Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT Madras dedicated to the nation, with a mission to map over 100 human brains

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Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT Madras dedicated to the nation, with a mission to map over 100 human brains

11 October 2026

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre (SGBC) at IIT Madras to the nation on 11 October 2026. He launched a global scientific mission to map more than 100 human brains into 3D atlases at cellular resolution, covering the human lifespan from the foetal stage to old age. He also released C-STROKE, a human ischaemic stroke atlas with over 1,000 annotated microscopic sections from a stroke-affected brain. The centre was established in March 2022 with support from Sudha and Kris Gopalakrishnan and is headed by Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam. Its earlier atlases include Dharani, a 3D atlas of the human foetal brain released in 2024 with 5,132 brain sections.

Centre: Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre, IIT Madras Mission: Map more than 100 human brains Atlas released: C-STROKE (over 1,000 sections) Established: March 2022

Why it matters for exams: Indian neuroscience missions and named atlases such as Dharani and C-STROKE are likely science and technology questions.

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11 October 2026 Source: Prime Minister's Office (PM India)

In plain words

Ischaemic stroke Ischaemic stroke — A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel that cuts off blood supply to part of the brain.

SGBC Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre — The IIT Madras centre that produces cellular-resolution 3D atlases of the human brain.