About POSI and Exec

The Psycho-oncology Society of India was started in the year 2019. This society is formed with the aim of promoting and strengthening psychosocial services in cancer setting in India. The Society will actively work towards endorsing educational programs, organizing national and international meetings and establishing collaborative networks. The Society will organize national/ international conferences annually. Our mission is to advance understanding, foster compassionate care, and promote mental well-being throughout the cancer journey—from diagnosis through survivorship or end-of-life care. To promote the aspects of psycho-oncology, advocate its significance and prepare academically sound, and socially responsible psychosocial workers, with scientific and professional knowledge to offer quality psychosocial services to patients with cancer in India.

The current executive committee of the Psycho-oncology Society of India is as follows:

Founding Member

Dr. Soumitra S Datta
President

Senior Consultant Psychiatrist Dept of Pall Care & Psycho-oncology
Tata Medical Center, Kolkata

Dr. V Surendran
Secretary

Professor & Head
Dept of Psycho-oncology & RCTC Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai

Dr. C Sundara moorthy
Treasurer

Assistant Professor
Dept of Psycho-oncology & RCTC Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai

FOUNDING MEMBERS (Executive Members)

Dr. Savitha Goswami

Senior Psycho-oncologist TMH-Mumbai

Dr. Chitra Venkateswaran

Professor & HOD BCMCH, Tiruvalla Director, Mehac Foundation Kochi

Ms. Bincy Mathew

Psycho-oncologist Manipal Hospitals Bangalore

S Revathy

Assistant Professor Cancer Institute (WIA) Chennai

Dr. Mahati Chittem

Professor IIT Hyderabad

Ms. Keshav Sharma

Psycho-oncologist & Lead Karunashraya Palliative Care Center- Odisha

Mr. Shameem V

PhD Scholar & Grad. Research Assistant University of Louisville United States

Dr. Jayita Deodhar

Professor & Head Dept of Palliative Medicine TMH-Mumbai

Ms. Revathi Rajagopal

Senior Psycho-oncologist Indian Cancer Society Mumbai