CHINTA
Centre for High Impact Neuroscience and Translational Applications
Brain disorders represent a growing global public health threat, underscoring the need for new interdisciplinary approaches in discovery neuroscience that can be translated into effective therapeutic interventions. The Centre for High Impact Neuroscience and Translational Applications (CHINTA) is established to meet these challenges by harnessing India’s strengths in the physical, computational, engineering, and biomedical sciences. Read more…
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Dr. Agnik Dasgupta- CHINTA, TCG CREST Receives the Prestigious PM Early Career Research Grant
April 21, 2026
Dr. Agnik Dasgupta has been awarded the PM Early Career Research Grant by ANRF for pioneering work on hair cell development and regeneration. This project advances fundamental insights into sensory biology with potential applications for treating sensorineural disorders.
Inviting Applications for a Project Associate at CHINTA, TCG CREST
April 21, 2026
Applications are invited from eligible candidates for filling up of the post of a “Project Associate II (b)” for the ANRF PMECRG funded project under Dr. Agnik Dasgupta
Dr. Anant Jain of CHINTA, TCG CREST gets Inducted as Associate of the IASc
January 6, 2026
We are delighted to share that Dr. Anant Jain, Assistant Professor at TCG CREST DTBU, Kolkata, has been inducted as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc).
Inviting Applications for a Postdoctoral Position at CHINTA, TCG CREST
May 23, 2025
Inviting applications for a fully funded postdoctoral position in systems neuroscience and synaptic plasticity at CHINTA, TCG CREST
Research Facilities
Sumantra “Shona” Chattarji
Director, CHINTA
Professor Sumantra "Shona" Chattarji is the Director of CHINTA, TCG CREST. He is also a Visiting Professor of Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, University of Edinburgh, UK. Before joining CREST, he was a Senior Professor of National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India.
Read MoreEric Klann
Scientific Advisory Board
Eric Klann is an American neuroscientist who studies how molecular signaling, synaptic plasticity, and behavior are altered in developmental disability, autism, aging, psychiatric disorders, and Alzheimer's disease. He is a Professor at the Center for Neural Science, New York University
Read MoreFrancis Lee
Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Francis Lee is an accomplished neurobiologist and psychiatrist studying the molecular basis of mood and anxiety disorders, with the goal of understanding why many of them emerge during the transition from childhood to adolescence. He is the Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry & Dean, Weill-Cornell Medical School.
Read MoreGregory Quirk
Scientific Advisory Board
Gregory Quirk Supervising Scientist, National Institutes of Health, Philippines Scientific Advisory Board, CHINTA Details here.
Read MoreNews & Events
View AllDr. Agnik Dasgupta- CHINTA, TCG CREST Receives the Prestigious PM Early Career Research Grant
April 21, 2026
Dr. Agnik Dasgupta has been awarded the PM Early Career Research Grant by ANRF for pioneering work on hair cell development and regeneration. This project advances fundamental insights into sensory biology with potential applications for treating sensorineural disorders.
Applications are invited from eligible candidates for filling up of the post of a “Project Associate II (b)” for the ANRF PMECRG funded project under Dr. Agnik Dasgupta
We are delighted to share that Dr. Anant Jain, Assistant Professor at TCG CREST DTBU, Kolkata, has been inducted as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc).
Inviting applications for a fully funded postdoctoral position in systems neuroscience and synaptic plasticity at CHINTA, TCG CREST
MOOSE Training at CHINTA, TCG CREST
May 6, 2025
Join us at CHINTA,TCG CREST for an immersive workshop on MOOSE, the cutting-edge platform for multiscale brain modeling.

