ANNUAL REPORT (Deemed-to-be- University) Accredited by NAAC with “A” Grade JAN - DEC 2018 NIRF INDIA RANKINGS 2018: 72 www. sbvu.ac.in THE UNIVERSITY LOGO Inspired by Spirituality An Institution is born To educate in healthcare and shine welfare on all through diligent labour illuminated by research & knowledge ‘Let Well being Prevail’ VISION To be in the forefront of higher education in order to give India the high calibre manpower she needs. MISSION • To raise SBV and its constituent institutes to be among the top ten institutions in the country. Value: Excellence • To empower our students so that they are considered at par with global standards with regards to their competence, professionalism, ethical Practice of holistic, compassionate and evidence based medicine and as dedicated researchers. Value: Student empowerment • To bring about an integration in teaching learning process which ensures a holistic ap- proach to learning and a better comprehension from the students. Value: Collaboration • To develop innovative and credit based courses in areas of national priorities. Value: Innovation, Excellence • To train healthcare professionals to be active members of healthcare delivery in a com- passionate and holistic manner. Value: Social accountability, Compassion • To foster research in areas of national and international priorities such as personalized medicine, regenerative medicine and drug development for Tropical diseases. Value: Innovation, Social accountability • To foster cooperation with industry to enable the benefits of research to reach the community. Value: Collaboration, Community Service • To foster academic and research collaborations both nationally and internationally to enable SBV to be an active participant in emerging areas of medicine Value: Collaboration, Innovation • To focus on the interface between modern medicine and complementary and alternate medicine to create evidence for their synergistic use. Value: Holistic Medicine, Scientific Rigor GOVERNANCE OF SBV Shri. Rajagopalan M K Prof. Subhash Chandra Parija Chancellor, SBV Vice Chancellor, SBV Prof. Ananthakrishnan N Prof. Adithan C Dean of Faculty, SBV Dean of Research, SBV Prof. Srinivasan A R Prof.S.Srirangaraj Registrar, SBV Controller of Examinations, SBV Contents SRI BALAJI VIDYAPEETH Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth is a state-of-the-art multidisciplinary teaching and research foundation that offers Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing Courses. SBV Deemed University is proud to be ranked amongst the top 100 Universities of India, NIRF 2017 SBV Ranking: 83. 01 University Communique Page-10 MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEArch INSTITUTE MGMCRI is an on-campus constituent college of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (Deemed University), Pondicherry under the Faculty of Medicine and Accredited with NAAC grade A at the first cycle and the only Hospital in Pondicherry to be NABH certified pre-accreditation entry- level hospital 02 Academic Initiatives Page-68 Innovations Page-151 Scholars In The Making Page-165 Other Highlights Page-189 Out Reach Services Page-193 Staff Nurses of MGMCRI Page-206 SHRI SATHYA SAIMEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE SSSMCRI is an off-campus constituent college of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (Deemed University), Pondicherry under the Faculty of Medicine & is recognized by Ministry of Health and Family Affairs, the Medical Council of India and is in full compliance with all central, state and regulatory bodies statutory regulations. 03 SSSMRI Page-214 INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES IGIDS is an on-campus constituent college of SBV (Deemed University), Pondicherry under the Faculty of Dentistry & is recognized by Ministry of Health and Family Affairs, the Dental Council of India and is in full compliance with all central, state and regulatory bodies statutory regulations. 04 IGIDS Page-266 KASTURBA GANDHI NURSING COLLEGE Established in the year 2003, KGNC aims to prepare dedicated and expert nurses to contribute to the development of emerging health care systems in public and private health care organizations as well as community services. 05 KGNC Page-320 ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES One of the most noteworthy features of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth is the promulgation of unique, objective, job oriented and evidence based courses in complementary and alternative medicine, besides offering conventional undergraduate and postgraduate AHS programmes as per UGC norms. 06 AHS Page-364 CENTRAL INTER DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH FACILITY CIDRF is a world-class research center soliciting collaborations globally. This facility has been approved by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India as a recognized research center. 07 CIDRF Page-406 Message from Chancellor Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth has marched into the academic year 2018 with lots of agenda for donning the mantle in the arena of academics, research and patient care which has created lots of expectations to be achieved during the year. The Journey has achieved remarkable credits from the perspectives of review inspection by a high level UGC team for continuing the Deemed to be University status for SBV, NIRF India Rankings 2018 in which SBV has once again topped as one among the top 100 Universities of India, securing 72nd rank The challenges ahead of us in the coming year are to find ourselves in the list of Institutes of Eminence in the country and also there is an immediate need to foster 06 better utilization of our research facilities, thus boosting our research outputs. Furthermore, collaborative tie-ups with various National and International organizations have to be established in the near future. I am sure and confident that Sri Bajaj Vidyapeeth would romp home with greater success in the year 2019. For this, the concept of Team Work should be advocated that would eventually culminate in the mindset of all students, staff and faculty of our Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth family Shri M.K.Rajagopalan, Chancellor of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth SRI BALAJI EDUCATIONAL & CHARITABLE PUBLIC TRUST Message from Vice Chancellor The millennium has ushered in challenges which will have a profound impact on the role of private universities. Professional competence will be highly sought after in India and around the globe. The challenge - shared by all Universities - is to bestow the requisite knowledge and skills, and cultivate proper etiquette and attitude to produce top-notch professionals who will be valued both for their professional competence and their inherent ability to solve problems. Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Deemed to be University and accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade is dedicated to its mission in order to nurture healthcare professionals in Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, who would contribute and strive ceaselessly towards caring by the comfort of the sick. The constituent colleges of SBV (DU) are already noted for the excellence in various avenues including teaching, research, and service to the community, especially those who are marginalised 07 and undeserved. SBV(DU) endowed with committed, dedicated and outstanding faculty- a healthy mix of the young & veterans and excellent infrastructure. Our challenge for the future is to capitalize on this good start and establish ourselves firmly among the comity of leading Universities. The reputation of any institution is essentially based on the quality of its output; the management and the academic staff do realise this and have proved in this calender year 2018 doing their best to train and educate the students and in the overall academic endevors that they have undertaken. The students who have gained entry in to the portals of SBV(DU) have, realised their ambition and have studied well with dedication and diligence and have emerged as competent graduates making their parents and their educators proud. I wish all the faculty, students and administrative staffs, all the very best and hope that in the coming years, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, would soon emerge as an outstanding healthcare professional university in these exciting and challenging times. Prof Subhash Chandra Parija, MBBS , MD , PhD ,DSc, FRCPath, FAMS, FICPath , FABMS , FICAI, FISCD, FIAVP, FIATP and FIMSA, Vice Chancellor of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth SBV v MGMCRI v SSSMCRI v IGIDS v KGNC v AHS v CIDRF Message from Registrar Year 2018 was quite hectic and rewarding in many ways. All round growth in Academics, research and patient care was witnessed by the stakeholders. Several value added courses were acceded to the armamentarium. Enhanced activities in a committed manner saw SBV occupy the prestigious position at NIRF Viz., 72 Nd rank among the Indian universities. The icing on the cake was undoubtedly MGMCRI that bagged the coveted rank no. 23 among Indian medical colleges as per NIRF 2018. The Annual convocation in August 2018 was conducted in the most solemn manner 08 with Dr. G. Viswanathan, the Hon’ble Chancellor of VIT making a clarion call for optimization of activities in higher education institutions. Prof. K. R. Sethuraman made an indelible mark as the Vice Chancellor of SBV during his five year tenure and left the portals of SBV with satisfaction and contentment of being a witness to rapiid growth during his tenure. Prof. S. C. Parija, former Director of JIPMER,an institute of eminence assumed office in AUGUST 2018 as the next VC. SBV looks forward to the guidance of the visionary VC as it marches ahead in pursuit of greater heights. The visit of the high level expert committee of UGC under the leadership of Prof. O . P. Kalra