Ramya Mohan
| Dr Ramya Mohan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Residence | London, UK and Bangalore, India |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute |
| Occupation | Clinical Psychiatrist |
Dr Ramya Mohan is a British doctor, psychiatrist, educator, musician and an artist[1] of Indian descent. She studied at Bangalore Medical College (BMC) in Bangalore, India and later worked as a senior consultant in the UK for the National Health Service.[2]
Early life
Dr Ramya was involved in art before going to medical college. She won the Prime Minister’s medal for creating a marble art mural for Republic Day in the year 1993.[3] The award was presented to her by then Prime Minister of India, P.V. Narasimha Rao. She later discovered during her psychiatric training she could use art to aid recovery and communication in children.[3]
Career
Medicine and Psychiatry: She is known for her work in the field of Clinical Psychiatry by integrating Neuroscience with the Creative Arts. Since 2008, she has been with National Health Service as a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist and a Medical Educator. She employs her self-developed therapeutic technique ‘CAPE: Creative Arts for Processing Emotions’ where she uses music & art as media to support emotional well-being, cure mental illnesses and aid personality development.[4] In 2015, she founded iMANAS London, an organisation created to promote the integration of medicine, arts and neuroscience.[4]
Singing-songwriting and music composing: Dr Ramya has received formal training in Carnatic music and Hindustani Music. She has performed in classical, semi-classical and contemporary music at venues in the UK and India.[4] In 2016 she released an album, CAPE (in the United Kingdom and India) of Western and Indian music with vocals in Sanskrit. The album was designed to allow the listener to cope with mental illness.[2]
Art: Dr Ramya's artwork has been displayed in exhibitions in UK and India.[4] In May 2016, she spoke on BBC Radio 3's In Tune, about her art exhibition at the Nehru Centre in London.[1]
Recognition
In May 2016, Dr Ramya was invited by the cultural wing of the Indian High Commission UK, Ministry of external affairs, to talk about on the topic 'Science, Art and Creativity: A mosaic of the human mind’.[5]
In September 2016, she was one of the contributors to the Mental Wealth Festival in London various individuals from the fields of medicine, arts, music, politics and community development.[6]
References
- 1 2 The Marian Consort with Gerald Kyd, Dr Ramya Mohan, Oliver Wass, In Tune, BBC Radio 3, 12 May 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- 1 2 Meghana Choukkar Bengaluru (16 September 2016). "A soothing therapy for distressed emotions". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- 1 2 George Meixner (31 May 2016). "Interview: Dr. Ramya Mohan, psychiatrist & artist". The Metropolist. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Dr Ramya Mohan". Huffington Post UK.
- ↑ "An exclusive artwork collection and Community Mosaic Art Project by Dr Ramya Mohan, co-inciding with this years' Mental Health Awareness week (16-20 May 2016)". British South Indians.
- ↑ "Dr Ramya Mohan - Mental Wealth Festival, London 13-15 September 2016". Mental Wealth Festival.