Prof. (Dr.) Kanishka Sharma
Assistant Professor, Cognition and Learning Lab, School of Psychology and Education
kanishka.s@rishihood.edu.in
About
Dr. Kanishka Sharma is an experimental neuroscientist and founding faculty of the Human Augmentation Lab at Rishihood University. Previousely worked at INMAS, Defence R&D Organisation as Research fellow. After earning his PhD from the University of Delhi, he completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. His research investigates the psychophysiology of meditation and cognitive enhancement through advanced EEG/ERP and neuroimaging. He also integrates Indian Knowledge Systems into modern wellbeing and leadership curricula
Work Experience
1. Center for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Post doctoral fellow, (2021-1023)
2. Electrical engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Post doctoral fellow, (2018-2021)
3. Research Fellow, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Science, Defence R&D Organisation, Delhi (2012-2017)
4. UGC Project fellow, Center for Physiotherapy and Allied Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, (2011-2012)
Education
B.Sc. Life science
M.Sc. neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University (2005-2008)
School of Studies in Neuroscience, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, (2008-2010)
University of Delhi, (2019)
Research Areas
Meditation and Cognition, Cognitive control, Attention networks, Neuropysiology of Meditation
Awards & Recognitions
Research Excellence award: For significant, high quality research contributions by Rishihood University
John Miller Travel Award by Indian Academy of Neuroscience to participate in Indian Academy of Neuroscience conference
Fellowships & Grants
1. DST International Travel Support Fellowship, Travel fellowship by SERB, Department of S&T, Govt. of India for attending the International Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic on July 21-26, 2024
2. DST Post-doctoral fellowship, for independent research project under CSRI scheme (Cognitive Science Research Initiative under Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India)
3. ICMR Travel Grant, for attending Neuroscience-2017 at Washington DC (11-15 Nov, 2017)
4. IBRO Grant for attending IBRO-APRC Advanced School on “Neuroinformatics & Brain Network Analysis” at Kualalumpur, Malaysia (August, 2017)
5. DST International Travel Support Fellowship travel fellowship by SERB, Department of S&T, Govt. of India for attending the International Congress of Psychology at Yokohama, Japan
6. Research Fellowship by Defence R&D Organization, Govt. of India at INMAS-DRDO, Delhi
7. Project Assistant fellowship by University Grant Commission for research in Sleep physiology at Jamia Millia University, Delhi
Further Additions
1.
Organizer of Brain Awareness Week and neuroscience outreach activities
2.
Research grant management and project leadership.
3.
Invited member of Curriculum advisory committee of NCERT for Class 8, Science.
4.
Invited member of Project based learning committee of NCERT for Class 11, Biology.
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Promotion of Indian knowledge systems for wellbeing, leadership, and learning enhancement.
6.
Organized Roundtable conference themed as “Mental wellness in modern youth” at MIT Samberg Center, Boston. October 6, 2025.
Others
(Funded only)
1. Study of 2-4 D immersion technologies and non invasive interventions in Human cognitive indices, Funded by DRDO, Principal Investigator: Dr. Sushil Chandra. I worked as a research fellow.
2. Effect of Meditation on cognitive control: deautomatization of biased responses, Funded by CSRI-DST, Govt. of India for postdoctoral research project. Principal Investigator: Kanishka Sharma
3. IKS Center on computational thinking by IKS Division, AICTE, India, PI: Prof. K. Gopinath, Co-PI: Kanishka Sharma
