Lab Members
Lab Members
Anurag completed his Master's in Design and Manufacturing from NIT, Silchar, and went on to work as an Assistant Professor at the Jain College of Engineering, Belgavi.
He is currently interested in understanding the mental processes involved in reading Hindi words. Anurag is also enthusiastic about improving systems engineering by emphasising on human factors.
You can contact him at akhare@iitk.ac.in .
Vivek completed his Master's in Robotics form IIIT - Allahabad, and has also worked as an Assistant Professor in Manipal Institute of Technology, Jaipur.
Currently, he is interested in developing Corpora based measures for Hindi. He is also involved in generating rating based measures for Hindi; and looking at role if these factors in Hindi Word Recognition and Reading.
You can contact him at sikarwar@iitk.ac.in .
Dipanjali has completed her Master's in Psychology from CSJMU, Kanpur.
Her current research interests lie in exploring the effects of the 'self' concept on various mental functions.
You can contact her at dipanjli@iitk.ac.in
Irfan has completed his Master's in Nuclear Science and Engg. from DTU.
He is currently interested in understanding the concept of self and how it relates to multiple cognitive processes.
You can contact him at airfan@iitk.ac.in
Navneet holds a Bachelor's degree from NIT Durgapur in Computer Science and Engineering.
He is interested in studying and understanding driver behavior especially mind wandering while driving and route familiarity.
You can contact him at navneetb25@iitk.ac.in
Abhishek completed his bachelor's in Electronics and Communication Engineering from NERIST, and his master's in the specialization Communication and Signal Processing from IIIT Guwahati.
His research interest lies in group processes and inter-group relations, exploring how favoritism towards one's own group biases our cognitive processes and how it manifests itself in daily life behaviors.
He has completed his PhD in our lab before and is currently working as postdoctoral researcher (FARE Fellowship).
You can contact him at abhishekb21@iitk.ac.in
Ashna completed Bachelor's degree from Integral University, Lucknow, and Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Her research interests focus on reading processes, attention, and mindfulness. Particularly, she is interested in exploring how attentional mechanisms influence reading and language processing
Mufeed has completed master's degree in Cognitive Science from CBCS, Allahabad. He is interested in understanding why so many different languages exist, how social, environmental, and cognitive pressures shape the evolution of language. Currently, he is working on Malayalam language orthography and linguistics analysis.
You can contact him at mufeedsci111@gmail.com
Anurati has completed her Bachelor's and Master's in psychology from chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur. Her research interests span memory, language, and sleep. She is working on eye tracking experiments related to differences in reading in English and Hindi language scripts.
You can contact her at anuratit@iitk.ac.in
Rishi Dikshit completed his M.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Allahabad and earned his Ph.D. from BBAU, Lucknow. His doctoral research focused on the impact of social media exposure on working memory and social competence among abled and differently abled adults. His doctoral research was conducted under the supervision of Prof. U.V. Kiran and the co-supervision of Dr. Ark Verma.
He is currently interested in understanding how digital behaviour influences cognitive and social processes, and how cognition shapes social functioning across diverse populations.
You can contact him at rishidikshit08@gmail.com
Yamini has completed Bachelor's in Psychology from University of Delhi.
She is interested in cognitive neuroscience and is currently exploring lateralization of cognitive functions.
You can contact her at yamini24@iitk.ac.in
A graduate of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Prashant completed his BA Honours with Research in Psychology. He is fascinated by the concept of "self" and self-related processes, and enjoys exploring big questions together — how identity, awareness, and social connection shape our cognition. He lives in constant awe of life in general.