Decision Diaries

Neuropixels Openscope Workshop, July'25!

Garima attended a hands-on workshop held at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle (July 9–11), where participants were trained in large-scale in vivo physiology data collection. The program covered the complete experimental pipeline—from surgical preparation and behavioral training to neural recordings—and included sessions on accessing and analyzing datasets from the Allen Brain Observatory and the OpenScope program.

BCL5 Workshop, July'25!

We had an exciting and enriching experience at the Brain, Computation & Learning workshop at IISc Bangalore!

Arjun helped organize and delivered a talk, while Adithya, Ayan, Chetan, and Rakshita actively participated and contributed to the event’s success.

Overall, it was a fantastic week of learning, exchanging ideas, and reconnecting with former lab members.

Defended, May'25!

Congratulations to Hera for successfully defending her MTech thesis!

EMBO Neuroscience of Sleep, March'25!

Rakshita gave a talk at the EMBO Workshop on Neuroscience of Sleep at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

She received a travel grant from EMBO to support her trip.

Decisions, Games & Evolution Workshop, March'25!

Arjun gave a talk at the Decisions, Games & Evolution workshop on 11th March held at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bangalore!

Lab Turns 5, January'25!

Celebrating half a decade of ideas, experiments, and endless cups of chai!

Here's to many more brews and breakthroughs!

ACCS XI, December'24!

Another year, another set of conquerors from the lab!

Shruti took the stage with a talk, and Adithya presented a poster at ACCS XI, held at IIT Bombay.

Rice-IITK Workshop on NeuroTech Innovations, November'24!

Organized by Arjun, this workshop supported by IIT Kanpur and Rice University, brought together experts to discuss neurotechnology advancements for neurological and psychiatric care. Garima, Peeusa, Kshitij and Subham presented posters.

The event emphasized scalable, cost-effective solutions, including brain implants, neuromodulation, and brain-machine interfaces!

JDM India, October'24!

In its second year, the Indian Judgment and Decision Making Conference took place at IIT Mandi, co-organized by Dr. Varun Dutt, Dr. Arjun Ramakrishnan, and Dr. Sumitava Mukherjee.

Arjun gave a talk, while Priyanshu and Shruti presented their work, all against the stunning backdrop of the mountains!

The scenery was so inspiring that they ventured on a morning trek the next day and even made some new friends along the way.

CCN, August'24!

Before beginning their PhD journeys, Chetan and Rakshita had the opportunity to present posters showcasing their Master's research at the Cognitive Computational Neuroscience (CCN) Conference held at MIT in Boston, USA.

Their trip to CCN was fully supported by Emergent Ventures!

FENS, June'24!

Peeusa presented a poster based on her PhD thesis work, supported by DBT Wellcome Trust IA, at the Federation of European Neuroscience Society (FENS) Forum held at Vienna, Austria.

Research and Fellowship Achievements, May'24!

Dr. Garima Chauhan, Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow, has been awarded the DST INSPIRE faculty fellowship.

Harsh Arora, PhD student, was awarded the Rooma & Ajay Dubey Healthcare Innovation and Ideation (HII) Fellowship.

Great going, Decision Lab folks!

InterfaceRice, April '24!

Arjun was invited to give a talk, with Promit and Subham presenting their posters at InterfaceRice 2024 held at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA.

One more defence done, April '24!

Congratulations to Rakshita for successfully defending her MSR Thesis!

Eye-Tracking Workshop, March '24!

Ayan, Adithya, Peeusa and Arjun traveled to CBCS, Allahabad, with their eye tracking device!

CHINTA Conference, January '24!

From molecules to mind, Peeusa and Priyanshu presenting their posters at the Centre for High Impact Neuroscience and Translational Applications (CHINTA) conference, Kolkata.

Back-To-Back Defences Done, December '23!

Congratulations to Shruti and Chetan for defending their MTech and MSR thesis (respectively) successfully!!

Judgment & Decision-Making Conference India, December '23

JDM India Conference hosted at IIT Kanpur, co-organised by Dr. Arjun Ramakrishnan and Dr. Sumitava Mukherjee (IIT Delhi); a unique one-day academic meetup that served as a nexus for researchers delving into various facets of judgments and choices across diverse disciplines and methodologies! You can read more about the conference here

ACCS X, December '23

Another ACCS, and Arjun's trying to hold back another batch of conquerers...

MFCEM Inauguration & Research Symposium, November '23

Inauguration of the Mehta Family Centre For Engineering in Medicine (MFCEM): A fusion of innovation and collaboration! The inauguration was accompanied with two days of engaging research discussions via talks and poster presentations.

MFCEM will also host our new lab space super soon!!

TNS Congress, October '23

Neuromodulation conference at AIIMS, New Delhi.

India MedTech Expo, August '23

Sponsored by ICMR, with the support of UpsideDown labs, we are developing and testing an indigenous bioamplifier for EEG. We were selected by ICMR to showcase our wearable EEG device at India MedTech Expo 2023, held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat from 17 - 19 August, 2023.

Wearable EEG Demo for ICMR, June '23

Portable, wearable EEG based neurofeedback: take a deep breath and calm down to slow the scooter-riding kitty -- demo by Harsh, Kshitij, Naveen.

Lab Open Day, June '23

The Decision Lab joined forces with the Brain & Cognitive Society, IITK to host an exhilarating open day at the lab, exclusively for budding neuroscience enthusiasts participating in summer projects. First-year UGs were treated to an immersive experience, discovering the captivating world of decision-making work done at the lab!