Doctors and faculty: a NEET academy run by doctors
RIMA was created by a doctor and is led by doctors: the founder, a co-founder with an MD, and a circle of about 20 doctors across specialties, with teachers trained as coaches.
Founders and doctor mentors
Doctors shape the study system and routine, lead perspective sessions, administer the Seva Sankalpa pledge, teach first aid and basic life support, and answer the Ask a Doctor box.
Dr Varun Murthy
Founder and master mentor
MBBS, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru
Designed the Success Blueprint and the mentoring framework; leads the spiritual and character work on campus.
Dr Sanjana S N
Co-founder
MBBS; MD Community Medicine (university rank holder)
Head of Medical Affairs at a digital health company; consults as a diabetologist. Brings public-health thinking to the system.
Dr A. C. Sreeram
Hospital founder
MBBS, MD
Chairman and co-founder of Mallige Hospital, Bengaluru, and its school of nursing. Shows students how a hospital is built and run.
Dr Gauri Sreeram
Radiology
MBBS, MD, FRCR (UK); Fellow, Obstetric Ultrasound
Consultant Radiologist, Mallige Hospital. Talks to students about imaging, precision and the doctor who is never seen.
Dr Rohit A
Community medicine
MBBS, MD Community Medicine
Associate Professor of Community Medicine, JJM Medical College, Davangere. Brings village and district health into the classroom.
Dr Balaji Laxminarayanshetty
Gastroenterology
MBBS; MD General Medicine and DM Gastroenterology (PGIMER, Chandigarh)
Consultant in medical gastroenterology in Bengaluru. Shares the long road from MBBS to super-specialty.
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Dr Ramya Makan Rameshbabu
Obstetrics and gynaecology
MBBS; MS Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Hoskote. Speaks with students about care for mothers and the women who choose medicine.
Dr Vallish B N
Pharmacology
MBBS (KIMS); MD Pharmacology
Clinical pharmacologist and medical researcher, Chikkamagaluru. Explains how a medicine is tested before it reaches a patient.
Dr Manjunath C S
Fertility medicine
MBBS; MS Obstetrics and Gynaecology; MTRM (London)
Fertility specialist and medical director in Bengaluru. Talks about science, ethics and patience in reproductive medicine.
Dr Puneet K Nagendra
Pulmonology
MBBS; DTCD; DNB Respiratory Medicine
Consultant pulmonologist and associate professor. Connects the breathing practice students do each morning with the lungs they study.
Dr Rajiv Lochan J
Liver transplant surgery
MBBS; MS General Surgery (gold medal); FRCS (Edinburgh); MD (Newcastle)
Lead and senior consultant, HPB surgery and liver transplantation, Bengaluru. Speaks on long operations and steady hands.
Dr Vidyadhar P Metri
Anaesthesiology
MBBS; MD Anaesthesiology; Fellowship, liver transplant anaesthesia
Senior consultant in transplant anaesthesia and perioperative medicine. Talks about calm under pressure in the operating theatre.
Dr Sandesh Prabhu
Cardiology
MBBS; MD; DM Cardiology
Consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist in Bengaluru. Shares what a night on call teaches about responding, not reacting.
Dr Rajan Sharma
Ophthalmology
MBBS, MS Ophthalmology
Consultant ophthalmologist and cornea specialist. Speaks on the fine control that delicate structures ask of a doctor.
Bharath G C
Executive Director, Rebuild India
BE Medical Electronics; Leadership Principles, HBS Online
Leads strategy, growth and partnerships. Fourteen years in training and leadership.
Dr Ganesh P B
Campus Director, Kodathi
Nearly three decades in teaching; over twenty years leading colleges
Academic leadership, yoga and wellness. The person parents call first at Kodathi.
Nagashree Naik
Physics faculty
MSc Physics, BEd; KAR-TET and CTET qualified
Teaches physics and is trained as a NEET coach.
Dr Smitha H M
Biology faculty
PhD Biological Sciences (CSIR–CFTRI, Mysuru); MSc Applied Zoology (rank holder)
Teaches biology; CSIR-UGC and KSET qualified.
Gopika V K
Sanskrit faculty
MA and BA Sanskrit; BEd
Teaches Sanskrit and the roots of the ideas behind the routine.
Kavya H U
Resident warden
MA Communication; four years as a warden
Lives on campus with the students and is the first adult they turn to.
Bhanupratap
Resident warden
MA Economics, MA Kannada, BEd; six years teaching
Lives on campus; keeps the day's rhythm and the students' wellbeing in view.
Eswar Rao
Operations Manager
Campus operations
Runs the kitchen, transport, housekeeping and security that make the day work.
More of the faculty and campus team
Subject teachers and the people who run the campus day.
- Shaik RameezPhysics
- DheerajChemistry
- SreejaChemistry
- PeriyanayagamMathematics
- SrikanthMathematics
- Arun KumarBiology
- AdarshBiology
- ManivannanEnglish
- RajashekarKannada
- MudalagiriyappaHindi
- Linn GabrielCampus Manager
Care on campus
Parents rank safety first. So do we.
Resident wardens
Live in the hostel, separate for boys and girls, trained in the Vyakti Nirman framework.
A qualified nurse
Full-time on campus, with doctors a phone call away.
Psychologists
Qualified psychologists who partner with RIMA visit on a fixed schedule.
The campus director
One person accountable for every issue a family raises.
Teach at RIMA
We look for teachers who want to become coaches, and doctors who want to mentor.
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