Annual Report - Nimhans

Executive Summary 2011-12
7) Dr. Bhavani Shankara Bagepally, Phd Scholar,
received Junior Faculty Award, 10 th International
Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and
Parkinson’s disease 2011, Barcelona, Spain, 9-13
March 2011.
5.2 ORATIONS
1) Prof. P Satish Chandra, Director/Vice-Chancellor,
Professor of Neurology, delivered (a) IMA KSB
Prof. Dr.SV Govind Shetty Oration, during 77 th
IMA MEDICON 2011, KIMS, Hubli, October 2011
(b) Prof. KS Endowment Oration, ‘Progressive
Myoclonic Epilepsy: Indian perspectives’, Yercaud,
December 2011 (c) AD Sehgal Oration, ‘Progressive
Myoclonic Epilepsy: Bench to Bedside’, 13 th Annual
Conference of Indian Epilepsy Association.
2) Dr. V Ravi, Registrar and Professor of
Neurovirology, delivered (a) The Presidential
Oration, ‘Neurovirology—the emergence of a
new superspeciality’, 35 th Annual Congress of
Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists,
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 22-26 November 2011
(b) Late Bikram Dash Oration, ‘The changing
profile of acute encephalitis syndrome in India’,
Odisha State Chapter of IAMM, Annual Meeting,
Bhubaneshwar, 14 August 2011.
3) Dr. SK Shankar, Senior Professor of
Neuropathology delivered (a) Dr. BK Anand
Oration 2010-2011, ‘Human Brain Bank in India:
Is it a National priority to promote neuroscience?’,
51 st Annual Conference of National Academy of
Medical Sciences -2011, Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha,
14-16 October 2011 (b) Dr. Krishna M. Bhargava
Memorial Oration, ‘Reviving autopsy service as a
science – implications in present day pathology
practice’, 1 st CME in Pathology - The Academy of
Pathology Training, Bowring and Lady Curzon
Hospital Campus, Bangalore, 30 October 2011.
5) Dr. TR Raju, Professor of Neurophysiology
delivered The Major Gen S L Bhatia Oration
of APPI 2011, AIIMS. New Delhi, 17 December
2011.
6) Dr. SK Chaturvedi, Professor of Psychiatry,
delivered Dr. DLN Murthy Rao Oration for senior
psychiatrists, Annual National Conference,
Indian Psychiatric Society, Cochin, 20 January
2012.
7) Dr. Vani Santosh, Professor and Head of
Neuropathology, delivered Dr. M Parthasarathy
and Dr. AV Ramprasad Oration, ‘Current concepts
in the pathology and genetics of gliomas’,
34 th National Annual CME and PG Course in
Pathology KLE University2011, Belgaum,1 June
2011.
8) Dr. Ahalya Raguram, Professor of Clinical
Psychology delivered H N Murthy Oration, 38 th
National Annual Conference, Indian Association
of Clinical Psychologists, Pune, Maharashtra, 27-
29 January 2012.
9) Dr. Suman LN, Additional Professor Clinical
Psychology, delivered the ‘Psycho Oration’,
38 th National Annual Conference of the Indian
Association of Clinical Psychologists, Pune,
Maharashtra, 27-29 January2012.
10) Dr. G Venkatasubramanian, Associate Professor
of Psychiatry delivered Professor M. Vaidyalingam
Memorial Oration 2012, ‘Schizophrenia as a
metabolic brain disorder: A clinician’s perspective’,
Chennai, January 2012.
5.2 PATENTS
NIMHANS faculty members have filed Indian patents
for the following:
4) Dr. Shoba Srinath, Dean, Behavioural Sciences
and Professor and Head of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, delivered 2 nd Dr. H.S. Subramanyam
Oration, ‘Unmet mental health needs of children
and adolescents’, St. John’s Medical College, 4
November 2011.
a) Kumaravel Somasundaram, Alangar Sathyaranjandas
Hegde, Sridevi Hegde, Paturu Kondaiah, Vani Santosh
and Manchanahalli Rangaswamy Satyanarayana Rao:
Secreted and plasma membrane associated
biomarkers for the diagnosis of higher - and
lower-grade astrocytoma .
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences
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