3rd ISCR annual Awards held at Bengaluru
Our News Bureau – Bengaluru
Having instituted the first ever exclusive awards for clinical researchers in India, Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR), celebrated the third year’s award event on August 27, 2010 in, Bengaluru. The Awards evening began with a welcome note by the President, Dr Arun Bhatt. This was followed by a very interesting and captivating talk on ‘The challenges and opportunities of India’s skill crisis’ by Manish Sabharwal, Chairman and Co-Founder, Team Lease Services for the Keynote address. The Karnataka State Drugs Controller, Jagga Shetty was the Guest of Honour. The jury panel for the awards consisted of Dr Sarang Iyer, Dr Darshan Bhatt, Dr Suresh Bowalekar and Dr Suresh Menon. There were 12 awards announced in the six categories, besides two special awards, making it to14 awards this year. The special awards category as always, was the highlight of the event. Dr Vasantha Muthuswamy, Senior Deputy Director General (Retd.) ICMR, New Delhi was honoured by an award in the ‘Notable contribution to the clinical research fraternity’ category, while the Division of Clinical Trials, St. John’s Research Institute received the award as an institute. Dr Prem Pais, Head, Division of Clinical Trials, St. John’s Research Institute and Dean, St. John’s Medical College as well as Dr Denis Xavier, Coordinator, Division of Clinical Trials, Professor & Head of Pharmacology, St. John’s Medical College recevied the award on behalf of their institute.
Category | Company | Winner | Runners up |
CRA of the Year | Siro Clinpharm | Rajani Kohli | |
Quintiles Research (I) | 1st Chandrakant Dave | ||
Novatis Healthcare | 2nd Mansi Kaulapure | ||
Study Manager of the Year | Novartis Healthcare | Shilpa Raut | |
AstraZeneca Pharma | Dr Neelakant Krishnan | ||
Data Manager of the Year | PharmaNet Clinical Services | Madhav P Patil | |
Manipal Acunova | Manju Benedict | ||
Data Base Programmer of the Year | Manipal Acunova | K Nitin Rao | |
Clinigene International | Anish George | ||
Best Site of the Year | Jehangir Clinical Development Centre, Pune | Dr. Shona Nag, Programme Director, Oncology clinical trials | |
Study Coordinator of the Year | Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai | Priyanka Kudale | |
Gokula Metropolis Clinical Research Centre, Bengaluru | A Asumitha |
SPECIAL AWARDS “NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION TO CLINICAL RESEARCH FRATERNITY” I. Dr Vasantha Muthuswamy, Senior Deputy Director General (Retd.) ICMR, New Delhi. Dr Prem Pais Head, Division of Clinical Trials, St. John’s Research Institute Dean, St. John’s Medical College Dr Denis Xavier Coordinator, Division of Clinical Trials Professor & Head of Pharmacology, St. John’s Medical College |