He has been the Director of PEPP (Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychoses) since October 2002. Dr. Manchanda has a special clinical and research interest in the assessment and treatment of schizophrenia as well as in the psychiatric aspects of epilepsy and acquired brain injury. Dr. Manchanda has been working in PEPP since 1998. Along with his colleagues, he has been conducting research in many aspects of identification, response to treatment, course and outcome of first episode non-affective psychosis.