Hyderabad, Oct 5 (INB) International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IITH) has launched BrainLab, an advanced human Electroencephalogram (EEG) facility to study brain processes, attention, perception and behaviour, it said on Monday. The facility will enable researchers to generate original cognitive neuroscience datasets from Indian populations, the institute said in a Linkedin post. BrainLab is equipped with a 128-channel high-density EEG system, a 32-channel mobile EEG system and a digitiser for precise electrode-position tracking. An advanced research-grade eye-tracking system has also been integrated with the EEG setup, enabling researchers to synchronise brain activity with gaze patterns and pupil-based measures of attention.
Additional physiological measures, including galvanic skin response (GSR), can also be recorded using compatible sensors. The facility has been established with support from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, under its Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (DST-FIST) programme.
The grant-winning research team comprises Prof Raju Bapi Raju, Dr Vishnu Sreekumar, Dr Bhaktee Dongaonkar, Dr Vinoo Alluri, Dr Priyanka Srivastava and Dr Kavita Vemuri. BrainLab will serve as a shared platform for faculty, students, startups, industry and external research groups, while supporting training programmes, workshops and capacity-building activities.
The institute said the grant represents the first DST-FIST Life Sciences award for a Cognitive Science proposal, underscoring the interdisciplinary scope and growing recognition of the field. The launch marks a significant step towards strengthening experimental cognitive science and neuroscience research infrastructure at IIIT-Hyderabad.
