DR. DEEPTI NAVARATNA
The mastermind behind the Music Brain and Creativity Lab, Dr. Navaratna, has a journey that hits all the high notes of academic excellence and interdisciplinary jamming.
She is a neuroscientist, musician, author armed with a Ph.D degree in Neuroscience and several years of post-doctoral research at at Harvard Medical school, Boston, USA. She brings her inter-disciplinary research acumen into education. A Chevening Fellow (2022-2023) she is internationally recognized for her genre-spanning research at the intersection of arts, sciences and humanities. Until recently, she served as the Regional Director, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. She is currently the T.V Raman Pai Chair Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. Her foray into the world of words is through her book 'The Maverick Maharaja' - the definitive biography of His Highness Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar. She's the lab's idea DJ, spinning fresh interdisciplinary 'alaaps' everyday!
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Aishwarya Ghosh
The mastermind behind the Music Brain and Creativity Lab, Dr. Navaratna, has a journey that hits all the high notes of academic excellence and interdisciplinary jamming.
She is a neuroscientist, musician, author armed with a Ph.D degree in Neuroscience and several years of post-doctoral research at at Harvard Medical school, Boston, USA. She brings her inter-disciplinary research acumen into education. A Chevening Fellow (2022-2023) she is internationally recognized for her genre-spanning research at the intersection of arts, sciences and humanities. Until recently, she served as the Regional Director, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. She is currently the T.V Raman Pai Chair Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. Her foray into the world of words is through her book 'The Maverick Maharaja' - the definitive biography of His Highness Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar. She's the lab's idea DJ, spinning fresh interdisciplinary 'alaaps' everyday!
Learn more about Dr. Navaratna's music, research and scholarship
Ex-Project Fellows
Harshini J Anand
Harshini is a freshly minted Neuroscience master’s grad who’s diving deep into the brain’s most fascinating quirks. She's got her neurons firing on all things Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, and the ever-so-groovy world of Neuromusicology. At the Music, Brain, and Creativity Lab, she’s cracking the code on how Sanskrit chants — with all their syllabic and linguistic tongue-twisters — play tricks on young minds' working memory unravelling the connection between ancient chants and brainy brilliance.
When she’s not busy playing mad scientist with music and memory, Harshini’s jamming out on her piano, belting out Hindustani classical vocals, or sketching up something clever. She’s also dipping her toes into the thrilling world of scientific communication, where she plans to serve up brainy facts in ways that’ll make your neurons dance. Who says science can’t be fun? Certainly not her!