Overview
Dr. Gayatri Bhatia completed her MD in Psychiatry in 2018 and DM in Addiction psychiatry in 2021, from the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. She worked as Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rajkot, India. Winner of 11 international and 3 national awards, author of 65+ published original papers, 5 national guidelines and 6 textbook chapters, she holds a special interest in women and adolescent mental health, substance use disorders, harm reduction along with legal and policy aspects of substance use disorders
Area of Expertise
- General adult psychiatry
- Women’s mental health
- Child and Adolescent mental health
- substance use disorders and Behavioral addictions
Qualification
MBBS
Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, 2008 - 2014
MD (Psychiatry)
Bharti Vidyapeeth University Medical College and Research Centre, Pune, 2015-2018
DM (Addiction Psychiatry)
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 2018-2021
Languages Known
- HIndi
- English
- Punjabi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
- 2018-2021
Senior Resident
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
- 2021-2024
Assistant Professor
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rajkot
- Feb 2026
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Faridabad
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Faridabad
Awards and Recognition
- Awarded ISAM Conference Bursary by International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) for the International Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Conference, 2021
- Awarded the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction (AMERSA) international conference award for young investigators, 2021
- Awarded the INEBRIA scholarship, International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol & Other Drugs, 2021
- Awarded the CPDD Travel Award for Early Career Investigators, the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), 2021
- Awarded the NIDA travel award, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) international forum, 2021
- Awarded the Ruth Fox Memorial Endowment Scholarship for addiction physicians- in training, 2021, by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).
- Awarded the Donald J Cohen Fellowship for 2020 International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, Singapore.
- Awarded American Academy of Addiction Psychiatrists (AAAP) 2020 International Conference Award, November 2020
- Awarded ISAM Conference Bursary by International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) for ISAM-CSAM 2020, International Society of Addiction Medicine Joint Conference with Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine, November, 2020
- Awarded Young Investigator Conference Bursary by Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) for ISAM-CSAM 2020, International Society of Addiction
- Medicine Joint Conference with Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine, November, 2020
- Awarded CPDD Travel Award for Young Investigator, The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), 2020
- Awarded the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) international travel award, the United States of America, Travel Award for Early Career Investigators, 2020
- Awarded Dr. Eileen B. Snow—CMC Alumni Award for Best All-Round Graduate, Class of 2013, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
- Awarded G. S. Nijjar Award for standing 1st in Clinical Psychology, Batch of 2008, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab.

