Assistant Professor
School of Biosciences and Bioengineering (SBB), IIT Mandi
Dr. Sanjeev Nara is an Assistant Professor at SBB, IIT Mandi. He completed his PhD in the Brain Rhythms and Cognition Group at BCBL, San Sebastián, Spain and also served as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Giessen, Germany. His research work focuses on computational & cognitive neuroscience and working with EEG, fMRI and MEG data. He is a pioneer in predictive processing & has published papers in reputed journals. His work expands to decoding brain activity using machine learning & deep learning along with studying visual perception, aesthetics and other cognitive functions. He leads the Nara Lab on Computational Cognition at IIT Mandi as principal investigator
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science, IIT Gandhinagar
Yogesh Kumar Meena is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at IIT Gandhinagar. He received his B.Tech. and M.Tech. in Information Technology from IIITM Gwalior and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Ulster University. He worked as a senior AI software development engineer at the University of Essex and Mersea Homes Ltd. He completed postdoctoral research at Swansea University's FIT Lab and the ISRC at Ulster University, and he has been a visiting research fellow at IIT Kanpur. His research group focuses on two key directions: delivering intelligent technologies and systems, and transforming community health and care.
Assistant Professor
Indian Knowledge System and Mental Health Applications Centre (IKSMHA), IIT Mandi
Dr. Archi Banerjee is an Assistant Professor at the Indian Knowledge System and Mental Health Applications Centre (IKSMHA) at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi. Her research integrates cognitive neuroscience, music cognition, nonlinear physics, and the study of Indian performing arts. Her work focuses on understanding the neurocognitive foundations of music and visual arts, music and wellbeing, music signal processing, and fractal analysis of brain and behavioural data. Prior to joining IIT Mandi, she also did her postdoctoral research at IIT Kharagpur and earned her Ph.D. from Jadavpur University.
Manager – Applications and Support
Aerobe Pvt. Ltd
Dr. Anirudh Unni is a cognitive neuroscientist with over a decade of experience in EEG and fNIRS research, neurophysiology, and translational neurotechnology. His work focuses on integrating EEG–fNIRS signals for real-time cognitive state assessment. He has authored 30+ peer-reviewed publications and led multiple externally funded research projects in neuroergonomics and human cognition. Since 2025, he has been working as Manager – Applications and Support at Aerobe, where he leads system deployment, researcher training, and hands-on workshops, including combined EEG–fNIRS acquisition and analysis workflows.