Dr. Narmadham K. Bharathi

• Dr. Narmadham completed her MBBS from Madras Medical College, Chennai, followed by MD (Paediatrics) from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore. Her academic journey has been distinguished by numerous laurels, distinctions, and honors at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• She went on to earn her DM in Paediatric Neurology from Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, as part of the first batch under the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University and the National Medical Council. She secured the University First Rank in her final examinations. Following this, she served as Assistant Professor and subsequently Associate Professor at CMC, Vellore.
• Dr. Narmadham has received multiple awards for paper and poster presentations, as well as quiz competitions at regional, national, and international forums. She has also contributed significantly to research, with several notable publications in the areas of paediatric epilepsy, genetic disorders, and neurometabolic diseases.

• Paediatric epilepsy
• Movement disorders
• Neurometabolic disorders
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Neurodevelopmental disorders
• Neuroinflammatory disorders

PRIZE WINNING PAPER AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Commonwealth association for Health and Disability (COMHAD) 2018
• Prize winning oral paper presentation: Neurodisability secondary to progressive White Matter Degenerative disorders of the Brain (Second Prize)
• 10TH AOCN 2020 CHILD NEUROCON E-poster: Clinical profile and follow-up of children with Acute Necrotising Encephalopathy (First place)
• ECON Epilepsy Conference), Jaipur, July 2023

Award Paper:

• Hydroxyzine vs Triclofos for sedation for Electroencephalography recording in Children- a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial (Second Prize)
• 17th Asian Oceanian Congresof Child Neurology (AOCCN 2025), September 2025 First place in moderated e-poster category of Genetic-Metabolic disorders: Phenotype and Genotype in Children with Nuclear Gene related Mitochondrial Complex I Deficiency- A Single Centre Experience BANGALORE PEDICON 2018

Oral paper presentation:

• Cohort on Canavan disease from Southern India (First place)
• 12th Annual research Day, Christian Medical College, Vellore, 2022
• Hydroxyzine versus Triclofos for sedation for Electroencephalography recording In
• Children- A Non-Inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial (First place)

QUIZ COMPETITIONS

UNDERGRADUATION:

• Third place in Oculofest- 2013, State Level Quiz on Ophthalmology

POST GRADUATION:

• First place in National Neonatology Forum (NNF) organized Quiz in Divisional Level- 2017
• Second place in National Neonatology Forum (NNF) organized Quiz in Regional Level- 2017
• First place in Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) Quiz in Divisional level- 2018
• First place in Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) Quiz in State level- 2018
• Second place in Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) Quiz in South Zonal level-2018

SUPER SPECIALITY:

• First place in EEG Quiz conducted as a part of the EEG workshop in Epilepsy conference ECON 2023
• Selected in Regional levels and participated in National round quiz in 12th AOCN 2022 annual national conference
• Second place in Quiz competition for Young Paediatric Neurologists in 17th Asian Oceanian Congress of Child Neurology (AOCCN 2025), September 2025

UNIVERSITY RANKS AND OTHER AWARDS

• First DM Paediatric neurology candidate under National Medical Council, and under the Tamil Nadu MGR Medical University and in Christian Medical College, Vellore
• University first rank in DM Paediatric Neurology Examinations under the Tamil Nadu MGR medical Univeristy
• University 6th rank in MD Paediatrics exams under Rajiv Gandhi Univeristy of Health Sciences, Karnataka
• Secured Distinction in Anatomy and Biochemistry in University MBBS Examinations
• Secured Honours in Pathology, Pharmacology and Distinction in Microbiology and Forensic Medicine University MBBS Examinations
• Secured Distinction in Ophthalmology in University MBBS Examinations
• Secured Distinction in General Surgery and Paediatrics University MBBS Examinations

• Narmadham K. Bharathi, Sanjay K. Shivappa, Vykuntaraju K. Gowda, Suman Shivalingaiah,

Asha Benakappa. Clinical Demographic, and Electroencephalographic Profile of Hot-Water

Epilepsy in Children. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics.

• Vykuntaraju K. Gowda, Narmadham K. Bharathi, Jamunashree Bettaiah, Maya Bhat, Sanjay

K. Shivappa. Canavan Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Profile from Southern Part of India.

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology. Volume 24. Issue 3. May-June 2021

• Vykuntaraju K Gowda, Priya Gupta, Narmadham K Bharathi, Maya Bhat, Sanjay K

Shivappa, Naveen Benakappa. Clinical and Laboratory Profile of Gangliosidosis from

Southern Part of India. Pediatr Genet 2020 Oct 19;11(1):34-41

• Narmadham K. Bharathi, Maya Mary Thomas, Sangeetha Yoganathan, Mahalakshmi

Chandran, Rekha Aaron, Sumita Danda. Phenotypic Pleiotropy in Arginase Deficiency: A

Single Center Cohort. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2022;25:1104-8

• Narmadham K. Bharathi, Sangeetha Yoganathan, Maya Thomas, Annadurai Subramanian,

Antonisamy Belavendra, Winsley Rose, Yezhilarasi Ganesan. Hydroxyzine Versus Triclofos

for Sedation for Electroencephalography Recording in Children: A Noninferiority

Randomized Controlled Trial, Pediatric Neurology, Volume 170, 2025, Pages 4-10, ISSN

0887-8994, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.05.028.

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0887899425001523)

• Life Member in Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)- L/2019/N-878
• Life member in Association of Child Neurology (AOCN), Membership No: 320/20
• Member in International Child Neurology Association (ICNA)
• Life member of Association of the Asian and Oceanian Child Neurology Association
• (AOCNA)- 10599
• Life member of Indian Epilepsy Society (IES) Membership No: LM- 1048