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