Prof Anil Kumar
Chair, Wellness Centre Committee
Dean, Undergraduate Program & Professor of Physics, IISc
P. S. Anil Kumar joined the Department of Physics of Indian Institute of Science in 2004. He is an associate faculty of CeNSE. He is currently a Professor of physics and the Dean of the prestigious undergraduate program of IISc.
Email: anil@iisc.ac.in
Mr. Vasanthan AA
Member Secretary, Wellness Centre Committee & Assistant Registrar, IISc
Mr. Vasanthan is the Assistant Registrar dealing with the Legal, Contract Management, Central Public Grievance administration of IISc Health Centre and Wellness Centre.
Email: vasanthan@iisc.ac.in
Advisory board
Dr. Ajit Bhide
Dr. Ajit V. Bhide is currently the head of the Department of Psychiatry at St. Martha’s hospital in Bengaluru and a psychiatrist in private practice. He has served as a faculty at St. John’s Medical College and NIMHANS Bengaluru, was the past president of Indian Psychiatric Society and founder president of Indian Association of Private Psychiatry (Karnataka Chapter).
Dr. Naren P Rao
Dr Naren P Rao is currently an Additional professor in the department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru. Previously, he was a DST-INSPIRE faculty at the Centre for Neuroscience, IISc and a postdoctoral fellow at Research Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada. He has been honoured with numerous awards, including DBT-Innovative Young Biotechnologist, Canada Hope scholarship, etc.
Faculty representatives
Dr. S.N. Omkar
Chief Research Scientist, Aerospace Engineering
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/compintellab/home/uavla
Email: omkar@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Suja Elizabeth
Chief Research Scientist, Department of Physics
Dr Suja Elizabeth is actively involved in guiding research scholars, teaches graduate and undergraduate students, and has mentored several undergraduate/Integrated PhD students. She is also involved in many outreach programs to popularize science. Currently, she also serves as a member of the Institute’s Safety Committee.
Website: http://www.physics.iisc.ac.in/~liz/
Email: liz@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Varsha Singh (MRDG)
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics.
I received my PhD from IISc in 2005. Research (and my children) continues to be the reason I wake up every morning and go about my day. While I have absolutely enjoyed every moment of my science and always say ‘I chose the right career’, I have had my share of stress, stomach ulcers and loads of uncertainties as a student and now as a faculty member as well. I deal with them by talking to friends, mentors, reading sci-fi and getting back to experiments. We need a support system, for student and for faculty, the one that lets you know that it is okay to say ‘’I have stress’’, ‘’I might be depressed’’, ‘’I do yoga’’ and ‘’I need professional help’. We, at the Wellness Center, want to make wellness accessible to everyone at IISc. We are listening to you, and learning to help us all. Website: http://www.mrdg.iisc.ernet.in/varsha/thewormlabmrdg.html
Email: varsha@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Vishwesha Guttal (CES)
Associate Professor, Centre for Ecological Sciences
Vishwesha’s research interests are in theoretical ecology. He has served on many student committees at both the departmental and Institute level. Together with colleagues, he established a workplace wellness committee at CES. Currently, he is also a member of Student affairs committee, KVPY core-committee and IISc-Biology seminars committee.
Website: https://teelabiisc.wordpress.com/
Email: guttal@iisc.ac.in
Health Centre Representatives
Dr. C. Satish Rao
Officer-in-charge, IISc Health Centre
Dr. R. Nirmala
Medical Officer, IISc Health Centre
Dr Nirmala. R (Medical Officer, Indian Institute Of Science)
Dr Nirmala joined as a Medical Officer at the Indian Institute of Science in 2007. She got her MBBS from the Madras Medical College, Chennai. She obtained Diplomas in family medicine from Christian Medical College, Vellore and in geriatric medicine. Her areas of interest are in dementia in the elderly and dementia care.
Dr. Aditya Malladi
Medical Officer, IISc Health Centre
Dr. Neethi Raveendran
Medical Officer, IISc Health Centre
Psychologists
Mr. B. G. Shridhar
Clinical Psychologist, IISc
Sridhar is a mental health professional, with experience in counselling, therapy and psychological assessments. He completed his masters in clinical psychology and worked on “Emotional intelligence and perceived stress” as a part of the program. He has worked as a clinical psychologist in a psychiatric setup for nearly six years, has done online counselling and has also taught at universities.
Email: shridharbg@iisc.ac.in
Phone: 8310863505
Ms. M. S. Savitha
Clinical Psychologist, IISc, IISc
Savitha M S is a clinical psychologist at IISc. She got her M.Sc. from Bangalore University, and obtained a license as clinical psychologist from RCI. She had extensive internships in many hospitals including NIMHANS, Bangalore. She has been practising psychology from the past six years in different hospitals and has experience of working with children, adolescents and adults, with psychological assessment, testing and therapy.
Email: savithams@iisc.ac.in
Phone: 7975909083