Foundation Day, celebrated on 16th of December marks the anniversary of the dedication of NBRC to our nation by the then President of India, His Excellency, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. Students from different schools in Haryana are invited to tour the laboratories and are told about various research projects related to the functioning of the brain in health and disease. Posters made by NBRC students are displayed to explain the ongoing research activities at the centre and encourage school students to think of neuroscience research as a future career option. This is followed by a quiz competition and awards are given to the winning teams and all the participants. If you would like your school to participate, please email academics[at]nbrc[dot]ac[dot]in
An eminent neuroscientist is usually invited to deliver a lecture in the evening. Some of the lectures delivered so far are listed below:
| Newer frontiers in Psychiatry-bridging the brain and mind Prof. Pratima Murthy Director, NIMHANS, Bangalore |
2023 |
| Future of Neurostimulation and measurement: Wireless connection of brain and mind Professor Risto Ilmoniemi Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering Aalto University, Finland |
2022 |
| Chemical Behavior and Neuroscience Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram DST Year of Science Chair Professor, National Center For Biological Sciences, & Emeritus Professor, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru |
2021 |
| Auditory Cognition of Speech and Music Prof Josef P. Rauschecker Professor, Department of Neuroscience DGeorgetown University, Washington DC, USA |
2020 |
| Seven Myths of Memory Prof. Nicola S Clayton, FRS Rambert's Scientist in Residence and Professor of Comparative Cognition Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK and Prof. Clive Wilkins, MMC Member of the Magician Circle and Artist in Residence in the Department of Psychology University of Cambridge, UK |
2019 |
| The Neurobiology of Beauty Professor Semir Zeki Laboratory of Neurobiology Division of Cell and Developmental Biology University College London |
2018 |
| I think therefore I am Prof. Karl J Friston Wellcome Principal Fellow,Scientific Director: Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, London, UK |
2017 |
| Translating Neuroscience to serve India's public health needs: from hype to substance Prof. Vikram Patel Co-Founder and former Director, Professor of International Mental Health and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK |
2016 |
| Are our self and consciousness real? Ask your brain and its spontaneous activity Prof. Georg Northoff Canada Research Chair in Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research Ottawa, Canada |
2015 |
| How the Brain Tells the New from the Old (and Why this Matters) Prof. Mani Ramaswami Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
2014 |
| The Brain Today and Tomorrow: Looking In and Looking Out Prof. Nicholas C. Spitzer Distinguished Professor University of California, San Diego |
2013 |
| Stem Cells and Disorders of the Brain: What have we learned? Dr. Mahendra. S. Rao Director, Centre for Regenerative Medicine National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, USA |
2012 |
| Burden of Neurological Diseases: Challenges for Future Generations Prof. Avindra Nath, MD Clinical Director, NINDS National Institutes of Health, USA |
2011 |
| Preparing the Brain for School Prof. Michael Posner Professor Emeritus, University of Oregon, Adjunct Professor, Weill Medical College, New York |
2010 |
| Brains Computers and Intelligence Prof. Mriganka Sur Newton Professor of Neuroscience Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA |
2008 |
| Alzheimer's Disease: Genes, Molecular Mechanism and Therapeutics Prof. Sangram Sisodia Director Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University of Chicago, USA |
2007 |
| Progress in brain repair - On the centenary of the first nobel prize in neuroscience Dr. Albert J. Aguayo President, International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) |
2006 |
| The Self Made Brain Prof. Colin Blakemore FRS CEO, Medical Research Council, UK |
2004 |
