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 Deputy Director, Tata Memorial Hospital Member, TRAC
6 Deputy Director, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer Member, TRAC
7 Deputy Director, Academics Member, TRAC
8 Director, Centre for Cancer Epidemiology Member, TRAC
9 Member Secretary, Institutional Ethics Committee-I Member, TRAC
10 Member Secretary, Institutional Ethics Committee-II Member, TRAC
11 Member Secretary, Institutional Ethics Committee-III Member, TRAC
12 OIC- Clinical Research Secretariat Member, TRAC
13 TRAC Co-ordinator Member, TRAC

* The committee meets at regular intervals.

Contact Us

🔹  Mrs. Abhidnya V. Desai, Scientific Officer & TRAC Co-ordinator

🖀 Telephone Number: (022) 24177262

@ Email-id: trac@tmc.gov.in