Dr. Alladi is Professor of Neurology at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bangalore, India where she coordinates a large multidisciplinary service for persons living with dementia. Her main areas of interest are Cognitive Neurology and Brain Health. Dr. Alladi’s team focuses on investigating the complex influence of life-course experiences, especially bilingualism, education, gender, social engagement and skills, on the development of resilience against dementia. To overcome the limited availability of diagnostic tests for dementia in diverse linguistic and educational contexts, she coordinated a country-wide effort to adapt and validate a neurocognitive battery, the ICMR Neurocognitive toolbox for different Indian languages http://brandp.in/icmr/index.html . She leads The Karnataka Brain Health Initiative, an innovative public health project of the Government of Karnataka, which aims to provide a model of care for neurological diseases in low-resource settings and to promote brain health at the grassroot level https://brainhealthnimhans.in/ . She is World Dementia Council Member https://www.worlddementiacouncil.org/about-us/council-members , Chair of The Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART) International Advisory Council https://istaart.alz.org/about . Dr. Alladi co-founded the Hyderabad Deccan chapter of the NGO Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society, which provides support, and advocates for families of persons living with dementia https://ardsihyd.org/ . Dr Alladi is Executive Member of the World Federation of Neurology Speciality Group on Aphasia, Dementia and Cognitive disorders https://wfneurology.org/about-us/global-networks/wfn-specialty-groups . She is committed to collaborating cognitive neurologists and allied specialists and building a robust network and a platform for advancing clinical care, training and research in cognitive disorders in India.