National Faculty

Prof Mathew Varghese

Adjunct Professor in Psychiatry, St John’s Medical College

Dr Srikala Bharath

Senior Consultant - Adult & Old Age Psychiatry

Dr Sridhar Vaitheswaran

Assistant Director & Consultant Psychiatrist, Dementia Care in SCARF (DEMCARES), Schizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai

Dr Dominic Benjamin

Geriatrician, Bangalore Baptist Hospital

Dr ES Krishna-moorthy

Behavioural Neurologist & Neuropsychiatrist I Founder- Buddhi Clinic I Neurokrish

Dr Soumya Hegde

Geriatric Psychiatrist

Ms Nilanjana Maulik

Secretary General at ARDSI Calcutta Chapter

Dr Ali
Khwaja

Counsellor, trainer and life-skills coach
Founder of Banjara Academy

Ms Jwala Narayanan

Consultant Neuropsychologist at the Cognitive Neurology Clinic & Annaswamy Mudaliar Hospital

Dr PT Sivakumar

Professor of Psychiatry,
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences

Prof Santosh Loganathan

Psychiatrist at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)

Dr MR Rajagopal

Palliative care physician and professor, referred to as the 'Father of Palliative Care in India'

Dr Radha S Murthy

President, Dementia India Alliance
Co-Founder and Managing Trustee, Nightingales Medical Trust.

Dr Alexander Thomas

President, Association of Healthcare Providers India (APHI);
Past Director & CEO of Bangalore Baptist Hospital

Mr S Premkumar Raja

Founder Member, Dementia India Alliance
Co-Founder and Secretary, Nightingales Medical Trust

Mr Shyam Viswanathan

Secretary - Dementia India Alliance
Management Consultant

Ms Pavithra Gangadharan

Joint Secretary, Dementia India Alliance
Founder of Kshetra Assisted Living by Heritage ElderCare Services Pvt. Ltd. and a Trustee on the board of Heritage Foundation.

Dr Gangadharan

Patron, Dementia India Alliance
Founder, Heritage Medical Centre

Col Cariappa

Public Health - Technical Advisor / Mentor for Philanthropic and Corporate Social Responsibility healthcare initiatives

Ms Smriti Rana

Head - Strategic Programs and Partnerships Head - WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Policy on Access to Pain Relief India Advocacy Focal Point - IAHPC Vice Chair - International Drug Policy Consortium

Dr Pretesh Kiran

Associate Professor
Department of Community Medicine, St John's Hospital & Medical College

Joyita Banerjee

Director of field operations University of Southern California, and Senior Scientist - Longitudinal Ageing Study in India- Harmonised Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (LASI DAD)