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CHENNAI A HIGH PLACE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: EXPERTS
Posted on: 10/Dec/2010 12:36:27 AM
Mike Nithavrianakis, British Deputy High Commissioner has said that the presence of a large number of super specialty institutions and the huge volume of complex cases made Chennai a natural choice for anyone seeking to do medical research. He was speaking at the Chennai Dental Research Foundation Gold Medal Oration Award function held in Chennai on Thursday.
W.M. Tilakaratne, Professor of Oral Pathology, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry was honoured in the function. R. Gunaseelan, Managing Trustee, CDRF; E.S. Krishnamurthy, Honorary Secretary, VHS; and K. Ranganathan, Director-Research, CDRF were present in the function.
Mr. Nithavrianakis said that some of the UK-based institutions for research are likely to tie up for the research programmes as a part UK-India Research partnership programme which is in the process of completing the first phase. The first phase includes good number mutually beneficial partnerships.
The second phase of the programme is scheduled to start next year, he said, indicating that funding might even be available for the research work initiated by the CDRF.
