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s s n n o o i i t t u u t t i i t t s s n n I I h h of of c c r r a a e e s s e e R R h h t t l l Directory Directory ndiandia a a I I e e The The H inin 20072007 H The Indian Council of Medical Research In collaboration with WHO Country Office of India The Directory of Health Research Institutions in India 20072007 The Directory of Health Research Institutions in India 2007 The Indian Council of Medical Research In collaboration with WHO Country Office for India DISCLAIMER This document is not a formal publication of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The project was supported under the WHO/GOI biennium work plan, however the views expressed are solely of the authors/institutions and do not necessarily in any way reflect the opinion or views of WHO and GOI. The document may, however, be freely reviewed, abstracted, reproduced or translated, in part or whole, with due acknowledgement, but is not for sale or for use in conjunction with commercial purposes. All efforts have been made to make the information as accurate as possible, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), will not be responsible for any loss to any person caused by inaccuracy in the information available on this Directory. Any discrepancy found may be brought to the notice of ICMR. The Directory of Health Research Institutions in India Compiled by: Ambujam Nair Kapoor, Natasha Dawa, Anuradha Dubey, Lalit Kant Acknowledgements: We acknowledge the expert advice and guidance provided by Lt.Col. Atul Kotwal, Dr. D. Dongaokar, Dr. Gajendra Kumar, Ms.Ganga Murthy, Ms.Jeyalakshmi, Dr. OP Agarwal, Dr. S.D. Seth, Dr. Sapatnekar, Dr. VI Mathan, Dr. VK Tiwari and colleagues from ICMR -Dr.Vijay Kumar and Mr.Rakesh Gupta at various stages of development of the directory. We express our thanks to Dr. SJ Habayeb, Mr.Sunil Nandraj and Ms. Anagha Khot from WHO India Country office for their financial and technical support in the preparation of the directory. Finally we would like to thank all the individuals in institutions who took time off to respond to our questionnaire without which this directory would not have been possible. The Directory of Health Research Institutions in India 3 Foreword Health Research covers a range of activities from basic research to advance knowledge to development of products and operational research to solve problems related to health care and its delivery. While the conduct of health research in India dates back to 1911, the absence of a database on the myriad players in the wide arena of health research has been a long felt need. This report is a collaborative effort by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the WHO India country office to fill this gap. The compilation of this document has had its down side given the vastness of the areas to be covered and the high non- response rates of the institutions. Nevertheless, a beginning has been made; as more information becomes available, this database would be updated. We hope this report would not only be useful to all those interested in health research but also that information contained herein would serve as a platform for interaction among researchers. Prof. N.K. Ganguly Director General, ICMR The Directory of Health Research Institutions in India 5 Table of Contents Page No. The Background 1-3 Directory of Health Research Institutions in India 5-160 Institutions by States of India 161-175 Contract Research Organizations 177 Research Institutions – Indian Systems 179 Research Institutions – Medical Colleges/Pharmacy College 181-182 Non-Governmental Organization 183-184 Annexure 185-214 The Directory of Health Research Institutions in India 7 The Background Over the years, the health sector has seen the on health research institutions in the country and emergence of several stakeholders, resources, their areas of expertise. With a view to fill this mechanisms and commitments towards meeting lacunae, the Indian Council of Medical Research various health and development needs. Increasing (ICMR) in collaboration with the WHO Country emphasis is also being laid on developing Office for India undertook an exercise on evidence based health policies. Today, there is a mapping Health Research Institutions to develop greater recognition for the role that health a database of health research institutions in the research can and must play in achieving various country. It is envisaged that such a directory of health and related goals. health research institutions would be useful in outlining ongoing research priorities as well as A health research system functions as the “brain” developing partnerships in health research. of a health system, to enable it to respond effectively to the health challenges. The key The process objective of a health research system is to coordinate health research through appropriate Given the vast scope of health research, one of architecture and mechanisms. There is an array the foremost tasks was to develop an operational of specific objectives of a health research system, definition for health research and to set the scope which include, inter alia, setting health research of the study. An expert group meeting was held priorities, generating knowledge, building to define Health Research, Health Research capacity, developing standard procedures and Institutions, classification of Research, and the mechanisms to ensure ethics, quality, areas of research and who to access for accountability and transparency, mobilizing information. resources and conducting advocacy for better The definition and class of research as agreed partnership. A prime objective is immediate upon is as follows: response and being alert to the continuing needs and challenges of health development (Strategies Health Research: Systematic generation of for Health Research Systems in South East Asia knowledge that can be used to promote, Region, WHO, 2001) restore, maintain and/or protect health of the individuals and populations. In India, various organizations are engaged in health research - research institutes, medical Health Research Institutions: Groups of/ colleges, non governmental organizations as well and professionals, dedicated to health as government institutions. However, there is research as a legal entity or a unit of a presently no comprehensive database available larger legal entity. The Directory of Health Research Institutions in India 1 Health Research Classification: This Bio-Ethics Research- Research on included : moral, ethical, legal and social issues pertaining to health. Basic Research- Studies detailing structure and function including Health Information Research and Bio- immunity and pathogenesis, usually informatics- Research in the field of laboratory based. health information science. Clinical Research- Research conducted Bioengineering and Diagnostics- with human subjects in a medical Research to develop innovative setting, designed to obtain better biologics, materials, processes, information on the natural history, implements, devices and informatics response to interventions/prophylaxis for the prevention, diagnosis, or pathogenesis of a condition that treatment and rehabilitation. may lead to improved strategies for diagnosis, treatment or prevention of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical ill health. Research- Research related to discovery and development of new Epidemiological Research- The study chemical entities and biological of distribution and determinants of products for health care. health related conditions in human populations and the use of this Traditional and Complementary knowledge to improve their health Medical Research- Application of all status. the above research systems on the rich heritage of India and other Health Systems Research-Research that traditional systems which can be examines the provision, resource incorporated in the following health generation (human and infrastructure0, care system. financing, governance and the utilization of health care services. Based on the deliberations at the meeting, a questionnaire was prepared and pre-tested. Social, Economic and Behavioral Simultaneously, a database of approximately 2000 Research- Research that focuses on health institutions in the country was created. social, cultural, economic and Health Institutions, medical colleges and behavioural factors that may modify universities in the country were identified from: the risk and outcome of disease in individuals and populations. (i) Published papers in Indian medical journals and articles by Indians in Operational Research- Combination of foreign medical journals for 2004- research techniques looking at 2005. problems in a system so as to provide (ii) Databases obtained from donor better solution to managers in control agencies like World Bank of operations. 2 The Directory of Health Research Institutions in India (iii) Websites of Ministry of Health, information, information provided by individual Defence, Petro–chemicals, Department departments of medical colleges, the absence of of Education, DBT, DST, CDRI, CSIR, websites for many institutions, time consuming CII, OPPI, FICCI, Department of effort required to get web addresses etc. While Indian System of medicine, the information provided in this directory is not Association of Indian Industries, MCI, complete, and several institutions engaged in NGOs, donor agencies, UN health research may be outside its ambit, this is organizations, Association of a first step towards compiling in a single place, Universities and