Dr. K.K.Deepak

Details of theses research work guidance under my supervision (Till Sept 2021)

1990-2000 Theses guidance

S. No.	Name of the Candidate	Title	Year	Degree/Discipline/Dept	Guide/ co-guide
1	Dr. S. A. Godbole	Diabetic autonomic neuropathy: Evaluation and correlates.	1990	DNB (Endocrinology)	Co-Guide
2	Dr. K. Karni Singh	Autonomic nervous function in autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia	1991	DM (Neurology)	Co-Guide
3	Navita Kaushal	Autonomic functions physical training : A longitudinal study	1994	PhD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
4	Dr. Devanand Jha	Status of the autonomic nervous system following nasopharyngeal stimulation and chemical cautery in atrophic rhinitis and nasal polyposis	1995	MS(Oto-rhino-laryngology)	Co-Guide
5	Dr. O. Punyabati Devi	Autonomic functions in irritable bowel syndrome	1996	MD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
6	Dr. Rajesh Garg	Effect of nitrates and calcium channel blockers on cardiovascular reflexes in patients with NIDDM	1996	DM (Endocrinology)	Co-Guide
7	Dr. Vishal	Autonomic functions in angle closure glaucoma	1997	MS (Ophthalmology)	Co-Guide
8	Dr. Vikas Kumar	Autonomic functions Salivary profile in Duodenal Ulcer	1998	MD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
9	Dr. B.H. Paudel	Effect of physical training on autonomic functions in opioid dependent patients during opioid withdrawal	1999	PhD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
10	Dr. Reji Thomas	Autonomic functions in Parkinson’s disease	1999	DM (Neurology)	Co-Guide
11	Dr. Rajesh K Sharma	Autonomic correlates of pattern of recovery from cardiovascular changes induced by exercise	2000	MD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
12	Dr. Amite Pankaj	Evaluation of post-traumatic reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the hand and its management	2000	MS (Orthopedics)	Co-Guide
13	Dr. Shivaji Dutta	Evaluation of pilo-pupil ratio average as a test for autonomic dysfunction in diabetic patients	2000	MD Ophthalmology	Co-Guide

2001-2010   Theses guidance

S. No.	Name of the Candidate	Title	Year	Degree/Discipline/Dept	Guide/ co-guide
1	Dr. Abhay R Shelke	Autonomic functions in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia	2001	MD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
2	Dr. Anoop Joshi	Eradication of H. pylori improves gastric myoelectric activity and clinical symptoms as compared to prokinetics in non ulcer dyspepsia	2001	DM  Gastroenterology	Co-Guide
3	Dr. Ajai Pal Singh	To study the acute and long term effects of moderate level aerobic exercise on intra-ocular pressure in juvenile and adult primary open angle glaucoma patients.	2001	MD (Ophthalmology)	Co-Guide
4	Dr. Shalimar	Autonomic dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus	2001	MD (Medicine)	Co-Guide
5	Dr. Indu Taneja	Autonomic effects of yogic practices in irritable bowel syndrome	2002	PhD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
6	Dr. Vineet Malik	A study on sleep disordered breathing in hypertensive subjects	2002	MD (Medicine)	Co-Guide
7	Dr. T Suraj	Sleep disturbances in parkinson’s plus syndromes: A prospective questionnaire based study	2004	DM (Neurology)	Co-Guide
8	Dr. Ritu Gadia	Evaluation of autonomic function in central serous chorioretinopathy	2004	MD (Ophthalmology)	Co-Guide
9	Dr. Manoj Gupta	Systemic and ocular profile in normal tension glaucoma	2004	MD (Ophthalmology)	Co-Guide
10	Dr. Dilbag Singh	Analysis and interpretation of heart rate and blood pressure variability	2004	PhD IIT, Rookee	Co-Guide
11	Dr. Pradip Barde	Comparison of indigenously developed impedance cardiography with the Fick method for measurement of cardiac output	2005	MD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
12	Dr. Poorvi Kulshrestha	Autonomic functions in fibromyalgia	2005	MD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
13	Dr. Shalini Mukherjee	A comparison of the autonomic functions before and after surgical intervention in intractable epilepsy	2005	PhD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
14	Birhanu Mengistu	Artificial neural network based abnormalities classification using heart rate variability signal	2005	M Tech (Master of Technology) IIT Roorkee	Co-Guide
15	Dr. Ramprabhu Vempati	Effect of yoga on pulmonary function, mast cell activation, and quality of life in bronchial asthma	2006	PhD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
16	Dr. Vineet Malik	Acute hemodynamic effects of sidenafil in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy	2006	DM (Cardiology)	Co-Guide
17	Dr. Manjuri Sharma	To study the abnormalities of sympathetic activity in patients with chronic kidney disease with hypertension.	2006	DM (Nephrology)	Co-Guide
18	Dr. Abhay Kumar Sahoo	Prevalence of autonomic dysfunction in newly detected diabetic patients	2007	DM (Endocrinology)	Co-Guide
19	Dr. Anand Aggarwal	Correlation between heart rate variability and tread mill testing after myocardial infarction and effect of autonomic modulation on heart rate variability	2007	DM (Cardiology)	Co-Guide
20	Dr. Purnima Sharma	Autonomic function in inflammatory bowel disease	2008	PhD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
21	Dr. Rita Khadka	Correlation between cardiovascular autonomic function and Indicators of myocardial ischemia in patients presenting angina symptoms	2008	PhD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
22	Dr. Ekta Khandelwal	Brain Blood Flow and Systemic Autonomic Responses during Orthostasis in Patients of Orthostatic Hypotension.	2008	MD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
23	Kushal Madan	Autonomic cardiovascular functions after myocardial infarction: Effect of physical training	2009	PhD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
24	Nandakumar Selvaraj	Respiration and vasculature Dependent modulations of photoplethysmogram and autonomic drive	2009	PhD (Biomedical engineering)	Co-Guide
25	Dr. Pankaj Garg	Autonomic functional assessment in patients undergoing univetricular heart repair	2009	MCh (Cardio-Thoracic and vascular surgery)	Co-Guide
26	Dr. Dipti Magan	Psychoneuroimmune effects of Meditation: An evaluation by PET and Biochemical markers	2009-2014	PhD (Physiology)	Co-guide
27	Navita Choudhary	A comparison of autonomic functions before and after surgical intervention in patients with Temporal lobe Epilepsy	2010	PhD (Physiology)	Chief Guide
28	Dr. Dinu S Chandran	Non invasive assessment of vascular function in patients with chronic endogenous hypercortisolism	2010	MD (Physiology)	Co-Guide
29	Dr. Naseer Ali	Effect of chronic endogenous hypercortisolism on cardiovascular autonomic function	2010	DM (Endocrinology)	Co-Guide

2010-2021 Theses guidance

S. No.	Name of the Candidate	Title	Year	Degree/Discipline/Dept	Guide/ co-guide
1	J.K. Sharma	Designing Brand Communication Strategy using Neuro-physiological Approaches:   An Experimental Study in Indian Context	2011	PhD (Management)	Co-Guide
2	Dr. Manpreet Kaur	Assessment of vascular functions before and after renal transplantation	2011	MD (Physiology)	Co-Guide
3	Lakhwinder Pal Singh	An investigation into occupational health of industrial workers in SMEs	2011	PhD (Industrial and Production Engineering)	Co-Guide
4	Dr. Kiran Prakash	Evaluation of cerebrovascular reactivity and systemic vascular reactivity and their association with insulin resistance in type 2 diabetics	2012	MD (Physiology)	Co-Guide
5	Dr. Parul Khare	Assessment of endothelial function in overlap syndrome of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obstructive sleep apnea	2012	MD (Physiology)	Co-Guide
6	Dr. Rajiv Singla	To study effect of Rhythmic breathing (Sudarshan kriya yoga and pranayam) on Glycemic control, quality of life and cardiac autonomic functions in patients of diabetes mellitus in addition to standard treatment of diabetes.	2013	DM (Endocrinology and Metabolism)	Co-Guide
7	Dr Srinivasa Raghavan Govindarajan	Requirement of isoflurane and vecuronium in diabetic patients with and without autonomic neuropathy undergoing elective surgery; as determined by entropy and neuromuscular monitor respectively.	2013	MD Anesthesiology	Co-Guide
8	Dr Karuna Dutta	Electrophysiological characterization of yoga nidra and its role in primary insomnia	2011-2014.	PhD (Physiology)	Co-Guide
9	Dr. Shankanika Roy	A comparative study of the cardiovascular responses to orthostasis in Parkinson’s disease and Multiple System Atrophy of Parkinsonian type (MSA-P).	2011-2014.	MD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
10	Dr. Shival Srivastva	Effect of preload reduction on the cardiovascular responses to Valsalva maneuver	2012-2015.	MD (Physiology)	Chief-Guide
11	Dr. Shabeer B.	Assessment of systemic vascular autonomic tone, structural and functional outcome in central serous chorioretinopathy	2012-2015.	MD Ophthalmology	Co-Guide
12	Ms Kavita Yadav	To study the temporal changes in cardiovascular responses during blood donation.	2013-2015	MSc (Physiology)	Co-Guide
13	Ms Smriti Badhwar	Assessment of vascular function in patients of metabolic syndrome with and without coronary artery disease.	2013-2015	MSc (Physiology)	Chief Guide
14	Dr Jayananda Urkude	To correlate IOP response and autonomic function in patients of glaucoma undergoing medical treatment	2013-2016	MD Ophthalmology	Co-Guide
15	Ms Shivangi	Effect of frequency and amplitude dependent oscillations of arterial blood pressure on dynamic cerebral auto-regulation.	2014-2015	MSc (Physiology)	Chief Guide
16	Dr Pankaj Parasher	Study of Effect of Magnetic Field Exposure on Red Blood Cells and Blood Flow in Humans.	2013	PhD ( IIT-D)	Co-guide
17	Ms Neha Singh	Robotic Hand Assisted Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy for Neurorehabilitation.	2013-2018	PhD ( IIT-D)	Ext. Advisor
18	Dr. Ajay Kumar	Cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in children aged 2 to 18 years with Rett syndrome: A corss sectional study	2015	DM(Paediatrics)
19	Dibashree Tamuli	Evaluation of autonomic functions in patients of spinocerebellar ataxia types 1,2 and 3 & comparison with morphological changes in brain.	2013-2018	PhD Physiology	Chief Guide
20	Priyanka Garg	Evaluation of Vascular functions baroreflex sensitivity & Biochemical factors to investigate preeclampsia.	2013-2018	PhD Physiology	Co-Guide
21	Helan C Mary	Characterization of Dynamic interaction between cardiovascular and repiratory signals during autonomic stimulation	2014-2019	PhD (NIT Jalandhar)	Co-guide
22	Ms. Megha Shree Sampath	A study of respiratory impedance and heart rate variability in parkinson’s disease	2016-2018	MSc Physiology	Co-guide
23	Dr Edmin Christa	Evaluation of autonomic tone, vascular and endothelial function in myocardial on Infraction patients undergoing yoga based cardiac rehabilitation Cardiology	2014-2019	PhD (Physiology)	Chief Guide
24	Ms Prachi D Srivastva	Effect of Angiotensin converting Enzyme inhibitor on autonomic vascular & endothelial function in diabetics with newly diagnosed hypertensive .	2014-	PhD (Physiology)	Chief Guide
25	Dr Sarita Panga	Assessment of autonomic and vascular function before and after tumor removal in patient with pheochromocytoma .	2014-	MD (Physiology)	Co-Guide
26	Dr Anasuya B.	Acute effects of slow breathing on cardiovascular variability during head up tilt, head down tilt and lower body negative pressure in healthy subjects and trained yoga practitioners.	2014-	PhD (Physiology)	Chief Guide
27	Dr Vinit Singh	Effect of hypercapnia on dynamic cerebral auto-regulation during induced transient hypotension.	2015-	MD (Physiology)	Chief Guide
28	Dr. Prathiban S	A study of endothelial function and gene expression in healthy individuals, and their correlation with various somatotype classifications	2015-	PhD Physiology	Chief Guide
29	Dr. Smiriti Bhadwar	To study the role of vascular function and pain sensitivity in post myocardial patients	2015-2020	PhD Physiology	Co-guide
30	Anita Parihar	Elucidating Role of microRNA in the pathogenesis of active generalized vitiligo and in pigment regulation	2013	PhD (Dermataology)	Co-guide
31	Kirandeep Kaur	Interventions for stigma for persons with epilepsy in India		PhD (Neurology	Co-guide
32	Ms. Kavita Yadav	To study the mechanism of altered spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity during blood donation	2015-2020	PhD Physiology	Co-guide
33	Sumita Gupta	Effects of exercise intervention program on bone mineral accretion in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis	2016-2020	PhD (Paediatrics)	Co-guide
34	Ms. Shivangi	Effect of graded lower body positive pressure on dynamic cerebral autoregulation	2016-2021	PhD Physiology	Chief Guide
35	Dr. Alok Mishra	Effect of slow breathing on frequency dependent baroreflex sensitivity assessed by oscillatory lower body negative pressure	2016-2018	MSc Physiology	Chief guide
36	Dr. Naaz Afreen	To study the vascular mechanisms contributing to augmentation of brachial artery retrograde shear in response to graded cuff pressure over forearm	2017-2020	MD Physiology	Co-guide
37	Gagan K Bhanode	Effect of static handgrip exercise on frequency dependence of baroreflex sensitivity	2017-2019	MD Physiology	Co-Guide
38	Vishwajeet Sankhwar	Development of Countermeasure Gravity Loading Bodysuit and its Potential Association with Cardiovascular and Muscular System	2017-2021	PhD NIT Jalandhar	Co-guide
39	Mr. Abhijeet K Anil	Evaluation of autonomic function in different types of achalasia patients diagnosed by high resolution manometry	2018-2021	MD Physiology	Co-Guide
40	Ms. Aanchal	To study radial artery low flow mediated constriction in response to shear modulation by graded supra-systolic occlusion	2016-2018	MSc Physiology	Co-Guide
41	Ms. Anju Sharma	To study flow mediated slowing of pulse wave velocity during reactive hyperemia as a measure of endothelial function	2016-2018	MSc Physiology	Co-Guide
42	Dr. Koushik Roy	Hemodynamic correlates of retrograde shear augmentation in brachial artery by lower body negative pressure (LBNP)	2018-2020	MD Physiology	Co-Guide
43	Dr. Afsaan Jabeen	Acute cardio-autonomic responses to graded head down tilt in long term Sirsasana Yoga practitioners.	2018-2021	MD Physiology	Chief Guide
44	Dr Aparaajita Bhatnaagar	To study the effect of simulated microgravity on the baroreflex sensitivity and carotid artery structure in rats.	2018-2021	MD Physiology	Co-Guide
45	Dr. Tania Kamra	Effect of deep hypothermia on nerve conduction in humans	2018-2021	MD Physiology	Co-Guide
46	Washim Firoz Khan	A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Training in Overcoming the Ergonomic Stress in Laparoscopic Surgery in General Surgery Residents	2017-2020	MCh, Minimal Access & General Surgery	Co-Guide
47	Sakshi Sen	Low Flow Mediated Constriction in brachial and radial arteries and its comparison in dominant and non-dominant arms after correcting for the shear rate	2018-	PhD Physiology	Co-Guide
48	Mansi Jain	Role of Baroreflex in Lower Body Negative Pressure  Simulated Non- Hypotensive Hypovolemia	2019	MD Physiology	Chief guide
49	Mahendran Kurup	Prospective randomised controlled trial comparing the Effects of intraoperative dexmedetomidine and lignocaine Administration over the incidence of post-operative Cognitive decline in the elderly	2018-2020	MD (Aneshtesia)	Co-Guide
50	Aishee Pal	Prospective observational study using heart rate variability as a prognostic tool to assess the morbidity and mortality outcomes in patients with compromised cardiac autonomic functions	2020	MD Physiology	Chief guide
51	Amandeep Kaur	Effect of countermeasure gravity loading body gear on anti-gravity muscle activity and autonomic function	2018-2021	MSc Physiology	Chief Guide
52	Rajni Mahajan	Autonomic and vascular responses during cold exposure test during two different temperatures	2020-	MD Physiology	Chief Guide
53	Devika Kosana	A study of autonomic functions in adolescents with specific learning disorder (Dyslexia) with and without comorbid ADHD	2016-2019	MD Psychiatry	Co-Guide
54	Pritika Dutta	To evaluate combination of biochemical and biophysical markers in prediction of Preeclampsia	2020-	PhD Physiology	Co-Guide
55	Karthik L	A cross-sectional study to assess autonomic nervous System imbalance and its correlation with cutaneous Manifestations in patients with systemic sclerosis	2017-2020	MD Dermatology and Venereology	Co-Guide
56	Hrishikesh Indani	Study of Orthostatic Hypotension among Older Indians	2014-2016	MD (Geriatric Medicine)	Co-Guide
57	Gevesh  Chand Dewangan	Assessment of Autonomic functions across frailty status in Indian elderly	2016-2019	MD (Geriatric Medicine)	Co-Guide
58	Himanshu Narang	Endothelial dysfunction In young patients with Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease	2018-2020	2017 (Medicine)	Co-Guide
59	Sandeep Hazra	A cross sectional study on Autonomic Function and Cortical Pain perception in Fibromyalgia	2015-2017	MD PMR	Co-Guide
60	Srinivas Rajkumar  T	Prefrontal cortical activity in children with ADHD: A functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study	2016-2018	MD (Psychiatry)	Co-Guide
61	Debadutta Subudhi	Spatio-Temporal photoplethysmography (PPG)	2020-	2020 (IIT Madras)	Co-Guide
62	Anindita Kesh	Heat and Thermal Regulation of Human Body	2020-	PhD (IIT Madras)	Co-Guide
63	Prateek Maheshwari	Prospective study to evaluate the etiology of voiding Lower urinary tract symptoms in young male patients	2020-	M.Ch (Urology)	Co-Guide
64	Chetana Bhanga	MR and other techniques based phenotyping and correlation with prakruti type in healthy population	2020-	PhD (NMR Dept)	Co-Guide
65	Sanjeet K Rai	Questionnaire Based Survey of Musculoskeletal Dysfunction among General Surgeons and Comparison of Muscle Activity and Fatigue among Expert and Novice Surgeons during Laparoscopic Surgery using Surface Electromyography	2020	MCh (Surgery)	Co-Guide
66	Saurav Prishu	Effect of Nitrovasodilators on the blood flow and shear profile in human brachial artery and their autonomic correlates	2021	M.Sc.Physiology	Co-Guide
67	Aasheesh Kumar	Effect of yogic intervention on pain status and cortical excitability in fibromyalgia patients	2021	PhD Physiology	Co-Guide
68	Garima Sharma	Effect of yogic intervention on pain perception and autonomic profile in fibromyalgia patients	2021	Ph.D Physiology	Co-Guide
69	Shreya Konusu	Correlation between neuropsychological deficits and lesions of white fiber bundle in Pre-frontal area	2019	MD Physiology	Co-Guide
70	Mukesh Kumar	Investigation of Heart-Brain Interactions during Internally Operative versus Externally Operative Attention Regulatory Mechanisms	2016	Ph.D NIT Jalandhar	Co-Guide
71	K Smita Reddy	Comparison of Macintosh laryngoscope C-MAC and King vision channelled blade with respect  to upper limb muscular activity  and perceived workload using surface electromyography (SEMG) during orotracheal intubation in a manikin with simulated difficult  airway, a prospective randomised cross over trial.	2021	DM Anaesthesia	Co-Guide
72	Ayan Roy	Autonomic function studies in post-covid patients	2020	MD Physiology	Co-Guide
73	Harshita mangla	Effect of cortical iTBS on Left Ventricular structure and cardiovascular variables in complete low thoracicSCI rat model	2020	MSc Physiology	Co-Guide
74	Ms Shuchita Saxena	Effect of theta burst stimulation on neurogenic orthostatic hypotension in patients of Parkinson’s disease	2020	MSc Physiology	Co-Guide
75	Aarti Sharma	To study the effect of yoga in pregnancy on maternal and perinatal outcome. Guide: Dr JB Sharma	2020	MD Obstr & Gynae	Co-Guide
76	Chavi Bhatia	Effect of Nitrovasodilators on the blood flow and shear profile in human brachial artery and their autonomic correlates	2021	M.Sc.Physiology	Co-Guide

Manpower trained  as Short term Trainee (From Foreign countries)

S. No.	Name	Year	Nature of training	Activity/Project name	Country
1	Ms. Anjori Bhatia	2008	Short Term Trainee	Learned techniques & developed software for HRV	USA
2	Ms. Rita Khadka	2001	Short Term Trainee	Learned techniques & developed software for HRV	Nepal
3	Dr. P. Rajendran	2003	Short term trainee	Learned techniques	Jamaica
4	Dr. Aung Khin	2000	WHO Fellow	Learned techniques	Maynamar
5	Dr. Md. Nazmul Hoq	1997	WHO fellow	Autonomic Functions in Duodenal Ulcer	Bangladesh
6	Dr. Ayesha A Khanam	1996	WHO fellow	Effects of YOGA on Autonomic Functions in Bronchial Asthma	Bangladesh
7	Dr. Nasim Jahan	1996	WHO fellow	Effect of graded head-up tilt on vagal reactivity	Bangladesh
8	Dr. Shirain Fernando	1995	Short term trainee (Medicine) WHO fellow	Learned Techniques	Sri Lanka
9	Shyam Chaudhary	2005	Short term trainee	Learned techniques of Autonomic Functions	Nepal

Learned techniques of Autonomic Function Testing under my supervision.           

Besides them two persons from BPKIHS, Nepal completed PhD in Autonomic Physiology who are now serving as faculty there:

1. Dr. B.H. Paudel Completed PhD 1999, (now HOD Physiology)
2. Dr R Khadka completed PhD in 2008 in Autonomic Physiology (serving as Assoc. Prof).

Manpower trained (From India)

A total of 122 young scientists were trained in Autonomic Function LABORATORY under my supervision.