Academic programs Doctor of Philosophy • Ph.D. in Biophysics • Ph.D. in Biostatistics • Ph.D. in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology • Ph.D. in Clinical Neurosciences (ICMR Fellowship) • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychopharmacology & Neurotoxicology • Ph.D. in Epidemiology • Ph.D. in History of Psychiatry • Ph.D. in Human Genetics • Ph.D. in Integrative Medicine • Ph.D. in Mental Health Rehabilitation • Ph.D. in Neurochemistry • Ph.D. in Neuroimaging & Interventional Radiology • Ph.D. in Neurological Rehabilitation • Ph.D. in Neurology • Ph.D. in Neuroimaging & Interventional Radiology • Ph.D. in Neuromicrobiology • Ph.D. in Neuropathology • Ph.D. in Neurophysiology • Ph.D. in Neurovirology • Ph.D. in Nursing • Ph.D. in Psychiatric Social Work • Ph.D. in Psychosocial Support • Ph.D. in Psychiatry • Ph.D. in Public Health • Ph.D. in Speech Pathology & Audiology
Super Speciality Medicine Courses • DM in Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology • DM in Neurology (Post MBBS) • DM in Neurology (Post MD/DNB) • DM in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry • DM in Addiction Psychiatry • DM in Forensic Psychiatry • DM in Geriatric Psychiatry • DM in Neuroanaesthesia & Neurocritical Care • DM in Neuropathology • M.Ch. in Neurosurgery (Post MBBS) • M.Ch. in Neurosurgery (Post MS/DNB)
Post-graduate Degree/Fellowship • MD in Psychiatry • MD in Ayurveda Manovigyan Evam Manasa Roga • Fellowship in Psychosocial Support in Disaster Management • Fellowship in Geriatric Mental Health Care • Fellowship in Mental Health Education • Fellowship in Geriatric Mental Health Nursing • Fellowship in Psychiatric Rehabilitation • Fellowship in Psychosocial Care for elderly • M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology • M.Phil. in Psychiatric Social Work • M.Sc. in Biostatistics • M.Sc. in Neurosciences • M.Sc. in Yoga Therapy • Master in Public Health • M.Sc. in Neuroscience Nursing • M.Sc. in Psychiatric Nursing
Post-doctoral Fellowship • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry • Neuroanaesthesia • Neurocritical Care • Neuroinfection • Hospital Infection Control • Epilepsy • Movement Disorders • Neuromuscular Disorder • Stroke • Neuropathology • Paediatric Neurology • Transfusion Medicine • Neurological Rehabilitation • Acute Care & Emergency Psychiatry • Community Mental Health • Addiction Medicine • Forensic Psychiatry • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry • Geriatric Psychiatry • Obsessive Compulsive disorder & related disorders • Clinical Neurosciences & Therapeutics in Schizophrenia • Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation of Psychiatric disorders • Cognitive Neurosciences • Women's Mental Health
Undergraduate Programmes • B.Sc. Nursing • B.Sc. Anaesthesia Technology • B.Sc. Radiography • B.Sc. Clinical Neurophysiology Technology
Rankings {{Infobox India university ranking The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences has been ranked 4th among medical institutions in India by the
National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2024. In addition, NIMHANS contributes to capacity building under the National Mental Health Programme and leads digital and community outreach initiatives targeting underserved populations. During and after the
COVID-19 pandemic, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences led India's mental health response through helplines and guidelines, though some critics argued this risked over-medicalizing socioeconomic distress. A 2025 study reported by
The New Indian Express on neurological complications in COVID-19 patients was also debated after its findings were linked in public discourse to vaccine safety, raising concerns about misinterpretation. Experts from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences were closely involved in shaping and interpreting the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, particularly its rights-based provisions, while also warning that safeguards such as restrictions on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) could pose challenges in clinical practice and implementation. In May 2015, the institute's faculty association criticized the 'Juvenile Justice Bill' that was tabled in Parliament. Preeti Jacob, from the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, was quoted as saying "Juveniles are less culpable and are much more amenable to rehabilitative efforts and thus should not be transferred to the adult criminal justice system. The assessments that are being proposed in the bill in order to ascertain the mental capacity to commit an offense are arbitrary and unscientific." In December 2014, it was reported that a soldier from the Indian Navy was being held in NIMHANS for a month to evaluate whether he was suffering from mental illness, after acting as a whistleblower. After the month-long evaluation, it was concluded that the Navy person was not suffering from any mental illness. In July 2013,
TOI reported that NIMHANS was collaborating with the
Central Bureau of Investigation to train its staff with interrogation techniques. In 2012, the central government approached NIMHANS to suppress
anti-nuclear protests regarding the construction of the
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. The government asked NIMHANS to dispatch psychiatrists to Kudankulam to counsel protesters. To fulfill the plan, NIMHANS formed a team of six members, all from the Department of Social Psychiatry. The psychiatrists were sent to get a "peek into the protesters' minds" and help them learn the importance of the plant. In 2008, a reality show contestant, Shinjini Sen, after getting reprimanded by the TV show judges, temporarily lost her voice and physical mobility. It was alleged by the media that the television show judges' behavior caused such disability. To resolve her case, she was flown from Kolkata to Bangalore's NIMHANS to be treated for a neurobiological condition. Professor B N Gangadhar, the then medical superintendent, told the press, "We can say at this juncture that she could be suffering from depression. Depression does not lead to permanent loss of speech or physical disability. We are diagnosing why that has happened. There could be complex neurological factors leading to such conditions." ==Notable people==