The GRP ID is co-hosting this lecture with the Centre for Studies in Democratisation and WMS - Mental Health & Wellbeing Centre
Public Lecture by Dr Sanjeev Jain
Wednesday 17 October 2018
4.30 - 6:30PM
Oculus Building, Room OC 1.08

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Dr Sanjeev Jain is a renowned clinician and a teacher, and researches the genetic correlates of psychiatric and neurological disease. Dr Jain heads the Molecular Genetics Laboratory at the Dept. of Psychiatry at NIMHANS, Bangalore, which collaborates in several population and cohort studies, and also provides genetic testing for several neuro-degenerative disorders, as well as counselling services for these families.

Dr Jain has been researching the history of mental health services in India, from the colonial to the contemporary period, using archives in India and the UK, as well as case notes from hospitals in Bangalore and elsewhere in India. Helped by a grant from the Wellcome Trust, he has archived more than 6,000 case notes from the 19-20th centuries. In addition to various articles, he has also published two books - an institutional history of NIMHANS, and a edited a volume of essays on the Partition of India. This work has helped understand the interface between science and medicine, and social responses to mental illness in India.

Dr Jain will be discussing his work on his book, "The Psychological Impact of the Partition of India" at this public lecture. For more information regarding his book - please click here.

Please join us for a casual drinks reception after the lecture.