In addition to experimental and applied research, I am also passionate about public outreach and dissemination. I was awarded the 'Neuroscientist of the year' prize for outreach activities in Sydney, Australia. 

I have been invited to present my work globally, at various fora of inquiry and discussion. Here is a list of select venues:

2026

• Navigating Intimate Authenticity and Human Connection in an Artificial (Intelligence) World. Invited session at the BITSAA Global Meet 2026, Hyderabad, India.

2025

• Physiology of mind-body health and rejuvenation - Neurobiology of transformation, Spiritual Heritage Education Network, Canada

• Mind wandering and attention training. Service Strategy Divison, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Ottawa

• Human Futures: Rethinking Health, Cognition, and Civilization Itself. Unicorn Summit, Portugal 

• Pleasure vs Well-Being — and Where Meaning Fits In: A Neuroscientist’s Perspective. Matters of meaning podcast. the Netherlands/Australia

• Cognitive Impact of 'Work-From-Home' Environments in Urban India: A Post-Pandemic Outlook. Healthy Buildings 2025 - An ISIAQ Flagship conference, Hyderabad, India 

• The Neuroscience of Spirituality and Human Flourishing in the Age of Digital Disruption and AI. Unicorn Summit, Portugal

• Pleasure and wellbeing - psychology of eating. Tasty Talks Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• AI and Policy in the context of transdisciplinarity. Workshop at the Research Consortium on the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, the Netherlands

• Memory in the body, mind and society - looking at memory through Science and Spirituality. Deshantari, Ottawa ON, Canada

• Truth as a Way of Life – Living Authentically in a Complex World. Gandhi's Legacy talks and community dialogue. Mahatma Gandhi Peace Council of Ottawa, Ottawa ON, Canada

2024

• Listening to the body mind. Service Policy Insights and Digital channel Branch, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Government of Canada, Ottawa ON, Canada

• Community is immunity is community: building community by listening to the body. TED Talk at the Professional Development Network, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Government of Canada, Ottawa ON, Canada 

• From cognitive science to science diplomacy via contemplative steps - my journey. STeP Leadership Conference- consensus and inclusion for informed decision making, Antigua, Guatemala. 

• Why meditation is simple, but not easy, for most people? Service Policy Insights and Digital channel Branch, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Government of Canada, Ottawa ON, Canada

• Science of Emotions and Emotional Intelligence. Somatic Meditation & Consciousness Training Program. Ottawa ON, Canada. 

• Hindu Philosophy and Practices in the Modern world. Canadian Indo-Caribbean Organization of Ottawa, Ottawa ON, Canada. 

• What does Freedom really mean? Freedom from the known, thoughts and beliefs! - a Neuroscience perspective. Finding Freedom Podcast. Ottawa ON, Canada

• Relevance and Status of Bhartiya Culture in Multicultural Canada. Maha Bharatotsav - The Great India Festival, Ottawa ON, Canada

• Reflections and Action for Inner Peace - perspectives from Neuroscience and Contemplative traditions. Mahatma Gandhi Peace Council of Ottawa, Ottawa ON, Canada

• A Pan-American Science Diplomacy Framework on AI for Climate Change. Lancet Countdown Latin America and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Universidad del Valle, Guatemala

• Introduction to Science Diplomacy. Science Policy and Advocacy at Rutgers (SPAR). Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

• Why is it so hard to meditate? Lessons from research on brain and meditation.  Service Insights and Experimentation, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Government of Canada, Ottawa ON, Canada

• The Science and Art of Pleasure - perspectives from Neuroscience and Contemplative traditions. Greenboro Community Centre, ICCC Active Brainstorm Series Program, Ottawa ON, Canada

2023

• What does research on meditation tell us about our minds? ICCC Active Brainstorm Series Program, Ottawa ON, Canada

• How do we see the world - perspectives from Advait Vedanta and Neuroscience. Sanskriti Darpan - The Great India Festival, Ottawa ON, Canada

• Yoga, its Philosophy and Hindu origin. Canadian Indo-Caribbean Organisation of Ottawa, ON Canada

• Understanding our body and mind for health, happiness, and harmony. Spiritual Heritage Education Network (SHEN), Ontario, Canada

• India's cultural contribution to the world. Maha Bharatotsav - The Great India Festival, Ottawa ON, Canada

• Consciousness and the Brain. Skype-a-Scientist session for Elwood Jr/Sr High School, Elwood IN, USA. 

• Emotions - what are they and what to do with them? Soma meditation forum, Hamilton ON, Canada. 

• Brain and Behaviour. Skype-a-Scientist session for Elwood Community College, Elwood IN, USA. 

• Behaviourally informed solutions for addressing plastic pollution across the Americas. Science Technology and Policy (STeP) Science Diplomacy Forum, Montevideo, Uruguay. 

• Human search for pleasure and well-being - potentials and limitations through the lens of neurobiology and contemplation. Human Potential Project, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 

• Behavioural Insights for Public Policy. Flame University, Pune, India.

2022

• Neuroscience - relevance and lessons for (science) diplomacy? Behaviourally-aligned, culturally-informed, equity-rooted science-policy approaches. Science Diplomacy Applied to Neuroscience for the Global South, The International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)-PEDECIBA Postgraduate Hybrid Course, Montevideo, Uruguay. 

• The mystery of visual experience - the role of our brain. Skype-a-scientist session for the Valley School, Seattle, USA. 

• Behavioural insights in science diplomacy for consensus building. Transdisciplinary Leadership Workshop on Science Diplomacy. The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), Punta del Este and Montevideo, Uruguay. 

• Behavioural insights into inclusive financial mechanisms for supporting sustainable growth and resilience. Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) Congress, Pretoria, South Africa.

• Cognitive and Neuroscience lessons for effective Science Communication. KAARYASHALA-  International Workshop on Science Communication and Film-making. CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR) and Vigyan Prasar (VP), Lucknow, India. 

2021

• Neuroplasticity-enabled Neuro-Technology solutions for human health and well-being. Neurotech Planet International Conference, Porto, Portugal. 

• Studying the Brain to Understand the Mind, Invited Speaker and Mentor for the Synaptic Hacks 2021, New York, USA.

• The Mystery of Visual Experience - the Role of Our Brain. Skype-a-Scientist session for Pragati School students, Ahmedabad, India. 

• Cognitive Training Solutions for Neurodiverse populations, Orange Neurosciences, Canada. 

• Science of Learning and its Educational Implications. Invited session for Staff and Secondary Students at EON Gyanankur English School, Pune, India. 

• How do we see the world - Neuroscience of Visual Perception, Skype-a-Scientist session for Jaihind College students, Mumbai, India. 

• Science of Reading and Reading Disabilities, Orange Neurosciences, Canada. 

2020

• hobBITS of the Mind: Neuroscience - the final frontier. Invited session at the BITSAA Global Meet 2020, Goa, India.

• Behavioural Insights and Nudges for Public Administration, NITI Aayog, New Delhi, India. 

• How do we see? Neuroscience of Visual Perception, Skype-a-Scientist session for Gateway College students, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 

• Inter Departmental Research Project- Science of Intelligence, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India.

• Behavioural Insights for Business Development, Mini-workshop on Neuroscience of Decision Making and Neuro-marketing, Pune, India.

• Neuroimaging and Artificial Intelligence, Skype-a-Scientist session for Class X students, Mumbai, India. 

• Human Communities and the Environment, Invited UG-teaching session at the Chinmaya Naada Bindu, Chinmaya University, Pune, India.

2019

• Human perceptual system and behaviour- relevance for safety. Institute for Energy Technology, OECD Halden Reactor Project, Halden, Norway. 

• Neuro Research Design. Invited teaching session at the Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Carlsberg Conference on 'Developing a theory on how brains work" Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark. 

• Public perception of food control system in Denmark. Invited talk and interaction at the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (foedevarestyrelsen) Glostrup, Government of Denmark, Denmark.  

• Public perception of food control systems in Denmark and China. Invited talk at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Nordic-Chinese Forum for International Economic Law, iCourts - Centre of Excellence for International Courts, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Consumer evaluation of food safety in Denmark. Invited talk at the One Health Course, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Cognitive and behavioural science of visual perception. Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, Ashoka University, India. 

• Cognitive Neuroscience of Face perception. Invited talk at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark. 

2018

• Invited teaching sessions in Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

• Invited talk at the Consumer Research Meeting, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark. 

• Invited talk at the School of Social Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

• Invited interaction talk at the Department of Psychology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

• Invited talk at the School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. 

• Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Invited teaching session at the Department of Marketing, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.

• Invited talk at the Food safety group, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Invited (online) talk at the Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, India.

• Public talk and discussion forum on Brain, Mind and Consciousness, at the Loft Forum, Pune, India. 

• Science talk and discussion forum for school students of classes 8-9, Sri Sai EM School, CTM Madanapalle, AP, India. 

• Cognitive Neuroscience of Visual Perception. Invited talk at the Flame University, Pune, India.

• Invited talk at the Chinmaya Eswar Gurukula, Chinmaya University, India.

• Invited talk at the Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India.

• Invited talk at the Indian Institute Technology, Kanpur, India.

2017

• Is there a Science of Consciousness? Invited talk at the Pune International Centre, Pune, India. 

• Do low-level visual processes modulate the perception of high-level stimulus categories? Behavioral and neuromodulation investigations. Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, KU Leuven, Belgium.

• Invited interaction talk at the Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.

• Invited interaction session at the Institute of Research in Psychology, Universite' Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium.

• Behavioural insights for policy interventions: exploring the how and why? Invited talk at The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi, India.

• The Science of Empathy and Ethics: Behavioural insights for public administration. Invited seminar at JnanaPrabodhini, Pune, India.

• Do we see the world as it is? The Science of Perception. Invited seminar at the Seed Infotech Private limited, Pune, India.

• Invited presentation talk at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, India.

• Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon. 

• Invited presentation talk at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India.

• Invited presentation talk at the National Institute of Ophthalmology, Pune, India.

• Invited speaker (on Neurotechnologies of perception, emotion and decision neuroscience) and panelist at the BITSAA Global Meet 2017, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

2016

• Invited discussant at the Early career researcher conference on the 'Future of Science', The Royal Society, London, United Kingdom. 

• Invited presentation talk at the Neural Oscillations Group, the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.

• Invited poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference: Neurobiology of Cognition, Newry ME, United States.

• Invited presentation talk at The Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

• Invited presentation talk at the Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune, India.

• Science talk and discussion forum on neuroscience of visual perception for school students of classes 7- 11, Satsang School and Peepal Grove School, Madanapalle/Chittoor, AP, India. 

• Invited presentation talk at The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India.

• Invited public talk at The Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science (MITS), Madanapalle, India.

2015

• Invited presentation talk on Social perception. The Mudra Institute of Communication (MICA)- The School of Ideas, Ahmedabad, India.

• Poster presentation at Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain: Society for Neuroeconomics 2015 Annual meeting, Miami, FL, USA. 

• Poster presentation at The 3rd Conference, Cognitive Science in Moscow - New Research, Moscow, Russia.

• Invited presentation talk at The Center for Cognition and Decision making, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.

2014

• Invited presentation talk at The National Magnetoencephalography facility (NatMEG), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.  

• Invited poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference: Neurobiology of Cognition, Newry ME, United States.

• Invited presentation talk at The Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Mumbai, India. 

• Invited presentation talk at The Department of Physiology, Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, Pune, India.

• Invited presentation talk at The Cognitive Science Group, Indian Institute of Technology (IITGn), Gandhinagar, India.

• Invited presentation talk at The Department of Psychiatry, Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, Pune, India.

• Invited presentation talk on Epigenomic Inheritance patterns at The Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune, India.

• How do we ‘see’ -- Science of face, object and body perception. Invited presentation talk at The Department of Psychology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, University of Pune, India.

2013

• Invited presentation talk Neuroscience of visual perception at The Science Association, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, University of Pune, India.

• Invited presentation talk at Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College & Research Centre, Pimpri, University of Pune, India.

2012

• Emotions: brain, body and environment: Public talk and discussion forum, Sydney Psychology and Social Sciences Group, Paddington RSL, Paddington, NSW, Australia. 

• How do we learn: neuroscience of learning: Public talk and discussion forum, Sydney Psychology and Social Sciences Group, Paddington RSL, Paddington, NSW, Australia. 

• Neuroscience of consciousness: biology and beyond: Public talk and discussion forum, Sydney Psychology and Social Sciences Group, Paddington RSL, Paddington, NSW, Australia. 

• How do we ‘see’ this world -- neuroscience of visual perception: Public talk and discussion forum, Sydney Psychology and Social Sciences Group, Paddington RSL, Paddington, NSW, Australia. 

2010

• Invited presentation at the Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

• Invited presentation at the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, University of California Los Angeles, USA.

• Invited visit to the Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience at the University of California San Diego, USA.

• Invited Presentation talk on the role of body in emotion elicitation at the International Conference on Recent Advances in Cognitive Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

• Invited talk at the Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique (LSCP), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France.