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XLIII Annual meeting of Indian Academy of Neurosciences (IAN-2025) will be organized during October 29 - November 1, 2025 at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (BRIC-RGCB), Trivandrum, India.
Theme: "Neurodevelopment and Brain Disorders : Research Trends, Technologies and Translation"

KT Shetty Memorial Oration

An endowment has been created to institute an oration in the memory of Dr. K.T. Shetty with the support and efforts of well wishers of Dr. Shetty and IAN members. The oration is conferred on a Neuroscientist (preferably young) based on his / her research contributions in the area of neurosciences.

The award consists of a scroll, a memento and Rs.10,000/- (through cheque) given to the awardee at the time of the lecture. Free local hospitality will be extended and travel (fully/partially) may be supported by the Organizers subject to the availability of funds.

Rules and Regulations:

The Awardee must be a Fellow/ Honorary Member/ Honorary Fellow/ Life Member of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences.
He/ She should have at least 10 years standing in the area of Neurosciences and should not be above 55 years on the calendar year of the conference.
The contributions in Neuroscience in India will be judged by:
i. Research publications
ii. Awards
iii. Contributions to growth of Neuroscience in India.
A Search Committee consisting of the following office bearers and fellows of the Indian Academy will be constituted by the Executive committee which will consider the nominations/ propose a panel of maximum 2 Neuroscientists, preferably in order of merit:
i. President
ii. Secretary HQ
iii.General Secretary
iv. Dean
v. Editor of the Journal
vi. Two Fellows of the Academy.
The Dean will be the Convenor of the Committee and will invite nominations. The members of this committee and Office bearers of the year of award shall not be eligible.
The Executive Committee will approve the final name and award will be announced during the Inaugural function of the annual general meeting of the Academy.
The awardee will give an oration on the topic of his choice preferably at the annual meeting or under the auspices of a local chapter. The awardee will also provide MSS of the oration for publication in the Annals of Neurosciences.

Awardees

	Dr. Samarjit Bhattacharyya Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali; Email: samarjit@iisermohali.ac.in	2024
	Dr Suman Jain Professor, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; Email: sumanjain10@gmail.com	2023
	Dr Suresh L. Mehta Associate Scientist Department of Neurological Surgery University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, WI 53792 USA Email: mehta@neurosurgery.wisc.edu	2022
	Dr Rajat Sandhir Professor Department of Biochemistrye Panjab University Chandigarh - 160 014, India Email: sandhir@pu.ac.in	2021
	Dr MM Srinivas Bharath Professor and Head Department of Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neurotoxicology National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) P.B. No. 2900, Hosur Road, Bengaluru - 560 029, India Email: bharath@nimhans.ac.in , thathachar2010@gmail.com	2020
	Dr Anirban Basu Scientist-VII & Senior Professor National Brain Research Centre (NBRC) NH-8, Nainwal Road, Manesar, Gurgaon Haryana - 122 052, India Email: anirban@nbrc.ac.in , anirban.nbrc@gov.in	2019
	Dr Aditya Murthy Professor & Chairperson Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru - 560 012 Email: adi@iisc.ac.in	2018
	Dr Aditya B. Pant Principal Scientist Developmental Toxicology Laboratory Systems Toxicology & Health Risk Assessment Group CSIR - Indian Institute of Toxicology Research Vishvigyan Bhavan, 31, Mahatma Gandhi Marg P.O. Box No. 80, Lucknow - 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India Email: abpant@iitr.res.in; abpant@rediffmail.com	2017
	Prof. Vidita Vaidya Department of Biological Sciences at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai Email: vvaidya@tifr.res.in	2016
	Prof. Subramaniam Ganesh Head of Department of Biological Sciences Indian Institute of technology, Kanpur Email: sganesh@iitk.ac.in	2015
	Dr. B. S. Shankaranarayana Rao Additional Professor Department of Neurophysiology National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences Hosur Road Bengaluru – 560 029, India Email: bssrao.nimhans@gmail.com	2014 (Bengaluru)
	Dr. Nihar Ranjan Jana� Professor National Brain Research Centre Near Nainwal Mode, NH 8 Manesar – 122050, Gurgaon Email: nihar@nbrc.ac.in	2013 (Allahabad)
	Dr. Ishan K. Patro� Professor School of Studies in Zoology/ Neuroscience Jiwaji University Gwalior – 474 011, India Email: ishanpatro@gmail.com	2012 (Amritsar)
	Dr (Ms). Shubha Tole Department of Biological Sciences,� Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India Email: shubhatole @ gmail.com	2011 (New Delhi)
	Dr. Upinder S. Bhalla National Centre for Biological Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research GKVK, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India Email: bhalla@ncbs.res.in	2010 (Lucknow)
	Dr. Harish Chand Pant Neuronal Cytoskeletal Protein Regulation Section Laboratory of Neurochemistry, NINDS Building 49, Room 2A35 49 Convent Drive, MSC 4479 Bethesda, MD 20892-4479 Email: panth@ninds.nih.gov	2009 (Jaipur)

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