List of New Projects Sanctioned under SATYAM

During 2015-16
S.N.

Reference No. and Project Title

1.

SR/SATYAM/12/2015
Pranayama and voice related
quality of life among teachers.

2.

SR/SATYAM/16/2015
Effect of yoga and medititation on
hippocampal volumetry andmemory among people withchronic drug resistant mesial
temporal lobe epilepsy: A
comparative study before andafter epilespy surgery.

3.

SR/SATYAM/18/2015
Meditation, sleep organaization andwell-being from an Indian
perspective: Evaluation of micro
sleep architecture dynamics, sleep
consciousness and psychologicalwell-being in practitioners ofvipasana meditation.
SR/SATYAM/48/2015
A single blind randomized control
study to evaluate the effect ofrajyoga meditation on
biochemical and cognitive
correlates of cardiac rehabilitationin patients of surgical repair forcongenital heart disease.

Prof. Bindu M. Kutty
Professor, Department ofNeurophysiology,
National Insititute of Mental
Health and Neuro Sciences(NIMHANS)
Bangalore-560029.
Karnataka
Dr. Usha Kiran
Professor and Head
Cardiac Anaethesia CardiacNeuro Center, All India
Institute of Medical Sciences
Ansari Nagar-110029.
New Delhi5.

SR/SATAYAM/56/2015
Effects of yoga on motor cortex
plasticity, motor learning andmotor deficits of Parkinson's
disease.

6.

SR/SATYAM/64/2015
Understanding basic muscle
functions while performing
various yoga postures.

4.

PI Name & Address

Duration(Years)3

Total Cost
(Rs)
42,03,200/-

3

37,97,200/-

3

37,27,600/-

18months23,37,96/-

Dr. Asha Kishore
Director, Comprehensive Care
Center for Movement
Disorders, Department ofNeurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal
Institute for Medical Sciencesand Technology,
Thiruvananthapuram-695011.
Kerala332,81,400/-

Dr. S N OmkarChief Research Scientist
Depaartment of Aerospace
Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore-560012.
Karnataka

239,00,000/-

Dr. Jayasree S Bhat
Professor & Head, Department
of Audiology & SLP, Kasturba
Medical College,
Mangalore-575001.
Karnataka
Dr. Malla Bhaskara Rao
Professor
Department of Neurosurgery,
National Insititute of Mental
Health and Neuro Sciences,
Housur Road,Bengaluru-560029.
Karnataka7.

SR/SATYAM/84/2015
Effect of yoga on physiological,
inflammatory and oxidative stressmarks among type 2 diabetes
subjects.

Dr. Vijay Viswanathan
Head & Chief Diabetologist
Department of Medicine,M.V
Hospital for Diabetes & Prof.
M Viswanathan Diabetes
Research Centre, # 4,West
Madha Church Street,Royapuram,
Chennai-600013. Tamil Nadu

337,51,800/-8.

SR/SATYAM/97/2015
Effects of preoperative pranayama
on the post-operative pulmonary
functions and pulmonary
complications in Patients
undergoing neurosurgery.

2

8,92,000/-

9.

SR/SATYAM/184/2015
Effect of yoga breathing(Pranayams) on measures ofattention and arousal.

2

19,09,400/-

10.

SR/SATYAM/224/2015

379,86,480/-11.

Efficacy of a yoga-meditation
based lifestyle intervention inpatients with obesity and major
depressive disorder: A
randomized controlled trial.
SR/SATYAM/267/2015
Elucidating the science of yoga asa therapeutic intervention in post
stroke recvery: study of brain
using the technique of magneticresonance.

Dr. S Manikandan
Additional Professor
Neuroanesthesiology Division
Department ofAnesthesiology,Sree Chitra
Tirunal Institute for Medical
Sciences and Technology
Trivandrum. Kerala
Dr Shirley Telles
Director, Department of Yoga
Research and Development,
Patanjali Yogpeeth, Maharishi
Dayanand Gram.
Haridwar-249405.
Uttarakhand
Dr Raj Kumar Yadav
Professor,
Department of Physiology,
All India Institute of MedicalSciences, Ansari Nagar
New Delhi-110029.
Delhi
Dr M.V Padma Srivastava
Professor,
Department of Neurology, All
India Institute of MedicalSciences, Ansari Nagar
New Delhi-110029. Delhi

243,23,840/-

12.

SR/SATYAM/278/2015

Dr Ramshekhar N Menon
Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurology,
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institutefor Medical Sciences andTechnology,
Trivandrum. Kerala

333,82,800/-

Dr Naren P Rao
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychiatry,
National Institute of Mental
Health and Neurosciences(NIMHANS),
Bangalore-560029.
Karnataka

335,77,200/-Effect of yoga and meditation onmeuropsychological functions andbrain connectivity networks inmild cognitive impairment (MCI)
and cognitively normal subjects.
13.

SR/SATYAM/304/2015
Examination of therapeutic
efficacy and potential
mechanisms of yoga treatment inschizophrenia.

14.

SR/SATYAM/312/2015
Yoga and meditation as cognitiveenhancement therapy for persons
with schizophrenia: A randomized
controlled trial.

15.

SR/SATYAM/343/2015
Effect of shakti kriya versus
sudarshan kriya and pranayama(SK and P) on electroencephalogram (EEG), gene expression,
heart rate variability (HRV),
galvanic skin resistance (GSR)
and quality of life.
SR/SATYAM/351/2015
Therapeutic effects of yoga indepression: A neurobiologicalinvestigation.

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20.

SR/SATYAM/376/2015
Effect of 30 minutes of yoga andmeditation and life stylemodification in comparison to
standard treatment on persons
with mild to moderate depressive
disorders.
SR/SATYAM/389/2015
Effects of yoga on cognitive
function and quality of life inbreast cancer patients on adjuvant
chemotherapy: A randomized
controlled trial.
SR/SATYAM/422/2015
The impact of pranayam and nadayoga in coping with performanceanxiety among girls studying
music.
SR/SATYAM/424/2015
Intersiciplinary studies on impactof yoga on cervical and breast
cancer patients and survivors.

21.

SR/SATYAM/469/2015
Design & development of anembedded assistive yoga system
to treat autism spectrum disorder.

Dr Smita Neelkanth Deshpande
Professor, Department ofPsychiatry, De-Addiction
Services & Resource Centrefor Tobacco Control
PGIMER, Dr Ram Manohar
Lohia Hospital,New Delhi.
Delhi
Dr Vinod Kochupillai
Head of Department,
Sri Sri Institute of AdvancedResearch, Ved Vignan Maha
Vidya Peeth,
Bangalore-82.
Karnataka

332,25,800/-

11100000/-

Dr Muralidharan Kesavan
Additional Professor,
Department of Psychiatry,
National Institute of Mental
Health and Neurosciences(NIMHANS),
Bangalore-560029.
Karnataka
Dr Sujata Minhas
General Secretary,
Mental Health Foundation
Lajpat Nagar-1.
Delhi34651600/-

3

34,57,908/-

Dr Raghavendra M Rao
Head, Complementary andAlternative Medicine,
Health care Global Enterprises
Limited (HCG)
Bangalore-560027.
Karnataka
Prof. Ina Shastri
Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts,
Department of Music,
Banasthali Vidyapith
Banasthali-304022. Rajasthan
Dr Bharathi P Salimath
Professor, Department ofBiotechnology, University ofMysore, Manasagangotri
Mysore-570006.
Karnataka
Prof. M.C Chinnaiah
ECE Department,
B V Raju Institute ofTechnology, Narasapur
Medak. Telangana

340,11,600/-

333,29,600/-

18months47,69,720/-

32781600/-