Rachna Bhargava
Professor of Clinical Psychology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Clinical and research area are Child and adolescent Mental and Behavioral Health. Earlier nominated as WHO Global Mental Health Scholar. Was associated in Clinical field trials for ICD 11 related to Intelectual disabilities .
Rajesh Sagar
Dr. Rajesh Sagar is currently working as a Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, New Delhi. He is MD from NIMHANS, Bangalore. Honorary PhD. He has received Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) from Specialist Training Authority of the Medical Royal Colleges (UK) and General Medical Council, UK. He has been awarded the Fellowship of National Academy of Medical Sciences and fellowship of International Medical Science Academy. He is awarded Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh, UK). He is Honorary Professor in department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia (2017-22) & University of Leicester, UK (2021-contd.). Chair, Mental health group of Global Burden of Disease-India.
Currently, he is member, Central Mental Health Authority (CMHA), Govt. of India, however served as secretary of the same (2005-2018) He has been an Expert/advisory member for several organizations incl expert member of various National Task forces incl. on COVID by ICMR and of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Member of Governing council and scientific advisory board of ICMR. Member of UK Research Initiative, UKRI. He has published articles more than 700 research papers, chapters, books and more than 1.2 lakh citations. He has received several awards and honors including ICMR Award, AIIMS Research Award, Indian Psychiatry Society Award, Distinguished Alumnus Award, All India Children’s Champion Award, Outstanding Researcher award as country’s Topmost researcher in psychology/mental health based on research output in SCOPUS (2018, 2023), Name listed in the World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking by the Stanford University publication (2019-22),PPA oration award for Indian Association of Child & Adolescent Mental Health, International Contribution Award for International Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Allied Professions (IACAPAP)
Shekhar Seshadri
Dr. Shekhar is a child psychiatrist with over 35 years of experience in the field of child mental health. As Former Senior Professor in the Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NIMHANS, his work has extended beyond the clinical population to children and child care institutions/ service providers across the country as well as the South Asia region. Some of his special areas of interest are childhood trauma, gender and sexuality issues and life skill education. In the belief that wider psychosocial interventions are rooted in child rights, in addition to his preventive-promotive and curative child mental health interventions, he has undertaken various legal and policy-related initiatives. He was part of national deliberations on the POCSO Act 2012 during its drafting, and more recently an active part of the debates around the December 2015 Juvenile Justice Act. He has also engaged extensively as a member of working groups of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights on issues such as substance abuse and elimination of corporal punishment in school. Finally, all his policy and practice work find its way into training and capacity building programs for target audiences ranging from students of mental health disciplines and mental health care professional in clinical settings to child care service providers in non-clinical settings, including community health workers, teachers, government and non-government staff and counsellors and Judicial personnel. The NIMHANS Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Project, was conceptualized and initiated by Dr. Shekhar, as part of his vision for enabling access to mental health for the most vulnerable child populations. This has now extended into SAMVAD (Support, Advocacy & Mental health interventions for children in Vulnerable circumstances And Distress – A National Initiative & Integrated Resource for Child Protection, Mental Health, & Psychosocial Care), supported by the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India. He is also the President of the Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Savita Malhotra
Ex Dean, Post Graduate Institute of Medical education and Research, Chandigarh.
Former Head, Department of Psychiatry, PGIMER Chandigarh
Life President of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Vice President cum President Elect of Indian Psychiatric Society
Past President of Asian Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions