The founding fathers of the Mahavir Memorial Trust envisaged service, teaching and research as the three components of Mahavir Hospital. Within a short time after having started the hospital in 1978 the Research Centre was established in 1983 with initial grant donated liberally by (Late) Shri Ratan Chandji Ranka. This year we have completed 30 years of its glorious establishment
The Research Centre has functional autonomy under Bhagwan Mahavir Memorial Trust. The centre has 1) The Research Advisory Committee and 2) Scientific Advisory Committee with eminent scientists and clinicians as members to guide the research activities of the centre. In addition the centre has a Institutional Ethics Committee to monitor the research programmes in Biomedical research. It is recognized by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) as SIRO (Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) and other funding agencies such as DBT, UGC-CSIR, ICMR and DST. The Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India has conferred the centre with the status of Center of Excellence. The center is recognized for PhD programme by Osmania University, JNTU and University of Hyderabad. Recognition of the centre for Ph.D programme in medical sciences by Dr. NTR University is under consideration. The mandate of the centre is to carry out advanced research in Tuberculosis, Asthma, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Cancer, Infertility, Diabetes, Environmental Toxicology, etc. In order to achieve the research goals three departments and TB clinic are established. The centre has received enormous grants for research from both National and International Bodies. Honours and Invitations for lectures, presentation of work at different national and international conferences were extended to the faculty of the centre. The results of the research were published in reputed peer reviewed journals. DNB students in General Medicine, Pediatrics and Pulmonology are also trained at the centre.
