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'''Srinivasa Chakravarthy''' is an [[List of Indian scientists|Indian scientist]] doing research in the field of [[biotechnology]]. He is working as a professor at the [[IIT Madras|Indian Institute of Technology]], [[Chennai]]. He established theories of communication that bridge [[mathematics]] and [[neuroscience]]. He is actively doing research in the field of [[Computational neuroscience|Computational Neuroscience]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/expertsdatabase/dr-v-srinivasa-chakravarthy |title=Dr. V Srinivasa Chakravarthy |website=www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in |access-date=2024-08-03}}</ref>

==Education and research==
In 1989, Chakravarthy was graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Following that in 1991, he received a master's degree in biomedical engineering from the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] at [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]. He received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in 1996 from the same university where he did doctoral research in the field of [[Electronics and computer industry|Electronics and Computers]] from 1991 to 1996.
In the year 1997, Chakravarthy completed his postdoctoral research in Neurology at [[Baylor College of Medicine]] in [[Houston]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://biotech.iitm.ac.in/faculty/web/faculty/srini.php |title=Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras |website=biotech.iitm.ac.in |access-date=2024-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOo7vQEACAAJ | title=Demystifying the Brain: A Computational Approach | isbn=978-981-13-3319-4 | last1=Srinivasa Chakravarthy | first1=V. | date=18 December 2018 | publisher=Springer }}</ref>

He has developed a web-based system that understands handwritten text in Indian languages such as [[Hindi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada]] and [[Tamil script|Tamil]]. He is doing research in Computational Neuroscience and Computational Cardiovascular Pathology.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bookday.in/series-1-contemporary-indian-scientists-100-science-article-by-ayesha-era-natarasan/ |title=தொடர் : 1 - இன்றைய இந்திய விஞ்ஞானிகள் -100 |last=BookDay |date=2024-08-01 |website=Book Day |language=en-US |access-date=2024-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thefederal.com/category/videos/bharati-script-tackles-language-barrier-iit-prof-srinivasa-chakravarthy-133172 |title='Bharati script' tackles language barrier: IIT Prof Srinivasa Chakravarthy |last=Federal |first=The |date=2024-07-14 |website=thefederal.com |language=en |access-date=2024-08-03}}</ref>

Sparsh Bharati, a font developed by Chakravarthy and his colleagues, is known as a guide for the visually impaired.
He is leading a project to develop a computational programming model that could lead to a cure for [[Parkinson's disease]], which is caused by the loss of [[Cell (biology)|cells]] in the [[basal ganglia]], a part of the [[brain]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/sparsh-bharati-a-new-guide-for-visually-impaired-persons/article67594838.ece |title='Sparsh Bharati' - a new guide for visually impaired persons |last=Sujatha |first=R. |date=2023-12-01 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2024-08-03}}</ref> Students from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai in 1972 contributed funds to build a Parkinson's Disease Diagnostic Laboratory to assist with this project in the Computational Neuroscience Laboratory.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2023/Jan/24/iit-madras-alumni-to-sponsor-parkinsons-therapeutics-lab-2540767.html |title=IIT-Madras alumni to sponsor Parkinson's therapeutics lab |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2023-01-24 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en |access-date=2024-08-03}}</ref>

==Publications==
===Books===
* Demystifying the Brain: A Computational Approach, Springer, 2018<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-3320-0 |title=Demystifying the Brain |date=2019 |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-981-13-3320-0 |access-date=2024-08-03 |last1=Chakravarthy |first1=V. Srinivasa |isbn=978-981-13-3319-4 }}</ref>
* Autobiography Of Charles Darwin - Darwin Atmakatha
* Computational Neuroscience Models of the Basal Ganglia - Cognitive Science and Technology, Springer Verlag, Singapore, 2018<ref>{{cite web | url=https://biotech.iitm.ac.in/Faculty/CNS_LAB/bgmodel_book.html | title=Computational Neuroscience Models of the Basal Ganglia }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-10-8494-2 |title=Computational Neuroscience Models of the Basal Ganglia |series=Cognitive Science and Technology |date=2018 |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-981-10-8494-2 |isbn=978-981-10-8493-5 |access-date=2024-08-03}}</ref>

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