Ramya Mohan

Dr Ramya Mohan is a British doctor, psychiatrist, educator, musician and an artist of Indian Kannada origin. 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.

Early life

Mohan was involved in art before going to medical college. She is an alumna of Bangalore Medical College (BMC) where she obtained her degree in M.B.B.S. 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. In 2015, she founded iMANAS London, an organisation created to promote the integration of medicine, arts and neuroscience. the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Conference and published in European Psychiatry, bringing together Eastern and Western music and well-evidenced therapeutic techniques like mindfulness, guided imagery and CBT to support self-guided emotional processing and regulation. Mohan has composed the vocals and lent her voice to this project; a collaborative effort with well-known musicians and linguists. CAPE has been referenced and featured in various media publications namely The Huffington Post

In September 2016, she was one of the contributors to the Mental Wealth Festival in London, which had participation by various individuals from the fields of medicine, arts, music, politics and community development.