Conferences & events

Meetings of the Society

National and international conferences, workshops and the annual meeting — the places where the Society's disciplines meet.

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Past conferences and meetings

CNSI-2020 conference poster
International conference20–22 January 2020 · GFSU Auditorium, Gandhinagar

CNSI-2020 · International Conference on Emerging Trends in Cognitive Neuroscience: Forensics and Clinical Applications

Hosted with the Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, on the occasion of Forensic Psychology Day. Keynote by Prof. C.R. Mukundan on cognitive modelling of neural controls; plenaries by Prof. K. Ganapathy (Apollo Healthcare) and Prof. D.M. Pestonjee; invited talks from NIMHANS, AIIMS Patna and Delhi, NBRC, the University of Hyderabad, Leeds Beckett University and Axxonet; student award sessions; felicitation of the Founder President.

Neurolinguistics·Neurophysiology·Neuropsychology·Clinical neuroscience·Computational neuroscience·Neuroimaging & deception studies·AI / ML in neuroscience
Workshop19–21 December 2019 · NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Sleep Workshop

A three-day workshop on sleep science and its measurement, held with the Department of Neurophysiology as part of the Society's Cognitive Confluence programme.

WorkshopAugust 2018 · Department of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS

Understanding Cognition from Neuro-behavioural Perspectives

Faculty: Dr Bindu M. Kutty, Dr B.S. Shankaranarayana Rao and Dr Laxmi T. Rao.

Symposium19 January 2018 · NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Current Approaches in EEG Analysis — Cognitive Confluence Symposium 01

The first symposium of the CNSI–NIMHANS lecture series, covering mathematical methods for EEG including PCA, ICA and causality testing.

National conference4–5 April 2016 · Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar

1st National Conference of CNSI — “Envisioning the BrainMind: A Multidisciplinary Approach”

Organised by the Institute of Behavioural Science, GFSU, with the support of the Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Gujarat State Child Protection Society and UNICEF. Inaugurated by Prof. B.N. Gangadhar, Vice-Chancellor and Director, NIMHANS, and Dr J.M. Vyas, Director General, GFSU. Keynotes included Prof. Shekhar Seshadri, Dr Shripathi Upadhyaya, Prof. John P. John, Prof. Kiranmai S. Rai, Prof. Uday Sinha, Prof. Prabha Adhikari, Prof. Suvarna Alladi, Dr Arun Sasidharan and colleagues, Dr Priyanka Kacker and Prof. C.R. Mukundan. Organising Secretary: Dr Priyanka Kacker.

Scientific programme (PDF)Invitation (PDF)
Inaugural meeting21 June 2015 · NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Inauguration of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society of India

Inaugural address by Prof. P. Satishchandra, Director and Vice-Chancellor, NIMHANS; souvenir released by Prof. G.N.N. Reddy, former Director. A day of talks spanning consciousness and Sri Aurobindo, glial cells, evolutionary psychology, blood pressure and cognition, hypnosis, meditation and neurogenesis, the linguistic brain and cognitive reserve — from NIMHANS, Manipal, Calicut, NIAS and GFSU.

Souvenir release at the inaugural meeting, NIMHANS, 21 June 2015

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