter bijuv1@gmail.com 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 Back Back to People Page Back Investigator Team Bipolar Disorder, Molecular Genetics, Stem Cell Research Dr Biju Viswanath Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry Dr Biju Viswanath is a clinician-researcher and Additional Professor at the Centre for Brain and Mind and the Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS. His interest lies in developing cellular models for psychiatric disorders. He trained as a psychiatrist and also received his Ph.D. from NIMHANS.

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry LinkedIn | ResearchGate drpreethi20@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Bipolar Disorder Dr Preethi V Reddy Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Clinical Post Doctoral Fellow (Equivalent to Senior Resident, Psychiatry) pratibha.vinod9422@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Clinical Team Dr Pratibha Vinod Clinical Post Doctoral Fellow (Equivalent to Senior Resident, Psychiatry) Pratibha has an MD in Psychiatry from NIMHANS. She loves to see patterns in everyday be it people, nature or things, and loves science for this reason. She loves to study people and their idiosyncrasies. In her spare time she sings and reads fiction.

Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health Education latha12k@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Dr Latha K Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health Education

MRI Technician uslaxmishree@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back MRI/EEG Team Lakshmi R S MRI Technician Lakshmi R S is an MRI technician at the Centre for Brain and Mind. With a Bachelors degree in Medical Imaging Technology, she has experience working in proficient patient assessment and safety, ensuring optimal imaging quality and patient comfort.