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SP Arun | Professor, CNS & Senior Fellow, India Alliance

I started out as an electrical engineer, read too much science fiction for my own good and turned into a neuroscientist. I am fascinated by how the brain transforms sensation into perception. I started out studying the sense of touch during my PhD, then started studying vision during my postdoc, and that has remained my fascination ever since. Please see the pages below for more details.

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Debdyuti Bhadra | Integrated PhD student (2022-present)

I completed my bachelors from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math with Zoology major and Chemistry and Microbiology minor (JBNSTS senior scholar 2017). I always wonder how brain is responsible for our conscious experiences, thoughts and learning. Also I am a great enthusiast of Evolutionary Biology.

Eshita Bansal | PhD student, CNS (2023-present)

Georgitta Valiyamattam | Postdoctoral fellow (2021-present)

I completed my bachelors majoring in Psychology and English Literature, and my masters in Psychology, from Andhra University. I also received my PhD from Andhra University. During my doctoral studies, I was a Fulbright fellow at the Center for the Human-Animal Bond, Purdue University. I am intrigued by how the human brain processes faces across species. The variations in this processing across developmental conditions also interest me.

Jason Joby | IISER Pune MS project student (2023-present)

I am a 5th-year BS-MS at IISER Pune, majoring in Biology. My background in neuroscience is mostly theoretical/dynamical systems, but the intersection of human vision and machine vision really interests me. I find the way neuroscience can address both philosophical questions and real-world applications to be rare in science. I really like cats (and dogs).

Jhilik Das | PhD student, CNS (2017-present)

I completed my B.Sc. from University of Kalyani and M.Sc from Banaras Hindu University, both degrees in Zoology. I am interested in understanding how our brain decodes objects and how object representation get modified in our brain under different circumstances.

Kedarnath P | MTech Project Student (2023-present)

My academic journey began at IIIT Guwahati, where I earned my B.Tech degree in Computer Science and Engineering. I'm now in my second year of the M.Tech CSE program at the prestigious IISc. I've always been captivated by the world of Deep Learning and Computer Vision, and the vast array of applications they have across multiple sectors.

Presently, I'm engrossed in exploring Computer Vision applications for Visual Neuroscience at the Vision Lab, contributing to my Master's Thesis project. This intriguing intersection of technology and biology allows me to also indulge in my curiosity about brain functionality. Apart from these academic pursuits, I have a strong affection for sports and music, which brings a balance to my life and helps fuel my passion for my studies.

Prithu Purkait | UG BS project student (2023-present)

I'm Prithu, a 4th year undergraduate student at IISc, majoring in Biology with a minor in Bioengineering. I have varied interests within computational neuroscience, particularly at the scale of behaviour and perception. Throughout my current project I want to explore various aspects of encoding of visual stimuli. On the other end of the spectrum, I am deeply interested in brain-computer interfaces and their applications in prosthetics, both sensory and motor.

Shubhankar Saha | Integrated PhD student (2019-present)

I hold my bachelor's from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata (DST-Inspire fellow) with Microbiology (Hons.) and Physics, Chemistry. Currently PMRF fellow at IISc, Bangalore. I want to know if our brain has a built-in "physics engine" and how it extracts/predicts various physical information from the visual world. I love and crave to travel and take photographs. Kumbaya!

Sini Simon | PhD student, CNS (2019-present)

I received B.Tech. in Electronics & Communication Engg. from Govt. College of Engineering, Kannur and M.Tech. in Signal Processing from NIT Calicut.I am interested to know how the brain represents the world we see.

Sudhanshu Bharadwaj | UG BS project student (2023-present)

Hi! I'm Sudhanshu, an Undergraduate from IISc. I'm interested in a bunch of things in C.S. and Neuroscience. I'm particularly interested in what algorithms neurons use to process and learn things so effectively and how information. On the Computer-Science side of things, I am pretty interested in Data Science and Machine/Deep learning (read: I download large files and press `tab` to autocomplete Github Copilot) . I also really love learning various beautiful algorithms, that fundamentally change the way we think about a computational problem.

Surbhi Munda | PhD student, CNS (2021-present)

I received my B.Sc (Research) and Master's degree in Biology from IISc. I am interested in understanding object recognition and language processing. Outside of lab one would find me on nature trails and painting.

Tahiti Manna | MSc Life Sciences student (2023-present)

I did my Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences from Presidency University, Kolkata. Currently, I am pursuing Masters in Life Sciences at IISc. As a child have always been fascinated by the Brain and its infinite capabilities. The brain makes us who we are and how we perceive the world. The prospect of exploring the world of neuroscience excites me. Outside academics, I find happiness in music and art.

Vaishnavi Adella | PhD student, CNS (2022-present)

I received my Bachelors in ECE from Amrita school of Engineering and Masters in Electrical engineering from IIT Madras. I am fascinated by the complex processes that run in the brain that give rise to mundane behavior that we take for granted. I love reading novels involving fantastical worlds and magic.