Funded Research

                                                                          Grant (Rs. In Lakhs)

Ayurveda                  Grant-in-aid to set up Speciality Clinic of Ayurveda                                                          2.30

                                     Rameshbabu D

Funded by Dept of Indian Systems of Medicine & Homeopathy (Department of AYUSH), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, 2007-09  

 

Anatomy                   Genetic study in human male infertility related to microdeletions                            25.00

                                Of Y chromosome in Idiopathic cases of azoospermia and oligospermia.

                                Pal AK

                                Funded by ICMR, 2010

 

  Biochemistry         Repository for filarial parasites and reagents                                                                          7.00

                                      Reddy MVR, Goswami K

                                      Funded by DBT, 2010-11

 

Community              Effect of Probiotics VSL#3 on Prevention of Sepsis in the 0-2                                             7.7

Medicine                  months period: A double blind randomized Controlled Trial

                                      Garg BS, Gupta SS, Maliye CH, Bahulekar PV

                                      Funded by ICMR, 2008 onwards

 

Dr Sushila                  Establishment of national quality assurance cell for Emergency                                       7.7

Nayar   School         Obstetric Training

of Public Health     Garg BS, Maliye C

                                      WHO India Country Office, 2010 onwards

 

                                      Establishment of state quality assurance cell for Emergency                                           8.37

Obstetric Training for NIPI States UP, Rajasthan, Bihar, MP and Orissa

                                      Garg BS, Maliye C

                                      WHO India Country Office, 2010 onwards

 

                                      Establishment of State Quality assurance Cell for Emergency                                         6.33            

Obstetric Training for Non NIPI States Assam, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Chattisgarh

                                      Garg BS, Maliye C

                                      WHO India Country Office, 2010 onwards

 

                                      A study of perinatal mortality in Wardha, Maharashtra, India.                                          1.5

                                      Garg BS, Deshmukh PR, Bharambe MS

                                      WHO SEARO, 2010-11

 

  Dermatology         Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic                                                                                          1.2

                                      Kar S, MSACS, NACO                                                                                                                                  

 

             JBTDRC,         Tropical Disease Research Programme for TB diagnostics                                                  3.00

Bioinformatics        Harinath BC                                                                                                                                                    

              Centre,         Funded by KHS, 2009-10

   Arogyadham

 

                                        Assay for circulating Tubercular Antigen level by Sandwich                                           5.88

                                        ELISA using cocktail of Affinity Purified Antibodies to ES-31, ES-43,

                                        EST-6 Antigens of Diagnostic                                 Interest, in Pulmonary and Lymphnode

                                        tuberculosis and HIV-TB Coinfection

                                        Harinath BC (Fellowship project)

                                        Funded by Tuberculosis Association of India, 2010-11

 

                                        Sub-Distributed Information Centre under BTISnet Programme                                   6.81

                                        including grant for 2 Mbps Leased line and additional grant for

                                        SEVAMED.

                                        Harinath BC

                                        Funded by DBT 2010-11

 

                                        Naturopathy / Yoga Treatment –cum- Propagation Centre                                             6.00

                                        Harinath BC

                                        Funded by CCRYN, Dept of Ayush, 2010-11

 

                                        Arogyadham and Herbal Garden                                                                                                 7.54            

                                        Harinath BC

                                        Funded by KHS,2010-11

 

         Medicine           HOPE 3 : Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation                                                                16.0

                                        SP Kalantri, Taksande B

                                        Funded by Population Health Research Institute, Mc Master Uni

                                        Canada, 2009 onwards

 

                                        INSPIRE : INdian Stroke Prospective REgistry                                                                         0.20

                                        SP Kalantri, Jain V

                                        Funded by Population Health Research Institute,

                                        St. John’s Medical College Bangaluru, 2008 onwards

 

                                        INTERSTROKE: An Indian Pilot case-control study to determine                                    2.00
the importance of conventional and emerging risk factors for stroke.

                                        Jain VV, Kalantri SP

                                        Funded by Population Health Research Institute,

                                        St. John’s Medical College Bangaluru, 2008 on wards

 

                                        SPREAD study: A randomized controlled trial in secondary                                                   *

                                        prevention of acute coronary syndrome                                                                                         

                                        SP Kalantri, Taksande B, Jain V

                                        Funded by Population Health Research Institute,

                                        St. John’s Medical College Bangaluru, 2011

 

                                        Insurance Audit                                                                                                                                10.51

                                        Jajoo UN, Kalantri SP, Joshi R

                                        Funded by ICMR, New Delhi, 2010 onwards

 

                                        PREPARE study: A household-level cluster-randomized trial to                                          *

                        evaluate primary prevention interventions in CVD in three rural communities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                (population of 15,000)

                                        SP Kalantri, Yelwatkar S

                                        Funded by Population Health Research Institute,

                                        St. John’s Medical College Bangaluru, 2011 onwards

 

                                        DIABETES HCQS: A double blind randomized controlled trial to                                    2.56

determine the efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine vs. Pioglitazone on uncontrolled type 2 Diabetes mellitus patients.

                                        Gupta OP, Jain V

                                        Funded by Ipca laboratories, Mumbai, 2010-11

 

  Microbiology           Survey on Prevalence of TB in Wardha district                                                                      1.17

                                        Narang P, Mendiratta DK, Jajoo UN, Tyagi NK, Narang R, Tayde A

                                        Funded by  Central TB Division, New Delhi, 2006 onwards

 

                                        Repeat zonal level Tuberculin survey for estimating annual risk                                65.10

                                        of tuberculosis Infection in different parts of India (RARTI)

                                        Narang P, Mendiratta DK

                                        Funded by Central TB Division, New Delhi since July, 2009

 

                                        Multi Center study on antimicrobial resistance monitoring of                                      0.60

                                        Salmonella            Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi – A : An attempt to make  national

                                        guidelines to treat Enteric fever

                                        Mendiratta DK, Thamke D

                                        Funded by ICMR - since June 2010

 

                                        Confirmation of diseases of public health importance under the                                3.00

                                        IDSP (Integrated Disease surveillance Project) State surveillance

                                        net work (Referal Lab.)

                                        Mendiratta DK, Deotale V

                                        Funded by Maharashtra State Govt. - 2010 – 2013

 

Obs/ Gyn and           Prevention of parent to child transmission of HIV / AIDS                                                      *

  Microbiology           Chhabra S, Mendiratta DK

                                        Funded by Govt of Maharashtra, since 17 Sep, 2002 onwards

 

Obstetrics and          Emergency Obstetric Care                                                                                                            13.87

     Gynecology           Chhabra S, Shivkumar PV

                                        Funded by Govt of Maharashtra, Govt of India, FOGSI,

                                        AVNI Foundation, 2008 onwards

 

                                        Amnisure Project                                                                                                                               9.34

                                        Chhabra S

                                        Funded by Amnisure Company, 2009 onwards

 

Thiamine Project     13.87

                                        Chhabra S

                                        Funded by Foundation of Collaboration Medicine and Research,

                                        USA, 2010 onwards In Collaboration with Pharmacology

 

                                        Maternal death audit                                                                                                                       1.12

                                        Shivkumar PV, Tayade S

                                        Funded by GOI, FIGO, AVNI, 2010 onwards

 

                                        Anaemia Project                                                                                                                               37.63

                                        Chhabra S

                                        Funded by CCRS (Ayush) GOI, 2011 onwards

 

Ophthalmology        Sentinel Surveillance Unit (Under National Programme for Control of                                                    2.00

                                                            Blindness) Shukla AK , Garg BS, Singh S, Mehendale AM

                                        Funded by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Govt. of India, 2010 -11

 

        Pathology           Rural Population Based Cancer Registry of Wardha District                                          12.50

                                        Gangane N

                                        ICMR , 2010 onwards

 

                                        Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protein                                3.70

In endometrium of women with menorrhagia and its correlation with endothelial cell proliferation

                                        Gangane N, Chhabra S, Joshi D

                                        ICMR, 2010 onwards

 

                                        p53 and ras mutations in oral cancer in Central India                                                         4.50

                                        Gangane N

                                        UICC and NIH, 2010 onwards 

 

         Pediatrics           Low birth weight neonates and maternal chronic diseases risk                                     4.69

                                        factors in a rural population.

                                        Bang A, Joshi R, Vilhekar KY

                                        Funded by St Johns’ Research Institute,

                                        Bangalore as NIH-NHLBI Center of Excellence, 2009-2011

 

                                        India CLEN Multicentre Trial of Home versus Hospital Oral                                            5.41

                                        Amoxicillin for Management of Severe Pneumonia in Children”

                                        (ISPOT STUDY)

                                        Bang A, Jain M, Vilhekar KY, Mendiratta DK

                                        Funded by USAID and MCH-STAR through IndiaCLEN, 2009-2011

 

                                        A phase III multicentric randomized single blind trial to compare                               0.80

the immunogenicity and safety of TETRABHAY DTwP-H combination vaccine with SHANTETRAtm in healthy infants.

                                        Jain M, Bang A

                                        Funded by SRISTEK, Hyderabad, 2009-2010

 

                                        Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine phase II / III clinical study: A                                           5.00

multicentric open label randomized controlled phase II / III study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of Biological E Ltd

inactivated JE vaccine in healthy 1-3 years old Indian children.

                                        Jain M, Bang A

                                        Funded by SRISTEK, Hyderabad, 2010-2011

 

                                        ASIP study- Hospital based surveillance of invasive                                                           5.00

                                        pneumococcal disease                                                                                                                            

                                        Mendiratta DK, Bang A

                                        Funded by CMC,Vellore, 2010-2013

 

                                        A randomized multicenter open label comparative study to                                          7.50

                                        evaluate the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of a new fully

liquid pentavalent DTwP-HIB-IPV vaccine with tetravalent DTwP/HIB vaccine coadministered with                                                                                                        Salk Based IPV in healthy infants.

                                        Jain M, Bang A

                                        Funded by SRISTEK, Hyderabad, 2010-2011

 

                                        A multicentric, single blind, parallel, randomized, phase-IV non-                               3.50

                                        inferiority study for immunogenicity and safety of BE’s combined

                                        liquid pentavalent DTwP-rHepB-HIB vaccine in comparison with

                                        SIIL’s Pentavac SD™ vaccine

                                        Jain M, Bang A

                                        Funded by SRISTEK, Hyderabad, 2010-2011

 

                                        A multicentric double blind single arm randomised phase-IV                                       3.50

study to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity and lot consistency of 3 production lots of BE’s                                                                            combined liquid pentavalent DTwP-rHepB-HIB

vaccine

                                        Jain M, Bang A

                                        Funded by SRISTEK, Hyderabad, 2010-2011

 

        Psychiatry           Effect of Ayurvedic coded drug (Ayush Manas) in the                                                     37.79

                                        management of Manasa Mandata (MR)

                                        Behere PB

Funded by Central Council for Research in Ayurveda & Siddha, AYUSH, Government of India.

 

                                        A Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, active comparator-                                             28.11

                                        controlled clinical trial to study the safety and efficacy of

                                        Lurasidone in subjects with schizophrenia (Pearl 3 Extension

                                        Study) 

                                        Behere PB

                                        Funded by Sunovion, 2010

 

                                        Randomized, 6-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, flexible-                          20.17

                                        dose, parallel-group study of Lurasidone adjunctive to lithium or

                                        valproate for the treatment of bipolar I depression in subjects

                                        demonstrating                   non-response to treatment with lithium or valproate Alone

                                        Behere PB

                                       Funded by Sunovion, 2010