Chittaranjan Andrade, MD

Dr Andrade is an experienced research methodologist with additional expertise in statistical methods. He conducts courses in statistics and research methodology. He is also a committed educator. He publishes an independent, thrice-weekly electronic newsletter, the Synergy Times, which, since 2001, has been reaching psychiatrists across the world. Dr Andrade also runs the e-Journal Club India initiative which, since 2016, has been providing education and guidance on issues related to research to postgraduate students and academic psychiatrists in the country.

Dr Andrade has also published various print newsletters down the years; these had an extensive national circulation among psychiatrists and physicians, and a small international circulation, as well. Presently, he publishes a monthly, indexed column in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (running since 2012) and a Critical Readings in Psychiatry book series, the 12th volume of which was recently released.

Dr Andrade is an active freelance journalist with a crossword column that has been running for 8 years. He has published 3 books for children and around 800 articles in various newspapers and magazines. He has played 4 musical instruments for several orchestras and musical groups in Bangalore. He composes music, has written the anthems of 2 schools and 1 college, and has featured often in radio and television broadcasts. He has been a state-level middle-distance athlete, a rock-climber, and a mountaineer; he has completed 6 mountaineering expeditions and has scaled 10 peaks in the Himalayas, as well as Mount Kilimanjaro, which is the world’s highest free-standing mountain and one of the Seven Summits of the World. He performs stage and close-up magic as additional interests.

Financial Disclosure

Dr Andrade has been publishing an e-newsletter, supported by Sun Pharmaceuticals, since 2001; the payments are made directly to registered charities and he does not benefit financially from the relationship. He accepts gifts from pharmaceutical organizations when these are part of a general program. These gifts are small in value and include textbooks or products such as delegate kits that are distributed to participants at academic meetings and conferences. His travel and local hospitality to deliver invited lectures and to conduct invited workshops at institutions or at conferences is supported by the organizers at the institutions or conferences. He has provided guidance to a medical team from Sun Pharmaceuticals to enable them to prepare and publish a review article to an open access journal; he was listed as an author and received no other compensation, monetary or otherwise, for the guidance provided. He has received speaker fees from Lupin Ltd and Renowa Edutech Private Limited.