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.
🔹 Mrs. Abhidnya V. Desai, Scientific Officer & TRAC Co-ordinator
🖀 Telephone Number: (022) 24177262
@ Email-id: trac@tmc.gov.in