Msc. Students

Akanksha Pandey

Akanksha is from Varanasi, completed her bachelors from Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Chasing Cognitive science brings her “On Cloud nine”. She is now working on Biological bases of behavioural neuroscience, the Altered States of Consciousness, Behavioral disorders, Perception, Emotion and so on. Akanksha is a National level Handball Player, also passed her HSC from Sanskrit Board with a scholarship. So, Be it Social Consciousness, Collaboration, Creativity, Grit, critical thinking she always ‘Come off with flying colours’.

Amruthavalli V V

An artist-scientist from Bangalore, Amruthavalli is a dancer, singer and researcher. Her interests include Aesthetic Cognition, Affective Science and Epistemology. She completed her BSc. in Chemistry, Botany and Zoology from Mount Carmel College (autonomous). An inquisitve mind, she loves a good debate and spends her time dabbling in poetry and Indian philosophy.

Arihant Jain

“Arihant is from Delhi. He completed his Bachelor’s in Applied Psychology. “”Live to try.”” This is the motto he lives by. Never letting go of any opportunity to experience a whole new feeling is what he strives for. This is what attracted him towards Cognitive Science. While Consciousness, AI, linguistics and modelling are few of his interests, he is open to the millions of possibilities that the field has to offer.”

Bhaj Gobind Raj

“Bhaj Gobindh has always found interest in the trying to understand consciousness and its evolution, the idea of the self, and in investigating how sensory information becomes perception or how one becomes the agent of their action. He completed his graduation in biotechnology, chemistry and zoology from Christ University, Bangalore. His interests range from poetry to history to theoretical physics, and he finds philosophical enquiries lurking in every topic.”

Devasish K

Devasish completed Bachelor’s of science in Psychology from Farook college (Autonomous), Kozhikode. He is a national level badminton player who can be counted upon any sports related psychological studies. He is currently working to solve the mystery about team cohesion in team games.

Gokul Krishna

Gokul is a Keralite. After completing his Bachelor’s in Physics and Mathematics from Amrita University, his focus has turned towards the understanding of human mind. Some of his interests are in theoretical AI, Color Perception and Emotions, Cognitive Neuroscience etc. He always finds time for reading books and listening to Indian Classical Music (Especially Carnatic).

Himangshu Kothari

Hiral Kapadia

Hiral is from Mumbai and has completed her Bachelor’s in Psychology from St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Mumbai. She is interested in decision making, neuropsychology, memory and user experience. She identifies as a generalist and seeks to explore atypical connections – in and outside of work. She enjoys quizzing people and loves adventure sports.

Hurshitha Vasudevan

“Hurshitha is a Curious Bookaholic Ambivert who has completed her Bachelors in Life Sciences and Psychology. Her Research interests are Developing Experimental and Computational Models for Neuro-Cognitive Disorder Diagnostics, Evolution of Emotions, Child Development, Cyber Relationships and Finding Neural Pathways for Behaviour related to Obedience and Morality. Hurshitha has also published books Haze and Aporia. She dreams of becoming a Cognitive Science Researcher, who can inculcate passion for multidisciplinary sciences for future generation. “

Kriti Das

Kriti spent 5 and a half years getting her MBBS degree from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, and then decided she’d had enough of that and now she’s here. Now that she is here, she is interested in furthering her own and the world’s knowledge about neuroaesthetics, neurodesign, cognitive disorders, phenomenology and cognitive linguistics. Outside of labs and classrooms, she’s happy to be reading, writing, orating, or having spirited debates about just about anything.

Kumari Adarsh

Adarsh has done her bachelors in Botany from BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY. She is interested in forensic science as well. When idle music is her companion, books are like drug to her. She has given much of her time to writing, both in casual and formal spaces. Observing behavior is her favorite part while interaction, though much of an introvert type.

Pranav K K

Pranav has done his graduation in Physics from Nehru Arts and Science College, Coimbatore. He wishes to get more insight about cognition process.

Pranjul Verma

“Pranjul is from Kanpur and has completed Bachelor’s in Physics (Hons.) from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi . He is of INFP personality type and his interests lies in the field of Consciousness, Psychoneuroimmunology, Culture & Cognition and basically everything that excites him .”

Renugha Devi

Renugha is from Chennai and has completed her graduation in psychology from Annamalai University.She is interested in research areas covering social emotional learning and neuropsychology. She is currently working as special educator for dyslexic and autistic kids.

Ritu Kumari

Ritu is from Ballia Uttar Pradesh and has completed her graduation in psychology from Patna University. She is interested in functions and processes related to brain processing, decision-making and problem solving.

Sayali Pethe

Sayali is from Pune, and she has completed her graduation in Psychology from Fergussson College. She wishes to investigate Language Acquisition and Cognitive Functions in Infants. She further wants to delve into academic research in this field, and apply those insights to improve the process of Education. In her free time, she loves to read books while sipping Coffee!

Sharvi Saxena

Sharvi hails from Prayagraj and has majored in History with her elective as Psychology from Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi. She is intrinsically interested in Psycholinguistics, Decision-Making, treating Cognitive Disorders and Music Cognition. She is often found singing, playing instruments or petting animals. She likes to indulge in social work, debates, writing articles and poems and capturing landscapes and portraits. Sharvi is always up for discovering places and dishes new to her!

Vivek Kumar

Vivek Kumar is an IITK graduate. Courses from psychology during the course work and DST projects intrigued him to pursue master’s in cognitive science. His interests lies in the neuroscience and computation. He loves to spend his free time playing ping-pong and guitar.