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XLIV Annual meeting of Indian Academy of Neurosciences (IAN-2026) will be organized during October 6-9, 2026 at The BRIC- National Brain Research Centre (BRIC-NBRC), Manesar-Gurgaon, India.

Professor S. S. Parmar Research Foundation (USA) Award

There are two awards under this category, which are given for the best papers presented in the Poster session. Each award includes INR 2,500/- (Rupees Two thousand five hundred only), memento and certificate.

Eligibility: The candidate / nominee should essentially be a member of Indian Academy of Neurosciences and below 35 years of age at the time of conference.

Nomination for Young Scientist Poster Awards- IAN 2026

Awardees

2024	Shatabdi Choudhury, NIMHANS, Bengaluru,
	Panki Vatsa CSIR-IITR
2023	Akash M Waghade, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India The neuronal NOS activates SC-VTA circuitry during reversal learning behaviour impaired in schizophrenic like condition in rats
	Sana Sarkar Developmental Toxicology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology & Health Risk Assessment Group, CSIR - Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Vishvigyan Bhavan,31, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Metabolic rewiring during neuronal differentiation and its interplay with toxicantinduced epigenetic alterations
2022	Uzair Ahmad Ansari, Developmental Toxicology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology & Health Risk Assessment Group, CSIR - Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Vishvigyan Bhavan,31, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Towards the development of human iPSCs derived TDP43 linked model of ALS: Critical involvement of autophagy and lysosomal dynamics
	Urmila John School of Studies in Neuroscience, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India CSPG upregulation causes impaired dendritogenesis and spinogenesis, leading to synaptic dysregulation and inhibition of plasticity in a double-hit rat model of protein malnutrition (PMN) and bacterial infection (LPS)
2021	Madhav Sharma Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal, India Interferon-Induced Tetratricopeptide Repeat Protein (Ifit2) deficiency exacerbates the neurological manifestation of murine coronavirus induced neuroinflammation and chronic progressive demyelination
	Anima Kumari 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 Lambda-cyhalothrin induced dopaminergic dysfunctions in rats: involvement of P38 /JNK MAPK / Nrf2-ARE Signaling
2020	Aditya Singh National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Hyderabad, Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 037, Telangana, India Taxifolin treatment improves high glucose-generated mitochondrial dysfunction in neuroblastoma cells
	Kamble Mithila Ashok Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata, Campus Road, Mohanpur - 741 246, West Bengal, India iNOS plays a protective role in murine-Coronavirus induced neuroinflammatory demyelination
2019	Shubhi Saini Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Development of Human Cochlear Nuclei - A Stereological Study
	Syed Mujtaba Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India Perinatal Multi-Stress Alters Glial Cell Turnover and Impairs Neurobehavioral Development In Wistar Rats
2018	Aanchal Aggarwal NAF Biot Inst, SAS Nagar Epigenetic regulation of cognitive functions in surgically induced menopause- preventive role of S-nitrosoglutathione.
	Tiyasha Sarkar Jiwaji University, Gwalior Perinatal multi stress exposure impairs memory in adult rats via caspase-3 dependent β III tubulin catastrophe in CA1 neurons
2017	Dhanashree Alshi Sophia College, Mumbai Effect of Metformin on the stalk length in Dictyostelium discoideum.
	Saumya Kundu Indian Institute of Science Education & Research(IISER), Kolkata DJ-1 regulation in viral induced oxidative stress in neural cells.
2016	Charanjeet Kaur Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Unbiased stereology of adult human spiral ganglion
	Nishant Ranjan Heat Physiology Division, Defense Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS), Delhi Heat stress induced physiological perturbations and molecular changes in the rat brain and an insight into key molecules unravelling some of the therapeutic targets.
2015	Vina Tikiyani Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Mohali, Punjab - 140 306 Understanding the function of claudins in the C.elegans nervous system
	Shalini Swaroop National Brain Research Centre, Manesar - 122 051, India HSP60 plays a regulatory role in IL-1b induced microglial inflammation via TLR-4-p38 MAPK axis
2014	Prosenjit Pal S.N. Pradhan Centre for Neurosciences,University of Calcutta, Kolkata - 700 020, India Role of Apolipoprotein E (APOE) and brain derived neurotrphic factor (BDNF) in Parkinson's disease - A case-control study from East India
	Shubhrajit Roy S.N. Pradhan Centre for Neurosciences, University of Calcutta, Kolkata - 700 020, India Role of GCH1 polymorphism among Indian Parkinson's disease and dystonia patients
2013	Trupti Shirole Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai Evidence of 4-methyl esculetin induced protection in aluminium induced cognitive-deficit in rats by possible biochemical, behavioral and microscopic analysis
	Sippy Singh Department of Zoology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad Seasonal dynamics in neurons of corticoid complex of female psittacula krameri
2012	Abhinoy Kishore, Prasenjit Bhaumik and Jayasri Das Sarma Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata Two consecutive proline residues in the fusion domain of the spike protein is the major determinant of the fusogenic properties of mouse hepatitis virus
	Abhishek Singh, Nidhi Subhashini, Sudha Sharma, Birendra Nath Mallick School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 110 067 Noradrenergic modulation of sleep wake and sleep loss mediated effects in zebrafish
2011	Emili Banerjee, Debashis Dutta, Ambili Appukuttan, KP Mohanakumar Cell Biology & Physiology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4 Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata – 700 032 Differential Protein Expression in the Substantia Nigra and Ventral Tegmental Area of MPTP Model of Parkinson's Disease
	Dhiraj Kumar and MK Thakur Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Brain Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Prenatal Exposure to Bisphenol A Modulates The Expression of Synaptic Proteins Neuroligin3 and Neurexin1 in Cerebral Cortex and Hippocampus of Female Mouse Brain
2010	Ashish Kumar and M K Thakur Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Lab., Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi PS1and PS2 are expressed differentially in mouse cerebral cortex during development
	Lalit P. Chandravanshi, Rajesh S Yadav, Rajendra K Shukla and Vinay K. Khanna Developmental Toxicology Division, CSIR - Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Post Box No. 80, Lucknow – 226 001 Neurobehavioral toxicity of arsenic in developing rats
2009	Amit, N Patro and IK Patro School of Neuroscience, Jiwaji University, Gwalior Minocycline attenuates poly IC induced neuroinflammation and motor deficits in a rat model of viral encephalitis
	S. Rastogi, LT Rao, TR Raju and BM Kutty Department of Neurophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore Selective cholinergic immunotoxin 192 IGG saporin alters subicular theta-gama activity and impairs spatial memory
2008	Praseeda Venugopalan, Ziauddin Darokhan, Rahul Chaudhary and V Rema National Brain Research Centre, Manesar Investigating the potential of embryonic stem cells in enhancing recovery of neuronal function following cortical injury
	R. Harini, Sunitha S.N, Bhupesh Mehta, Nanda B. Joshi and Preeti G. Joshi Department of Biophysics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore Lipid RAFTS modulate L type calcium channel activity in rat hippocampal neurons
2007	Ashish Upadhyay and P.K. Roy National Brain Research Centre, Manesar Nonlinear dynamic analysis of brain and language: A quantitative basis using information processing and functional imaging
	Pankaj Gaur and S. Prasad Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Expression of fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) in developing mouse brain
2006	Amit Mishra and Ranjan Nihar Jana Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Gurgaon - 122 050 Angelman ubiquitin ligase E6-AP promotes degradation of tumor suppressor P53 by proteasome in the neuronal cells
	Aparna Shah, A. Kundnani, J. Jacob, A. Mane, D. Sengupta, M.C. Arunan Brain Research & Cognitive Sciences Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Sophia College for Women, BD Road, Mumbai – 400 026 Regenerating brain of earthworm as a model system to study differentiation of monoaminergic neurons in adult animals
December 2005	Sraboni Chaudhury, T.C. Nag and S. Wadhwa All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Prenatal auditory stimulation alters the levels of phosphorylated campresponse element binding protein (p-CREB) in chick hippocampus
	B. Mehta and P.G. Joshi National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore Glutamatergic and purinergic receptor involvement in neuronalhyperactivity under epileptic condition
January 2005	P. Kommaddi Reddy, V. Ravindranath National Brain Research Centre, Manesar Identification of a unique human brain cytochrome P4501A1 variantgenerated by alternate splicing
	Aikath Devdeep CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata Clinical profile of Wilson's disease
	Pratibha Boga and Yasmin Khan Sophia College, Mumbai Determination of nitric oxide levels in sera of leprosy patients
2004	Kapil Saxena, Jiwaji University Indrani Sen, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore
2003	Shubha Shukla, A. K. Agrawal, R.K. Chaturvedi, C. Sinha and P.K. Seth, Developmental Toxicology Division, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, MG Marg, Lucknow – 226 001 Role of antioxidants supplementation in fetal ventral mesencephalic cell (VMC) and carotid body induced functional deficits in rat model of parkinson's disease (PD)
	S. Lakshmi and P.G. Joshi, Department of Biophysics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore Synergistic effect of extracellular ATP and bovine brain gangliosides (BBG) on murine neuroblastoma cell differentiation
2002	Namratta Manhas, S. Verma and R. Raghubir Division of Pharmacology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow - 226 001 Sensitivity of iontophroretically applied clonidine onto ventrolateral medulary neurons
	Jayashree C. Jagtap, A. Chandele, B.A. Chopde and P. Shastry NCCS Complex, Ganesh Khind, Pune – 411 007 Sodium pyruvate protects against H2O2 mediated apoptosis in human neuroblastoma cell line. National Centre for Cell Sciences

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