Forthcoming Events

XLV Annual meeting of Indian Academy of Neurosciences (IAN-2027) will be organized in Chandigarh by Punjab university & IIT Ropar. The dates of the meeting will be announced soon.

Dr. D. M. Kar Prize

The prize is given for the best paper presented in the oral session at the annual conference of Indian Academy of Neurosciences. The prize includes 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 Oral Presentation Awards- IAN 2026

Awardees

2026	Komal Bana, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India Astrocyte-Derived Exosomal Signaling Drives Pathological Neuronal Transcriptional Reprogramming in Alzheimer's Disease
2025	Santhosh Kumar S, Indian Institute of Scientific Education and Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram, India Alpha Synuclein-based mouse model of Parkinson's disease displays neuroprotection upon PD180970 administration
2024	Naqiya Ambreen, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata
2023	Apoorva B. Shivakumar, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka Medial-Septal GABAergic neurons are essential for social memory in mice
2022	Krishna S. Nair, Centre for Development & Ageing Research (CDAR), Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research & Super Speciality Hospital (IUCBR & SSH), MG University Campus at Thalappady, Rubber Board PO, Kottayam, Kerala, India Saccades in young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficient hyperactivity (ADHD) traits: Indications of reduced social preference in ASD
2021	Debaleena Basu, Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru,Karnataka 560012, India Neural mechanisms of saccade sequencing in the frontal eye field
2020	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 Neuroinflammation- A potential mechanism in Lambda-cyhalothrin induced neurotoxicity in rats
2019	Subhadeep Dutta Gupta, Department of Neurophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Short Photoperiod Ameliorates Ventral Subicular Lesion-Induced Spatial Learning And Memory Deficits By Restoring The Hippocampal Neurogenesis In Adult Wistar Rats
2018	Shashank Kumar Maurya, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Impact of Pax6 on microglia-mediated immunity in brain
2017	Sudeshna Das, Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS), New Delhi Suppression of MAC-1 scavenger receptor upregulate M2 microglial phenotype leading to reversal of hypoxia induced working memory impairment
2016	Papia Acharjee, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Pannexin1 blockage modulates NMDAR-nNOS profile in a rat model of hepatic encephalopathy
2015	Suwarna Chakraborty, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bengaluru - 560 029, India Amelioration of Depression-induced Cognitive Deficits by Chronic N-Acetyl Cysteine Treatment
2014	Nabila Ibrahim Sorathia, Department of Life Sciences, Sophia College, Mumbai - 400 026, India Differential role of HIF-1 in diverse behavioural responses to hypoxic stress in Caenorhabditis elegans
2013	Shaily Malik, Rinki Saha and Pankaj Seth Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar Role of p21 in chronic HIV-Tat and morphine induced cell cycle arrest in human neural stem/progenitor cells
2012	Dhananjay Huilgol, S. Udin, T. Shimogori, B. Saha, A. Roy, S. Aizawa, R. Hevner, G. Meyer, T. Ohshima, S.J. Pleasure, Y. Zhao, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai Dual origins of the mammalian accessory olfactory bulb revealed by an evolutionarily conserved migratory stream
2011	Kalpana B Hota, Sunil K. Hota, Shashi B. Singh High Altitude Physiology Laboratory, Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, C/o. 56 APO, Leh, Jammu & Kashmir – 901 205 Neuroglobin Regulates Hypoxic Response of Neuronal Cells Through Nrf2 Mediated Mechanism: Neuroprotection with Acetyl-L-Carnitine
2010	Madhu Sethi, J.M. Kaul, S. Mishra, N. Vasudeva Maulana Azad Medical Collage, New Delhi – 110 002 Morhogenesis of the cochlear ganglion in human during prenatal period
2009	Gautami Das, K. Ray and J. Ray S. N. Pradhan Centre for Neurosciences, University of Calcutta, Kolkata Molecular pathogenesis of neuronal cytoskeleton disintegrity in Parkinson's disease: Role of MAPT and GSK3B
2008	Sunil Kumar Hota Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences, Timarpur, Delhi – 110 054 Novel molecular mechanism pertaining to excitotoxicity following hypobaric hypoxia
2007	Deepti Dubey, S. Singh and S. Ganesh Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur The EPM2A gene defects in LAFORA's progressive myoclonus epilepsy: Role of splice variants in disease phenotype
2006	Barsha Sen, Swagata Sinha, Shanbina Ahmed, Saurabh Ghosh, Prasant Kumar Gangopadhyay, Usha Rajamma Manovikas Biomedical Research & Diagnostic Centre, 482 Madudah, Plot I-24, Sector-J,E.N. Bypass, Kolkata - 700 107 Analysis of HOXA1 and HOXB1 polymorphisms in the Indian Population – An Association study with autism
December 2005	A. Ghoshal, K. Saheb, P. Koli, M.B. Appaiahgiri, S. Vrati and A. Basu National Brain Research Centre, Manesar Microglial activation and induction of multiple proinflammatory mediators in Japanese encephalitis
January 2005	Arnab Gupta, Aikath Devdeep, P.K. Gangopadhyay and Kunal Ray CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata Molecular pathogenesis of Wilson's disease in Indian patients
2004	A, Gourie, Sophia College, Mumbai
2003	K. Rajasekaran and R. Jayakumar Department of Pharmacology & Environmental Toxicology, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113 Increased neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) activity triggers picrotoxin – indused seizures in rats and evidencefor participation of nNOS mechanism in the action of antiepileptic drugs
2002	Phalguni Anand Alladi, Shashi Wadhwa, T.S. Roy and Neeta Singh Department of Anatomy and Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi -110 029 Transcription factors in auditory nuclei of prenatally stimulated chick
2001	A. Ahmad, A.K. Agrawal and P.K. Seth Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow – 226 001 Modified PC-12 cells ameliorates functional deficits in rat model of Parkinson's disease

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