People

Vishnu Sreekumar

Assistant Professor

Email: vishnu[dot]sreekumar[at]iiit[dot]ac[dot]in

Vishnu is a cognitive neuroscientist and directs the MANDA lab at IIIT Hyderabad. He enjoys thinking about human behavior and the brains and environments that enable it, with a special focus on the dynamics of this complex system. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter, playing and studying chess, playing tennis, and playing the piano. CV 

R. Pooja

PhD Scholar (Cognitive Science, IIITH)

Pooja is pursuing a PhD at IIIT Hyderabad. She completed a master’s in Cognitive Science from IIT Gandhinagar and spent a year at IIT Kanpur further developing her research skills prior to joining IIITH. She is currently exploring the domains of event segmentation, sense of agency, and temporal context and their role in memory. Outside of academics she enjoys music, movies, and food.

Gargi Shukla

PhD Scholar (Cognitive Science, IIITH)

Gargi is working towards a PhD at IIIT Hyderabad after completing her master's in Neuropsychology from NFSU, Gandhinagar. A newbie to coding, she is learning and developing her analytical skills in human memory, with a keen interest in neuroimaging. She enjoys good humour, reading, and trying out new cuisines to cook.


A. Biswas

Research Associate/Lab Manager

A. Biswas is the lab manager and an RA in the lab. He is working on characterizing different types of propagating neural wave patterns in the human brain. He enjoys reading books on politics and history in his spare time.



 

Pritha Ghosh

MS by research (CSE, IIITH)

Pritha joined IIIT Hyderabad as an M.Tech. student but was bitten by the research bug and converted to an MS by research program. She is interested in understanding the interplay between emotion and memory. She enjoys playing badminton, TT, and watching movies during her free time.

Anuska Maity

MS by research (CSE, IIITH)

Anuska is working on understanding the effects of context on word memorability . Anuska also enjoys singing, writing, and exploring spiritual places.

prajneya kumar

BTech/MS dual degree (computational linguistics, IIITH)

Prajneya is a dual degree student, pursuing B. Tech in computer science and a master's in computational linguistics at IIIT, Hyderabad. He is primarily interested in studying the interaction between memory and language and is working on understanding what makes some words more memorable than others. Outside of the lab, Prajneya loves backpacking, singing and jamming in random cafés, and reading books. He has submitted his MS thesis and is at Adobe currently as his papers undergo review at reputed conferences and journals. 

Ayan Roy 

MTech (CSE, IIITH)

Ayan is a postgraduate student pursuing MTech in CSE. He is interested in understanding the factors that drive event segmentation and its consequences for memory and decision-making in real world scenarios. Outside of work, Ayan is interested in sketching and reading detective novels.


 

Brijesh Singh

BTech/MS dual degree (ECE, IIITH) 

Brijesh is a research student pursuing a dual-degree in ECE at IIIT Hyderabad. He is interested in understanding the interaction between temporal context and event segmentation during naturalistic experience and how such interactions influence the structure of memories. Outside of the lab, Brijesh loves photography, solo travel, working out, and reading.  

Prayush Rathore

BTech/MS dual degree (computational linguistics, IIITH)

Prayush Rathore is a 5th-year student at IIIT pursuing a BTech in computer science and an MS in computational linguistics. Prayush is working on understanding word memorability. In his free time, he enjoys watching and playing football.


Amal Sunny

BTech/MS dual degree (CSE, IIITH) 


Amal is a 5th year dual degree student pursuing a B.Tech + MS by research in computer science at IIIT-H. He is currently working on temporal segmentation algorithms for egocentric videos. Outside of work, he's an avid gamer (fps, RPGs, anything goes), occasionally plays the keyboard (allegedly), and reads books (mostly just fiction)

Atharva Joshi

BTech/MS dual degree (CSE, IIITH) 


Atharva is a 5th year dual degree student pursuing a B.Tech + MS by research in computer science at IIIT-H. He is currently working on behavioral and neural data analysis to answer key questions about the role of temporal context in episodic memory. 

Yash AgarWal

BTech/MS dual degree (computational linguistics, IIITH)

Yash is a final year dual degree student, pursuing B. Tech in computer science and a master's in computational linguistics at IIIT, Hyderabad. He is working on understanding word memorability. In his free time he loves listening to music and watch tech Youtube content.

 

Advay Gupta

BTech/MS dual degree (CSE, IIITH) 

Advay is a dual degree student, pursuing B. Tech and a master's in computer science at IIIT, Hyderabad. He has just joined the lab and is currently exploring the new (to him) topic of human memory. Outside of the lab, he's interested in reading fiction and fantasy, cricket and just spending time with friends.

this could be you!

Future group member

The mandalab aspires to be a welcoming place for diverse people and ideas. Diversity can have several dimensions: gender, race, religion, etc. Ultimately, diversity leads to creativity and better/faster solutions to problems (Sommers, 2006, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; Antonio et al., 2014, Psychological Science; Levine et al., 2014, PNAS). The mandalab will operate on principles of equality, respect, and "no-fear" (lab members, please check out the lab manual for more details). 

Alumni

Ankit Jha (Research Intern, summer 2022). SDE at Wells Fargo.

Deepansha Singh (Research Intern, summer 2022). Currently a graduate student in design science at the University of Michigan.

Akshat Jain (Research Intern, BITS Pilani, 2021-2022). 

Tanu Shree (Lab manager, June-August, 2022). User experience researcher. Censa, Bangalore, India.

Karthik Suresh (BTech thesis, BITS Pilani Goa, July - Dec 2021). 

Nancy Hada (MS by research, IIITH, 2022-2023), currently MS by research student here: https://faculty.iiit.ac.in/~kvemuri/ 

Lekhika Dadhich (Research Intern, 2022-23). Associate Research Strategist at MavenMagnet AI.

Aryamaan Basu Roy (BTech hons, CSE, 2023-24).

Pratyush Mohanty (BTech hons, CSE, 2023-24).

Aayush Bhandari (BTech hons, CSE, 2023-24).

Yashashree Chandak (Research Intern, 2022-23). MS student in computer science at Stony Brook University.

Shlok Pandey (Dual Degree, CSD, 2023-24). Currently at MathWorks. 

Kumar Neelabh (MS by research, 2021-24).