Tata Memorial Centre Research Administration Council (TRAC) has been constituted in the year 2008.
TRAC has a broad mandate to oversee and improve all aspects of basic, translational and clinical research in Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) with specific on the following areas:
🔹 Set directions, policies, priorities and thrust areas for research as per institute’s mandate.
🔹 Creating and promoting scientific environment amongst clinicians/scientists and improvement of infrastructural facilities for conduct of research.
🔹 Review and evaluation of research projects on a competitive basis for granting intramural funding.
🔹 Co-ordination and administrative support for the functioning of various scientific, ethics and safety review committees at TMC.
🔹 Suggest and review proposals for collaborations between TMC, with other Indian or International Institutions, Groups, Individuals or industry. When required suggest the names of possible Principal and Co-investigators within TMC for this collaboration.
🔹 Review pre-proposals for sponsored research and suggest the names of possible Principal and Co-investigators within TMC.
🔹 Review the expenditure and income incurred on hospital services, laboratory and administrative functions for investigator initiated and sponsored research conducted in TMC.
🔹 Any other matters pertaining to research in TMC, as required.
Composition of TRAC
| 1 |
Director, Tata Memorial Centre |
Chairperson, TRAC |
| 2 |
Director, Tata Memorial Hospital |
Member, TRAC |
| 3 |
Director, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer |
Member, TRAC |
| 4 |
Director, Academics |
Member, TRAC |
| 5 |
Director, Centre for Cancer Epidemiology |
Member, TRAC |
| 6 |
Director, MPMMCC & HBCH, Varanasi |
Member, TRAC |
| 7 |
Director, HBCH & RC, Visakhapatnam |
Member, TRAC |
| 8 |
Director, BBCI |
Member, TRAC |
| 9 |
Director, HBCH & RC, Punjab |
Member, TRAC |
| 10 |
Director, HBCHRC Muzaffarpur |
Member, TRAC |
| 11 |
Deputy Director, Tata Memorial Hospital |
Member, TRAC |
| 12 |
Deputy Director, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer |
Member, TRAC |
| 13 |
Deputy Director, Academics |
Member, TRAC |
| 14 |
Member Secretary, Institutional Ethics Committee-I, TMH |
Member, TRAC |
| 15 |
Member Secretary, Institutional Ethics Committee-II, TMH |
Member, TRAC |
| 16 |
Member Secretary, Institutional Ethics Committee-III, ACTREC |
Member, TRAC |
| 17 |
OIC - Clinical Research Secretariat, TMH |
Member, TRAC |
| 18 |
TRAC Co-ordinator |
Member, TRAC |
| 19 |
TRAC Consultant |
Member, TRAC |
* The committee meets at regular intervals.
🔹 Mrs. Abhidnya V. Desai, Scientific Officer & TRAC Co-ordinator
🖀 Telephone Number: (022) 24177262
@ Email-id: trac@tmc.gov.in