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Office bearers and committee

The Executive Committee is elected by the Society's Primary Members once in two years and administers the Society's day-to-day activities, membership and programmes.

Executive Committee

Prof. Bindu M. Kutty

President

Senior Professor of Neurophysiology (Retd.); formerly Head, Department of Neurophysiology and Dean, Basic Sciences; founder of the Centre for Consciousness Studies, NIMHANS, Bengaluru.

Sleep, meditation, cognition and wellbeing.

Prof. B.S. Shankaranarayana Rao

General Secretary

Professor, Department of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS, Bengaluru.

Neural plasticity, stress and the remodelling of neural circuits in neuropsychiatric disorders.

Mr. Chetan S. Mukundan

Treasurer

Director R&D, Axxonet Brain Research Laboratory (ABRL), Axxonet System Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru.

Forensic cognitive neuroscience; industry–academia collaboration.

Prof. C.R. Mukundan

Founder and Honorary President

Founder President (2014–2018). Former Professor and Head, Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology Unit, NIMHANS; Professor Emeritus, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, GFSU; Honorary Chairman, ABRL.

Established clinical neuropsychology and cognitive electrophysiology at NIMHANS; author of the NIMHANS Neuropsychology Battery.

Dr. Laxmi T. Rao

Executive Committee Member

Department of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS, Bengaluru. Faculty of the Society’s 2018 workshop “Understanding Cognition from Neuro-behavioural Perspectives” and a review editor in cognitive neuroscience.

Neurophysiology of cognition; stress, learning and memory; behavioural neuroscience.

Dr. Arun Sasidharan

Executive Committee Member

Centre for Consciousness Studies, Department of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS, Bengaluru; formerly with the Axxonet Brain Research Laboratory. Presented at the 2016 National Conference and an invited speaker at CNSI-2020 on interfacing industrial and academic research.

EEG and event-related potentials; sleep and consciousness; neurotechnology for cognitive assessment.

Responsibilities of the office bearers

As set out in the Bye-laws of the Society.

President

  • Represents the Society at national and international forums
  • Leads the Society in the scientific growth of its disciplines
  • Plans and chairs Executive Committee and general meetings, preparing the agenda with the General Secretary
  • Acts as the main link between the Executive Committee and the General Secretary
  • Upholds the Memorandum and Bye-laws
  • Leads the annual review of the Society’s performance
  • Reviews the Treasurer’s financial reports and advises the Executive Committee on them
  • Appoints the Chairpersons of Core Interest Groups with the General Secretary and the Executive Committee
  • Communicates with members on professional matters

General Secretary

  • The administrative head of the Society, communicating its decisions to members and other agencies with the President’s concurrence
  • Organises meetings and keeps the minutes and records
  • Upholds the legal requirements of the governing documents
  • Handles membership and all other correspondence
  • Plans annual meetings, conferences, seminars and continuing education programmes with the Executive Committee
  • Supports the website and journal editors
  • Coordinates government-related work and explores collaborations with other organisations
  • Supports the Treasurer in financial governance and represents the Society to other bodies

Treasurer

  • Handles all monetary transactions of the Society
  • Signs the receipt for every payment received
  • Operates the bank account jointly with the General Secretary
  • Reports the year’s spending and balance to the General Body

Every member

Works for the scientific development of the field that makes them eligible for membership.

How the committee works

Elections
Primary Members elect the President, General Secretary, Treasurer, Journal Editor, Website Editor and the Executive Committee once in two years, by secret ballot.
Terms
Two years for the officers and committee members; three years for the editors and the Editorial Board.
Meetings
At least twice a year, chaired by the President or the General Secretary, with at least two officers and two ordinary members present.
Core Interest Groups
The Executive Committee appoints a Chairperson for each group. How the Society is run.

Founding Executive Committee, 2015

The first Executive Committee, recorded in the Inaugural Souvenir of 21 June 2015, had eighteen members from NIMHANS, Kasturba Medical College Manipal, the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Banaras Hindu University, AIIMS New Delhi, NIMS Hyderabad, Nitte University and Axxonet, with Prof. C.R. Mukundan as President and Dr John P. John as General Secretary.

The founding committee in full

Membership, nominations and committee correspondence

Write to the General Secretary through the Society’s registered office.

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