DST-CSRI Project
Decoding the
Architecture
of Experience
A multidisciplinary research center at NIMHANS bridging modern neuroscience with India's ancient contemplative traditions.
A multidisciplinary research center at NIMHANS bridging modern neuroscience with India's ancient contemplative traditions.
Vision
To be a global leader of excellence in consciousness studies
Build a platform for multidisciplinary research integrating Indian philosophical wisdom with neuroscience.
Undertake research on tradition-based meditation techniques and their effects on consciousness and wellbeing.
Provide leadership in mind-brain-self and consciousness by creating opportunities for young scientists and faculty.
Promote teaching and learning activities across the domains of consciousness.
Undertake Yoga and meditation-based intervention approaches into neuropsychiatric clinical settings.
Deciphering the scientific basis of consciousness is one of the greatest challenges confronted by neuroscientists, philosophers, mathematicians, and evolutionary biologists alike.”
India has a long tradition of exploring consciousness from philosophical and cultural perspectives. NIMHANS, by virtue of its indisputable competence in neuroscience and mind science, is uniquely positioned to establish a multi-disciplinary center for consciousness studies.
Renowned scientists of NIMHANS — late Prof. T. Desiraju, late Prof. R.M. Verma, and late Prof. R.L. Kapur — had recognized the importance of initiating studies to explore the neural basis of brain–mind–self and consciousness. ICMR funded a project on consciousness studies in 1976 under Prof. T. Desiraju, whose team undertook landmark studies on the neurophysiology of Yoga and Meditation.
Building on this legacy, the current research team under Prof. Bindu M. Kutty has initiated studies spanning neural mechanisms of meditation, meditation and cognition, sleep organization, neurobiology of schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, and neurodegenerative disorders — accumulating over 20 years of core expertise in EEG, ERP, MRI, fMRI, and psychometric assessment.
Additional Professor and Officer In Charge - CCS
Scientist-D (Neuroscience)
Scientist-C (Cognitive Science)
Scientist-C (Yogic Science)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Graduate student
Graduate student
Graduate student
Graduate student
Graduate student
Graduate student
Research Staff
Medical lab technologist
Medical lab technologist
Founding Professor of Centre for Consciousness Studies
Scientist
Professor
Scientist
Scientist
DST-CSRI Project
Sahaj Marg Project
PhD Project
PhD Project
Project
DST-SATYAM Project
Development and Content Validation of a Yoga-Based Spiritual Well-Being Scale
Consciousness, Cognition, and Contemplative Sciences
Development and Validation of VIPASSANA Proficiency Scale
Consciousness, Cognition, and Contemplative Sciences
Non-duality in brain and experience of advanced meditators-key role for intrinsic neural timescales
Communications Biology
Sound-based Meditation Alters Brain Activity: EEG Evidence for Power Reduction and Enhanced Conscious Alertness
Annals of Neurosciences
Temporal EEG Signatures of Meditation Experience: Peak Brainwave Changes at 7 Minutes During Isha Yoga Breath Watching
Mindfulness
Detailed technical specifications and instrument models for the EEG and ERP systems facility will be updated shortly.
Detailed technical specifications and instrument models for the Polysomnography facility will be updated shortly.
Detailed technical specifications and instrument models for the Portable & Wireless facility will be updated shortly.
Detailed technical specifications and workstation details for the Computing facility will be updated shortly.
Detailed technical specifications and models for Other Instruments will be updated shortly.
The seventh edition of the national workshop on Fundamentals of Polysomnography & Sleep, offering hands-on training in sleep recording and scoring techniques.
📍 Centre for Consciousness Studies (CCS), Bengaluru, India
Exploring Consciousness: From Non-duality to Non-locality — a structured debate on the nature of consciousness and artificial intelligence.
📍 Centre for Consciousness Studies (CCS), Bengaluru, India
Young Investigator Award offering a research grant of up to ₹3 lakhs. SpARC wing of Brahma Kumaris, Mount Abu, in collaboration with CCS.
📍 Centre for Consciousness Studies (CCS), Bengaluru, India
CCS & NIMHANS Sleep Disorder Clinic panel discussion on World Sleep Day 2022. Theme: Quality Sleep, Sound Mind, Happy World.
📍 Online
NIMHANS Institute Fellowships for PhD admissions are available (3 seats). External fellowships from CSIR, DBT, UGC or other approved funding agencies are also accepted.
Apply via NIMHANS →Students interested in doing internships or final-year dissertations are welcome. Send your CV and a brief statement of interest to our lab email.
Write to Us →Scholars and institutions interested in collaborative consciousness research are welcome. We actively seek partnerships across neuroscience, philosophy, and contemplative traditions.
Get in Touch →Dept. of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS, Hosur Road, Bengaluru – 560029
First
floor, Old Administrative Building (stone building, opposite to Director's Office)
Monday to Saturday — 09:00 to 17:00 hrs