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Institutional Research Grants International Awards (research in leukaemia and diseases of the blood)
Scholarships aggregating GBP 185,000 were sanctioned during 2021-22, for 5 research projects as under:
The focus for the year 2021-22 was on leukaemia and biology, and the treatment of cancer, for which 22 proposals were
received and three approved.

Name Institute Name Project Title

Ms. Manju Tata Memorial Centre, Early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: Unravelling
Sengar Mumbai mechanisms of resistance and development of novel therapeutic strategies.

Mr. Somsubhra Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Clinical role of a pair of novel mutations in BCR-ABL1 towards
Nath Research Institute, Kolkata therapy switch in imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia.

Mr. Hasmukh Tata Memorial Centre, Phase I study to evaluate the feasibility and safety of addition of
Jain Mumbai ruxolitinib to a standard BFM-90 regimen in adolescent/adult Ph-like ALL.

Ms. Ruma Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Evaluation of 5 potential circulating miRNAs (miR-3677-3p, miR-138-5p,
Dey Ghosh Cancer Research Institute, miR-3938, miR-4638-3p and miR-4725-3p) as blood-based biomarkers
Kolkata for early prediction of disease prognostication in oral cancer.

Ms. Pritha Advanced Centre for
Ray Treatment, Research and Investigating the role of RUNX1 and ID proteins for targeting the cancer
Education in Cancer stem cell population in primary and relapsed Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.
(ACTREC-TMC), Navi Mumbai

Mr. Sanjoy Tata Medical Centre, Hypo fractionated radiation therapy comparing a standard radiotherapy
Chatterjee Kolkata schedule (over three weeks) with a novel one-week schedule in adjuvant
breast cancer: An open-label randomised controlled study.

Teacher Training Programme
Two online teachers training programmes were also conducted during the year, on the topics of “Bioinformatics” and the
“Science and Technology of Emerging Metals for Healthcare.”

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