Research and Development Center

About Department

The Research and Development Center ( R&D) is a nascent department started in October 2020 in the VMCH & RI. R & D Center serves as the window of the institute ensuring greater visibility through competitive activities. It is an integrated quality management system (QMS) aiming at excellence. R&D efforts include scientific and technical quality of research projects, compilation of data and research back-up to act on programmes. The primary aim is to sensitise the investigators for high impact publications with ample citation for targeting sponsored projects. The center so far facilitated and applied for 10 research projects to the tune of more than 3 crores. The center has conducted research training programmes , project reviews, symposiums on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Medical incubators, facilitation for device testing and facilitation of industry/academic interaction and inter institutional collaboration. The center has collaborated with Apollo Hospital, Chennai, Madurai Kamaraj University and iGOLD testing systems for research projects and provided scientific input to above 60 scientific projects.

PERSONNEL :

1. Dr.Rajkishore Mahato, Co-ordinator, R & D Center.

2. Dr. R. Siva Ganesa Karthikeyan , Assistant Professor Research, R & D Center.

3. Dr. R. Haribalaganesh, Assistant Professor Research, R & D Center.

Vision & Mission

Our Vision & Mission

Vision:

To be recognized as a regional and national model for health research institute in India.

Mission:

To provide a health research system in which students and faculties can conduct leading research focused on the needs of the patients and the public

Faculty

Scientific Review Committee

Internal Members

S.No	Name of the faculty	Designation and Department
1	Dr. T. Thirunavukkarasu	Chair person Dean
2	Dr.RajkishoreMahato	Co-ordinator Department of Pharmacology
3	Dr. S. Anu	Member Department of Physiology
4	Dr. M. Virgin Joena	Member Department of General Medicine
5	Dr. S. Nataraja Rathinam	Member Department of Paediatrics
6	Dr. Kavitha	Member Department of Neurology
7	Dr. Vijay Pradap	Member Department of ENT
8	Dr. R. Siva Ganesa Karthikeyan	Member Research and Development Centre
9	Dr. R. Haribalaganesh	Member Research and Development Centre
10	Mr. Vijay Anto	Member, Statistician Department of Community Medicine

External Members

S.No	Name of the Member	Designation and Department
1	Dr. K. Balakrishnan	Director & Consultant Madurai HLA Centre
2	Dr. Thiagarajan Prabha	Senior Project Scientist, Indian Institute of Madras
3	Dr. Gowri Priya	Scientist Aravind Medical Research Foundation
4	Dr. A. Vannirajan	Scientist Aravind Medical Research Foundation
5	Dr. K. Sundar	Senior Professor Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education
6	Dr.Mayilvahanan Bose	Assistant Professor Adyar Cancer Institute
7	Dr. H. Shakila	Professor Madurai Kamaraj University
8	Dr. A. Arun	Professor Alagappa University
9	Dr. S. Ganesan	Assistant Professor Sri Pushpam College

Institutional Ethics Committee

S.No	Name of the faculty	Designation
1.	Dr BKC Mohan Prasad	Chairperson
2.	Dr Raj Kishore Mahato	Member Secretary
3.	Dr. Ganesan G Ram	Member – Clinician
4.	Dr. Ramesh Kumar	Member – Basic Medical Scientist
5.	Dr. Trupti Bodhare	Member – Basic Medical Scientist
6.	Dr. Sindhu Sekar	Member – Basic Medical Scientist
7.	Mrs Usha Rani Patnaik	Member – Social Scientist
8.	Mr M Krishnamoorthy	Member – Lawyer
9.	Mr M Murugesan	Member – Layperson representative

Institutional Animal Ethics committee

S.No	Name of the faculty	Designation
1	Dr. T. Thirunavukkarasu	Chairperson
2	Dr. Venkat Ramanaiah	Scientist
3	Dr. RajkishoreMahato	Scientist &Incharge of Animal house
4	Dr. Thamilarasi	Scientist
5	Dr. Vanarani	Veterinarian
6	Dr. Arunjunai Rajan	Main nominee
7	Dr. ThirupathyKumaresan	Link nominee
8	Dr. Jayakrishnan	Scientist
9	Dr. Vallaiappan	Socially aware nominee