Bhagya V

Biography

Achievements: Received DST-SERB Fast Track Young Scientist award (2013) Received CSIR Scientific Pool Officer Fellowship (2010) Awarded CL Malhotra research award for best published paper in Pharmacology 2011 form Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India FAONS-APRC Travel Award to attend the 5th Federation of Asian and Oceanian Neuroscience Societies (FAONS) Congress – 2010 and the XXVIII Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences (IAN) Lucknow, 2010 IBRO international travel award to attend Society for Neuroscience meeting held at San Diego, USA 2010 CSIR international travel grant to attend Society for Neuroscience meeting held at Chicago, USA 2009 Awarded the Tulsabai Somani Educational Trust Award for best oral presentation from the Indian academy of Neuroscience 2009 IBRO international travel award to attend Society for Neuroscience meeting held at Washington DC, USA 2008 Awarded the Prof. T. Desiraju Memorial Prize from the Society for Neurochemistry India for the best oral presentation 2008 Parivarthan Bhargav memorial award for securing highest marks in B Pharm from Government College of Pharmacy, Bangalore Best outgoing student award from Government College of Pharmacy, Bangalore during 1999-2000 Passed NIMHANS entrance 2005, a national level examination for admission to PhD course in NIMHANS, Bangalore Passed GATE 2000, a national level examination for admission to post graduate pharmacy courses, with 99.61 percentile.

Research Interest

To unravel the mechanisms of action of the herbal medicine or complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) using animal models of stress-related diseases such as anxiety, depression, insomnia or learning and memory, Stress and metabolic disorders- An Ayurvedic approach, Neural mechanisms responsible for drugs of abuse.