Praveen Khairkar
AcceptedAbstracts: J Neurol Neurophysiol
Dr. Rajeswara B. Mythri completed PhD from National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India and is currently pursuing post doctoral research in the Department of Neurochemistry, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India. She has published 15 papers including 1 book chapter and 2 reviews in reputed, peer reviewed National and International Journals. She has presented papers in various National and International conferences and has been awarded twice for the ?Best Oral presentation?
Praveen Khairkar, MD underwent his basic and higher specialist (Junior and Senior Residency) training in Psychiatry from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. He obtained his master?s degree in Medical Biostatistics and Clinical Research from Punjab University with merit. Thereafter he joined as Assistant Professor in June 2006 at DMIMS, Wardha, nationally accredited ?A grade? deemed university and set up the psychiatric department independently. He became the youngest fellow of Indian Psychiatric Society, Postgraduate guide and associate professor in country in 2010. He has published more than 30 articles mostly in American, European, Canadian journals in last five years and serves as reviewer in two prestigious European Journals in the field of neurology and neuroscience (Pediatric Neurology, Journal of Neuroscience in Rural Practice) and on editorial board of Journal of MGIMS. He has presented 27 scientific papers national and International conferences and called as invited speaker in 11 International/World conferences of psychiatry, neuroscience and neurology held worldwide so far. Some of them included Indo-US Neuroscience Conference, World Neuro-Talk, World Neuroscience, WPA, SOPHIE, WSEAS and OMICS conferences. He has worked in collaboration with ICMR, IPS, WHO, USAIDS, WSEAS, Centre of Neuroscience, California, USA, and NIMHANS Bangalore and had undertaken 12 institutional intramural and extramural collaborative projects so far. He had been invited by National University of Malaysia, Penang Malaysia in March 2010. He was the only Indian in the 10 best scientific paper award acclaimed in 19th European Congress of Psychiatry held in Vienna, Austria in March 2011. He was an invited guest faculty to speak on ?utility and validity of sampling methods in biomedical and bioengineering sciences? at International conference of ?Biostatistics and Biometrics? held at Omaha, Nebraska, USA, March 5th to 7th 2012. He loves teaching and his area of research is Neuropsychiatry, Adult Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and Neurobiology.
