The Mindscapes Bengaluru Cohort
The Mindscapes Bengaluru community has been working together since April 2021 to collaborate and build cultural projects that bridge science, art, and community efforts around mental health. Our collaborators include individuals and organisations working across science, policy, law, advocacy, and art.
UnBox Cultural Futures Team
Rohan Patankar
Senior Design Researcher & Strategist, Quicksand Design Studio
Aparajita Bhasin
Cultural Producer,
UnBox Cultural Futures Society
Fiza Jha
Senior Design Researcher,
Quicksand Design Studio
Jyoti Narayan
Senior Design Researcher,
Quicksand Design Studio
Avinash Kumar
Design Strategist & Co-Founder , UnBox Cultural Futures Society
Faith Gonsalves
Public Engagement Specialist, Quicksand Design Studio
Riya Gokharu
Senior Design Researcher, Quicksand Design Studio
Bengaluru Mindscapes Artist-in-Residence Team
Indu Antony
Mindscapes Bengaluru, Artist-in-Residence
Trisha Appanna
Project Assistant to Indu Antony
Shalini
Project Assistant to Indu Antony
Bhagya
Project Assistant to Indu Antony
Kavitha
Project Assistant to Indu Antony
Museum of Art & Photography Team
Kamini Sawhney
Director, Museum of Art & Photography
Arnika Ahldag
Chief Curator,
Museum of Art & Photography
Shilpa Vijayakrishnan
Head of Education & Outreach, Museum of Art & Photography
Vaishnavi Kambadur
Assistant Curator, Museum of Art & Photography
Elizabeth Mathew
Programme Coordinator, Mindscapes, Museum of Art & Photography
Rhea Sokhanda
Intern, Mindscapes, Museum of Art & Photography
Mindscapes Bengaluru Core Cohort
Dr Pratima Murthy
Director & Senior Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS
Dr Sanjeev Jain
Retd. Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS.
Dr Jaisoorya TS
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS & In-charge, NIMHANS Heritage Museum
Dr Prabha Chandra
Dean of Behavior Sciences, Senior Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS
Dr Neethi P
Social Scientist and Senior Researcher, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Yashwin Iddya
Chief Knowledge Officer, Fields of View
Arjun Kapoor
Programme Manager,
Centre For Mental Health Law And Policy
Varun Kurtkoti
Writer, Filmmaker
& Visual Artist
Maitri Gopalakrishna
Counselling Psychologist & Drama Therapist
Pallavi Chander
Creative Arts Therapist
Jahnavi Phalkey
Founding Director,
Science Gallery Bengaluru
Arundhati Ghosh
Executive Director, India Foundation for the Arts
Menaka Rodriguez
Head, Resource Mobilisation & Outreach, India Foundation for the Arts
Darshana Dave
Manager: Institutional Projects, India Foundation for the Arts
Bengaluru Extended Cohort
Dr Ajit B. Dahale
Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS
Dr Chethan B.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS
Ms Yamuna Rani I
Technical Assistant, NIMHANS Heritage Museum
Sinjini Ghosh
Counselling Psychologist, Gulmohar
Tanya Fernandes
Research Associate, Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy
Amiti Varma
Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy
Manisha Shastri
Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy
Srinidhi Santosh
Fields of View
Meera Prajapati
Fields of View
Sumit Sute
Fields of View
Sukanya Deepak
Fields of View
Yashodara Udupa
Senior Associate, Media Lab, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Sofia Juliet Rajan
Consultant, Word Lab, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Rekha Raghunathan
Senior Director, Community Relations & Development, Indiaspora
Debosmita Dam
Interdisciplinary Artist / Researcher
Padmalatha Ravi
Multi-disciplinary artist and Therapeutic Arts Facilitator
Sri Vamsi Matta
Artist, Anti-caste Theatre Practitioner, Graphic designer
Aruna
Visual Artist, Theatre Practitioner, Arts Educator
Yuthika Subramanyan
Counselling Psychologist, Arts-based Facilitator
Arjun Khera
Drama and Movement Therapist & Counsellor
Shilok Mukkati
Poet, Dancer, Theatre Artist, Radio Jockey
Sannidhi Surop
Theatre Artist
Mohini Singh
Expressive Arts Therapist
Madhu Smriti Shukla
Drama and Storytelling Practitioner
Vijji Chari
Storytelling Practitioner
Rency Philip
Theatre Teacher, Actress, Puppeteer
Anita
Balraj
Chandrashree
Deepa
Nishita
Preethi
Shanmugan
Suhas
Bhamati
Navya
Vivek
Ravi
Sumedha
Himanshu
Dr Soumitro Pathare
Director, Centre For Mental Health Law And Policy
Dr Vivek Benegal
Additional Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS
Madhushree Kamak
Programme Manager,
Science Gallery Bengaluru
Subasri Krishnan
Filmmaker & Lead, Media Lab, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Asha Jhina
Senior Associate, Word Lab, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Ishani Debroy
Word Lab, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Dr Geetha Desai
Associate Professor. Psychiatry NIMHANS
Sister Padma
NIMHANS Centre for Well Being
Dr Mathew Varghese
Senior Profesor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS
Dr Pattie Gonsalves
Project Director, Principal Investigator, Sangath
Wellcome Team
Danielle Olsen
Cultural Partnerships Lead, Wellcome Trust
Pauline Meyer
Project Officer, Mindscapes, Wellcome Trust
Masonde Luteta
Project Officer, Mindscapes, Wellcome Trust
Grace Gatera
Lived Experience Advisor, Wellcome Trust
Mindscapes International Community
Dr Rebecca Hayes Jacobs
Mindscapes Curatorial Research Fellow, New York
Dr Margareta Von Oswald
Mindscapes Curatorial Research Fellow, Berlin
Kukiko Nobori
Mindscapes Curatorial Research Fellow, Tokyo
Hiroko Kikuchi
Artist / Creative Director, NPO inVisible, Tokyo
Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm
Mindscapes International Artist-in-Residence
Christine Wong Yap
Mindscapes Artist-in-Residence at Large
Priya Basil
Mindscapes International Writer-in-Residence
Injonge Karangwa
Chief Organizer, Hamwe Festival, University of Global Health Equity, Kigali
Todd Lerew
Director, Special Projects, Library Foundation of Los Angeles
Dr Kristian Moltke Martiny
Head of Research & Partner, Enact:Lab
Daniel Oxenhandler
Head of Cultural Projects & Filmmaker, Enact:lab