Schemes to Promote Health Research in the Country

New Delhi, Dec 13, 2014: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) with a network of 32 institutes works in the field of Medical Research in communicable and non-communicable diseases throughout the country. The Department of Health Research has also launched five schemes to promote health research in the country, namely:-

(1) Establishment of Multidisciplinary Research Units (MRUs) in Govt. Medical Colleges/Institutions.

(2) Establishment of Model rural Health Research Units (MRHRU) in the States.

(3) Establishment of Network of Research Laboratories for Managing Epidemics and Natural Calamities.

(4) Scheme on Human Resource Development for Health Research.

(5) “Grant-in-aid Scheme for Inter-Sectoral Convergence & Coordination for Promotion and Guidance on Health Research.

States/UT wise-details of research units sanctioned under Schemes are given below:

List of Multi-Disciplinary Research Units (MRUs) sanctioned in the Government Medical Colleges/Institutions

S. No.	State/ UTs	Name of the medical college / institution
1.	Andhra Pradesh	Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada SV Medical College, Tirupati
2.	Telangana	Medical College , Hyderabad
3.	Assam	Silcher Medical College and Hospital, Silcher
4,	Chhattisgarh	Pandit JNM Medical College, Raipur
5,	Gujarat	M. P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education & Research(SMIMER), Surat
6.	Haryana	Pandit B.D. Sharma PGIMES, Rohtak
7.	Goa	Goa Medical College, Goa
8.	Himachal Pradesh	Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla
9.	Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar	Govt. Medical College, Jammu, Govt. Medical College, Srinagar
10.	Jharkhand	MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur
11.	Karnataka	Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore Shimoga Institute Of Medical Sciences, Shimoga Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli
12.	Kerala	Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram Calicut Medical College, Calicut, Kerala
13.	Manipur	Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal
14.	Maharashtra:	Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M Hospital, Mumbai
15.	Madhya Pradesh	S.S. Medical College, Rewa, M.P. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur M.G.M. Medical College, Indore, MP
16.	Odisha	VSS Medical College, Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack
17.	Punjab	Government Medical College, Amritsar Govt. Medical College, Patiala Guru Gobind Singh Medical College & Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab
18.	Rajasthan	Dr. S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur ,Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner.
19.	Tamil Nadu	Madras Medical College, Chennai , Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Taramani Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu
20.	Tripura	Agartala Govt. Medical College, Agartala
21.	Uttarakhand	Govt. Medical College, Haldwani (Nainital)
22.	West Bengal	R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata
23.	Chandigarh	Government Medical College, Chandigarh
24.	Delhi (NCT)	University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi , Vallabh Bhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi
Total		Total: 41

 List of Model Rural Health Research Units sanctioned in the states

S.No.	State	Location of MRHRU	ICMR mentor Institute/Centre	Linked Medical College
1	Assam	PHC Chabua	RMRC, Dibrugarh	Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh
2.	Himachal Pradesh	CHC, Haroli	NJIL&OMD, Agra	Dr RPG Medical college, Tanda
3.	Rajasthan	Bhanpur Kala, Government Health Clinic, Jaipur	DMRC, Jodhpur	SMS Medical College, Jaipur
4.	Tamil Nadu	State Rural Health Centre at Tirunelveli	NIE, Chennai	Tirunelveli Medical College
5.	Tripura	Kherengbar Hospital Khumulwung	RMRC, Dibrugarh	Agartala Government Medical College
6.	Karnataka	PHC, Sirwar, ManviTaluk, Raichur	RMRC, Belgaum	Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences, Raichur.
7.	Punjab	CHC Bhunga (Hoshiarpur)	NIOP,New Delhi	Govt. Medical College, Amritsar
8.	Maharashtra	Sub District hospital (SDH), Dahanu (Thane)	NIRRH, Mumbai	Grant’s Medical College and JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai
9.	Andhra Pradesh	Old RHTC Premises, Chandragiri (Dist. Chittoor)	NIN Hyderabad	S.V. Medical College, Tirupati
10.	Odisha	Block, CHC, Tigiria	RMRC Bhubaneswar	S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack
11.	Madhya Pradesh	Datia	RMRCT, Jabalpur	G.R. Medical College, Gwalior
12.	Chhattisgarh	PHC, Lakharam Block (Bilaspur)	RMRCT, Jabalpur	Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur

List of Viral Diagnostic Research Labs sanctioned in the states/UTs

 

S.No.	State/ UTs	Name of the medical college / institution
I.		REGIONAL LABS
1	Chandigarh	PGIMER, Chandigarh
2	Assam	Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh
3	Madhya Pradesh	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal
4	West Bengal	National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata
II.		STATE LEVEL LABS
1	Himachal Pradesh	Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla
2	Jammu & Kashmir	Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar
3	Gujarat	B.J.Medical College, Ahmedabad
4	Meghalaya	North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong
5	Karnataka	Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute
6	Assam	Guwahati Medical College, Assam
III.		MEDICAL COLLEGE LEVEL LABS
1	Jammu & Kashmir	Govt. Medical College, Jammu
2	Telengana	Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad
3	Haryana	Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak
4	Punjab	Govt. Medical college, Amritsar
5.	Bihar	Patna Medical College, Patna
6.	Gujarat	M.P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar
7.	Andhra Pradesh	S V Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati
8.	Andhra Pradesh	Siddharth Medical College, Vijayawada
9.	Odisha	Late Shri B K Memorial Govt Medical College, Jagdalpur
10.	Himachal Pradesh	Dr Rajendra Prasad Govt Medical College, Tanda
11.	Karnataka	Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore
12.	Punjab	Govt. Medical College, Patiala
13.	Tamil Nadu	Madurai Medical College, Madurai
14.	Tamil Nadu	Govt Medical College, Theni

 

As per available information, the Department of Health Research does not grant permission for carrying out medical research by foreign pharmaceutical companies.

The MoS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.CCI Newswire