Hyderabad: The College of Hyderabad (UoH) has been chosen to steer considered one of seven nationwide analysis clusters below the celebrated ANRF-PAIR (Partnerships for Accelerated Innovation and Analysis) initiative. The grant, awarded by the Anusandhan Nationwide Analysis Basis, is designed to speed up interdisciplinary analysis with real-world affect within the well being sector.
Fashioned below a hub-and-spoke mannequin, the UoH-led cluster will concentrate on main public well being challenges—particularly metabolic illnesses, infectious illnesses and cancers (MICs). Goal situations embrace diabetes, fatty liver illness, dengue, malaria, breast most cancers and blood most cancers. UoH will function the hub, working in collaboration with six ‘spoke’ establishments: Osmania College, Central College of Karnataka, Sri Venkateswara College, Yogi Vemana College, Mahatma Gandhi College and Kannur College.
The community brings collectively 173 co-principal investigators with experience spanning well being sciences, bioinformatics, molecular biology and public well being. The initiative is constructed on collaboration reasonably than competitors. “The synergy among the many establishments and the shared mission made our proposal stand out,” mentioned UoH Vice Chancellor Prof. B.J. Rao. “This isn’t only a analysis win—it’s a step towards reworking India’s well being innovation ecosystem. We’re aligning science with society’s wants, with a mission-mode method,” he defined.
The hassle is being led by Prof. Bramanandam Manavathi, challenge director, Prof. Siba Kumar Udgata, co-project director, and Prof. Samrat L. Sabat, director of the R&D Cell. This management group will oversee execution throughout associate establishments and disciplines. Based on Prof. Rao, the broader purpose is to develop science-based, accessible healthcare options whereas concurrently strengthening the analysis infrastructure inside India’s college system.
