Brief Bio data of Dr S.R.Chandra .

Current position .Professor of Neurology,NIMHANS,Bangalore.

Academic.

M.D. General Medicine from Madras Medical College 1982

D.M.Neurology from Madurai Medical college -1986

Career.

1.Worked in various medical colleges in kerala from 1987

2. Professor of Neurology 1999 and at Govt.Medical

College,Trivandrum and Head - 2001 to 2009 january.

3.Professor of Neurology - NIMHANS,Bangalore from January

2009.

Publications : More than 130 publications in National and International

journals.

Books :

1.Short text Book in Neurology for beginners.

2. seven Chapters in KVK Text book of Medicine 5 th edition, section editor and editorial board
text book of medicine .

3.K.V.Krishnadas 6th edition and chapters 17.

4. Human cognition as we understand today. (An Indian text book on cognition)

5.Three volumes of English Poetry “ Songs of a sea Shell” 1,2,3.

6. Two volumes of Poetry “Krishna Prasadam”1,2.

Awards and Recognition:

1. National Merit Scholar

2.President’s Medal for best Lady medical student of India from Countess of Duffreins fund.

3.Dr. vadamalayan memorial gold medal of Madurai Kamaraj University.

4.Certificate of merit in Pathology,Surgery,Forensic Medicine.

 5 Best paper Awards of Indian Academy of Neurology and Neurological society of India.
API,IMA.& TVS programme 2013.& Best posters many conferences.

6. Dr Eapen Samuel Award for best paper published from Kerala.

7. Best Doctor Award of IMA,Alappuzha.

8. Represented NIMHANS Neurology department for The Presidents award in Geriatric Care
and research in 2016.

10 Master Teacher award from “ Shine” Madras Medical College 2015.

11 Meritorious service award of Rashtrya swayam sevaks for medical services under Hindu
brothers movement in Tamil Nadu.

12 Professor K.Jaganathan Oration at madras medical college 2011.

13. Prof.K.Srinivasan endowment Lectures Madurai.

14. Best oral presentation award for the paper on Agnosia and apraxia in patients with Dementia
at the 8TH international Neuropsychiatry conference September 16-18, 2011, held in Chennai

15 Best published paper in Kerala Medical Journal for the year 2009- Disease modifying

treatment protocol in patients with relapsing and remitting MS

16.Vol 11 ROGA VIJINANA AND VIKRITHI VIJNANA by chowkhramba Sanskrit series

office Varanasi dedicated to to S.R.Chandra AND DR.C.D.Sahadevan 2014.

. 17.Faculty Research Awards by Careers 360. Awarded as one among the Top 10 knowledge

producers in India and Outstanding Research Faculty for the Academic year 2017-18.

18. Best poster 1st prize on 7.1.18 for the poster mirror images and the brain on 7.1 18 in
Chennai neuroupdate under the aegis of madras neuro trust at Chennai

19 TS Srinivasan NIMHANS Knowledge Conclave 2018 presented paper on reflected image

processing in patients with dementias.SRC,16.02.2018 Awarded TS Srinivasan Bursary

20TSS bursary award for gait and balance assessment in patients with dementia of degenerative
nature selvaganapathy.S.R.Chandra,Srikala Bharath.
 21.Role Of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (Ace) Gene Polymorphism InCognitive
Deterioration In Patients With Cerebral Small Vessel Disease 16.3.2018.thomas Gregor
Isaac,S.R.Chandra,maryamma Philip, Rita Christopher.

22.Best poster award.WINNERS.UDAIPUR.7.3.2018.from the fatal diagnosis of SSPE to

treatable autoimmunedisease. Akshada hudder,Dr. S R Chandra, Thomas issac, Krishnan

23 ).Awarded FIAN by the Indian academy of neurology

24. Best Essay award- Mind Brain and Soul integrating the interface , February 2010 on
Sensing perceiving believing, neuropsychological border zone syndrome and novel therapeutic
options

25.Sister Nivedita award from Bharath cultural forum on 1. 11.2018 at Marthandam for
community services done from 1994 to 2006 at Shri Perumal free medical
camp.Thuckalay.KKDT under Hindu brothers movement & Annual camp till 2016 at
mannanchery kerala under friends of patients association.

26 Delivered More than 300 lectures as invited Speaker.

Original contributions in neuroscience. .

Terms Introduced

1. Coir workers Neuropathy ( Best papers award National NSI 1999) (published.)

2. Battered woman syndrome ) (published.)

3. Elevated Measles antibody as an epiphenomena in auto immune encephalitis

(published.)

4. Diffuse Cholinergic dysfunction in myasthenia gravis. ) (published.)

5. Mirror image agnosia) (published.)

6. Pseudo normalization in FTD) (published.)

7. Moderate dose cyclophosphamide in RRMS) (published.)

8. Modified MS regime with Azathioprine, atovostatin and oral penicillin. ) (published.)

 9. Endogenous event related potentials in patients with pseudoseizures( Best paper award

IAN Ranchi 1991)(abstract published)

10. Photochromic glass in sunlight sensitive epilepsy. (abstract published)

11. Neurodevelopmental abnormalities in IUDs.( Best Paper award Alleppey chapter of

Indian Academy of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists)

12. Angular gyrus and carpus callosum changes in patients who committed impulsive

suicides (published)

13. Conditioning death hypothesis WFN /IAN conference DELHI 1996.

14. TMS as biomarker to differentiate early FTD and AD.

Community services.

1.Freemedical camp at sriperumal temple Thuckalay on 2nd Sundays for 12 years till 2006.

2.Free medical camps for Valsalyam Eraniel Tamil Nad for mentally retarded children.

3.Free medical camps on jan 26 regularly under friends of patients for under privileged fisher
men and Muslims at mannanchery Kerala till 2016.

4.Free medical camps under Karunya trust and Merchants association Kerala.

5.Regularly visited Govt Ayurveda college Trivandrum on Thursdays and exchanged patients for
ideal system of treatment from 2001 to 2008.

Thesis Guide

MD medicine,psychiatry,Ayurveda,DM neurology, Phdstudents.

Projects. Principal investigator ICMR project on genetic determinants of cognitive decline in

cerebral small vessel disease.

Co investigator. Icmr project on platlet resistamnce and vit D levels in vascular dementia.

Key assignments

1.Represented dept of Neurology NIMHANS in the year 2016 oct 2 Government of India
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Department of Social Justice and Empowerment
for the Vayoshreshtha Samman award for geriatric research .
2.Govt of India enquiry committee for assessment to check the proper application of funds in
PPP project of Govt of India at Gowhaughty along with Dr.Vinod Puri and Dr.Swasthi charan.

3.Participated and presented in the meeting at Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

department, Government of India, regarding enhancing cognitive and retention efficiency among
people and audiences on 18.9.2017 at New Delhi

28.9.2018