?Dr Prasanna Udupi Bidkar MD, DNB, DM, MBA is a Professor and Head of Division of Neuroanaesthesiology and Neurocritical Care at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India. He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of Neuroanaesthesiology and Neurocritical care. He has more than 100 publications and has delivered 250 invited guest lectures. He has authored 2 books on Acute Neuro Care and Manual of airway management and 35 book chapters in various books on neurosciences. He is recipient of many awards and has been part of multiple Internationally funded (PHRI Canada) multicenter trials. He is the founder member and first treasurer of Neurocritical Care Society of Inda (NCSI) and course chairman for DM – Neuroanesthesiology and Neurocritical care at JIPMER, Pondicherry.
Dr Mathangi Krishnakumar is an alumni of Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Pune and has completed her DM Neuroanesthesiology and Neurocritical care from NIMHANS, Bangalore. Currently she is working as Associate Professor in the neurosurgical and general intensive care at the St John’s Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, India. She has received multiple appreciation awards published several publications, authored book chapters, and has been a regular faculty in various national conferences. She has organized many CME, workshops and national conference.