Dr. Samir Kumar Praharaj

Professor

Reg.No:ORS 2008 0000030 KTK

Department of Psychiatry

Current Academic Role & Responsibilities

Dr Samir Kumar Praharaj is the head of the unit that specializes in addiction medicine and adult psychiatry, along with brain stimulation therapies such as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. He is the Coordinator of the Clinical Research Centre for Neuromodulation in Psychiatry.

He is also a faculty of Medical Education Unit of KMC Manipal. He is involved in teaching and psychiatry and supervision of undergraduate medical students and postgraduate students of psychiatry and other allied mental health professionals.

He is also the Coordinator of MAHE-DHR Technical Resource Centre for Evidence Synthesis. He is also a MAHE recognized PhD guide and is involved in several research projects in the department.

Subjects Currently Teaching

Subject	Semester / Year
Psychiatry	MBBS Part II and IIIa

Psychiatry

Semester / Year:MBBS Part II and IIIa

Academic Qualifications

Degree	Specialisation	Institute	yearOfPassing
MBBS		Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati	1998

MBBS

Institute:Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati

yearOfPassing:1998

Experience

Institution / Organisation	Designation	Tenure
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, MAHE	Professor and HoU	01/Nov/2024 Till date

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, MAHE

Designation:Professor and HoU

Tenure:01/Nov/2024 Till date