ICMR awards.

The Indian Council of Medical Research has awarded the following prizes and awards to various Indian scientists for their outstanding research work in various fields of biomedical sciences for the year 2007-2008.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research
for the year 2007-08

Dr. Shiv Kumar Sarin
Director
Institute of Liver and Biliary
Sciences, New Delhi

AWARDS/PRIZES FOR 2007

Amrut Mody Unichem Prize for Research in Neurology

Dr. Sunil Pradhan                    Muscular dystrophy
Professor, Department of Neurology
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate
Institute of Medical Sciences
Lucknow

Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize

Dr. Deepak Kumar Bhasin              Management of multilple and large
Professor                            pseudocysts by endoscopic
Department of Gastroenterology       transpapillary drainage alone
Postgraduate Institute of Medical
Education and Research
Chandigarh

ICMR Kshanika Oration Award for Women Scientist

Dr. Raj Mehra                        Mechanism underlying
Professor and Head, Microanatomy     neuroprotective effects of
Division                             estrogen
Department of Anatomy, All India
Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi.

ICMR Prize for Biomedical Research in Underdeveloped Areas

Dr. Jagadish Mahanta                 Biomedical research carried out in
Director                             in northestern region of India
Regional Medical Research Centre
for N.E. Region
Dubrugarh

Dr. D.N. Prasad Memorial Oration Award for Research in the Field of
Pharmacology

Dr. Chandishwar Nath                 Neuropharmacologiacal studies on
Scientist G & Head                   learning and memory: In pursuit of
Division of Toxicology Central       drug for memory disorders
Drug Research Institute
Lucknow

and

Dr. Mitali Chatterjee                Development of new
Department of Pharmacology           chemotherapeutic modalities for
Institute of Postgraduate            Indian leishmaniasis
Medical Education and Research,
Kolkata

Dr. M.O.T. Iyengar Memorial Award for Research in the Field of Malaria,
Filariasis, Plague or Medical Entomology

Dr. B.K. Tyagi                       Medical entomology
Scientist G and Director-in-Charge
Centre for Research in Medical
Entomology, Madurai

Dr. Prem Nath Wahi Award for Research in Basic and/or Clinical Cytology
and/or Preventive Oncology

Dr. Kumaravel Somasundaram           Basic research in oncology
Associate Professor
Microbiology and Cell Biology
Division
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore

and

Dr. Sharmila Avadhut Bapat           Integrative approaches in ovarian
National Centre for Cell Sciences,   cancer stem cell biology
Pune

ICMR Smt. Swaran Kanta Dingley Oration Award for Research in
Reproductive Biology

Dr. Geetanjali Sachdeva              Implantation a continuum of
Scientist D                          endometrial receptivity in
Primate Biology Department           primates
National Institute for Research in
Reproductive Health
Mumbai

Awards for Young Scientists below 40 years

Shakuntala Amir Chand Prize

Dr. Aditya Bhushan Pant              Etiology of neurodegenerataive
Scientist, in vitro Toxicology       disorders: Role of 4-hydroxynonal
Laboratory                           induced toxicological consequences
Indian Institute of Toxicology       and its metabolism
Research
Lucknow

ICMR Tilak Venkoba Rao Award for Research in Psychological Medicine

Dr. Sandeep Graver                   Impact of psychiatric disorders on
Assistant Professor, Department of   patients and care igvers
Psychiatry
Postgraduate Institute of Medical
Education and Research
Chandigarh

and

Dr. Om Prakash                       Clinical research in geriatric
Associate Professor of Psychiatry    psychiatric disorders
and  Consultant in Adult and
Geriatric Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Institute of Human Behaviour and
Allied Sciences
Delhi

AWARDS/PRIZES FOR 2008

Amrut Mody Unichem Prize for Research in Cardiology

Dr. K. Shivakumar                    Cardiac fibroblasts in myocardial
Division of Cellular and Molecular   pathophysiology
Cardiology
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for
Medical Sciences and Technology
Trivandrum

Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize

Dr. C.V. Harinarayan                 Endemic skeletal fluorosis in
Professor & Head                     India
Department of Endocrinology and
Metabolism
Sri Venkateswara Institute of
Medical Sciences
Tirupati

and

Dr. Manmohan Parida                  Detection and characterization of
Scientist E and Deputy Director      emerging and re-emerging viruses
Division of Virology Defence R&D
Establishment
Gwalior

ICMR Kshanika Oration Award for Women Scientist

Dr. Snehasikta Swarnakar             Matrix metallporteinases in the
Indian Institute of Chemical         causation of inflammatory diseases
Biology
Kolkata

and

Dr. Soumya Swaminathan               HIV/Tuberculosis Epidemiology,
Scientist G                          pathogenesis and management
Department of Clinical Research
National Institute for Research in
Tuberculosis
Chennai

ICMR Prize for Biomedical Research for Scientists belonging to
Underprivileged Communities

Dr. Subbiah Poopathi                 Invention on the novel fermntation
Scientist E                          technology for the production of
Vector Control Research Centre       biopesticides
Puducherry

ICMR Prize for Biomedical Research Conducted in Underdeveloped Areas

Dr. Gajendra Kumar Medhi             Morbidity profile and dimension
Scientist C                          of health problem among tea
Regional Medical Research Centre     garden workers of Assam
N.E. Region, Dibrugarh

JALMA Trust Fund Oration Award for Research in Leprosy and
Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Dr. Umesh Datta Gupta                Mice and guniea pig models for
Scientist E                          testing of new candidate
Experimental Animal Facility         tuberculsosis vaccine
National JALMA Institute for
Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial
Diseases
Agra

Drs. Kunti & Om Prakash Oration Award for Clinical Research

Dr. Kanjaksha Ghosh                  Biology, management and
Director                             prevention of congenital
National Institute of                coagulation disorders in India
Immunohaematology
Mumbai

Dr. M.K. Seshadri Prize for Practice of Community Medicine

Dr. Anand Krishnan                   Non-communicable diseases
Associate Professor                  prevention and control:
Centre for Community Medicine        Translating research to action
All India Institute of Medical
Sciences
New Delhi

Dr. P.N. Raju Oration Award for Research in Public Health

Dr. Asim Saha                        Effect of environment (indoor,
Scientist C                          and occupational) on human health
National Institute of Occupational
Health
Ahmedabad

Dr. YS. Narayana Rao Oration Award for Research in Microbiology

Dr. Gagandeep Kang                   Characterization of enteric
Professor of Microbiology            pathogenes to understand
The Welcome Trust Research           pathogenicity
Laboratory
Department of Gastrointestinal
Sciences
Christian Medical College
Vellore

ICMR Lala Ram Chand Kandhari Award for Research in Dermatology and
Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Dr. Manju Bala                       Surveillnace of antimicrobial
Consultant (Microbiology) and        resistance in Neisseria
Associate Professor                    gonorrhoeae:
Regional STD Teaching, Training      Implicatin for gonorrhoea
and Research Centre                     management
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College
and Safdarjang Hospital
New Delhi

ICMR M.N. Sen Oration Award for Practice of Medicine

Dr. Mandalam Subramanian Seshadri    Osteoporosis and bone metabolilsm
Professor of Medicine and Head in    southern India
Department of Endocrinology
Christian Medical College
Vellore

Novartis Oration Award for Research in the Field of Cancer

Dr. Chitra Sarkar (Nee Chowdhury)    Molecular genetic alterations in
Professor                            malignant gliomas of the brain :
Department of Pathology              Diagnostic and prognostic
All India Institute of Medical       signficiance
Sciences
New Delhi

Prof. B.K. Aikat Oration Award for Research in Tropical Diseases

Prof. Sarman Singh                   Developing a novel diagnostic
Professor                            method for visceral leishmaniasis
Department of Laboratory Medicine
All India Institute of Medical
Sciences
New Delhi

Prof. Surindar Mohan Marwah Award for Research in Geriatrics

Dr. K.S. Shaji                       Dementia reserch in India
Professor of Psychiatry
Government Medical College
Thrissur

Awards for Young Scientists below 40 Years

Shakuntala Amir Chand Prize

Dr. D. Sriram                        Tuberculosis drug discovery
Associate Professor
Pharmacy Group
Birla Institute of Technology
and Sciences
Hyderabad Campus
Hyderabad

ICMR Tilak Venkoba Rao Award for Research in Reproductive Physiology

Dr. Suresh Yenugu                    Male reproductive tract
microbial peptides                    anti-Lecturer
Department of Animal Sciences
University of Hyderabad
Hyderabad

Major General Saheb Singh Sokhey Award for Research in Communicable
Diseases

Dr. Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur       Cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis:
Assistant Professor                  Molecualr epidemiology in children
Department of Gastrointestinal       in South India
Sciences
Christian Medical College
Vellore