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Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator

Dipanjan Roy Professor, Centre of Excellence in Brain Science & Applications, School of AI & Data Science, IIT Jodhpur Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) Adjunct Professor, National Brain Research Center, Manesar Dipanjan Roy leads a Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience group dedicated to understanding how the brain represents time scales, organises large-scale network dynamics, and undergoes connectivity changes underlying attention, memory, perception, and multisensory integration. The group's research spans neuroimaging approaches — including EEG, MEG, and fMRI — alongside carefully designed behavioural paradigms and multiscale computational modelling frameworks.

PhD Students

Jeet Agnihotri Ph.D. student, CBSA School of AIDE  |  p24ai0201@iitj.ac.in Jeet holds a B.E. in Information Technology from M.B.M. University, Jodhpur, and an M.Tech. from IIEST Shibpur. Driven by a deep interest in neurodiversity — particularly within the autism spectrum — she pivoted to computational neuroscience, where her work centres on understanding how brain organisation differs between typically and atypically developing individuals using functional MRI data.

Azman Akhtar Integrated Ph.D. student, NBRC  |  azman.b17@nbrc.ac.in Azman holds a B.Sc. in Zoology from Aligarh Muslim University and an M.Sc. in Neuroscience from NBRC. His research investigates the neural correlates of reading across different orthographies in multiliterate individuals, focusing on Hindi and Urdu — two orthographically distinct scripts for the same spoken language. His broader interests lie in the neural dynamics of language processing and social cognition using EEG and fMRI in bilingual populations.

Debottam Bhunia Ph.D. Student, CBSA School of AIDE  |  p22ai203@iitj.ac.in Debottam received his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from NIT Durgapur and M.Tech in Power Electronics from IIT Dhanbad. Drawn by the complexity of the human brain, he steered his research interest towards computational neuroscience. His research centres on developing large-scale computational models of multisensory perception.

Vinsea AV Singh Ph.D. student, NBRC  |  vinseab18@nbrc.ac.in Vinsea is primarily interested in pre-stimulus neural oscillations to explain inter-individual and inter-trial variability in perception among participants subjected to the McGurk illusion. She studies differences in pre-stimulus EEG data between rare and frequent perceivers of the McGurk effect, elucidating how different brain regions drive multisensory perception and their distinct developmental trajectories.

Ankit Yadav Ph.D. student  |  yadavankit99@gmail.com Ankit studied zoology at bachelor's and master's level. He is investigating self and externally directed attention, the interaction between attention and working memory, and dissociation between self versus externally oriented attention using EEG and fMRI neuroimaging modalities. Apart from research, he likes to play chess.

N Akhila Ph.D. Student, CBSA School of AIDE  |  p23ai0001@iitj.ac.in Akhila holds an M.Tech. in Data Science from Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham and a B.Tech in Computer Science from Andhra University. Her research delves into the intricate dynamics of the brain using heart-brain coupling, using EEG, fMRI, and iEEG to contribute to a multimodal understanding of cognitive processes and their underlying physiological mechanisms.

Abinaya Vairam Ph.D. Student, CBSA School of AIDE  |  p22ai001@iitj.ac.in Abinaya is a working professional and part-time PhD student. Her research revolves around constructing whole-brain biologically annotated maps in developmental disorders, ASD, and ADHD using multimodal neuroimaging data and state-of-the-art AI/ML techniques for classification and prediction using both human and animal imaging data.

MS and M.Tech Research Students

Shreya Deb MS by Research (jointly with Dr. Vignesh Muralidharan, CBSA)  |  r23ab0002@iitj.ac.in Shreya has a B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BIT Durg. She is currently pursuing an MS by Research at the Centre for Brain Science and Application, School of AIDE, IIT Jodhpur. She is fascinated by what sets the human brain apart from other creatures and how understanding it will help develop better artificial intelligence models.

Sireejaa Uppal M.Tech Research Student  |  m23cse023@iitj.ac.in Sireejaa received her B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering from NIT Goa and is currently pursuing her M.Tech in CSE at IIT Jodhpur. Her research focuses on the intersection of data science and neurology, understanding brain functions and the phases of brain dynamics critical for cognitive processing using multimodal data fusion approaches.

Swatantra Dhara MS by Research Student  |  r23ab0003@iitj.ac.in Swatantra holds a B.Sc. in Biotechnology and a master's in Medical Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. He is currently pursuing his MS by Research at CBSA, School of AIDE, IIT Jodhpur. His research focuses on developing neuroscience methods to study episodic memory processing in naturalistic task conditions and investigating the role of aging in episodic memory dynamics.

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