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on where to relocate their supply chains; and CENTRE FOR BRAIN
(b) whether India’s recent semiconductor policy is
su cient to attract chipmakers. RESEARCH- TATA
LONGITUDINAL

• Data Protection: Carnegie India has been following and STUDY OF AGING
contributing to the discussion on the personal data
privacy legislation over the last four years. Carnegie The Trusts funded the first phase of the Tata Longitudinal
India has participated in several workshops and Study of Aging (TLSA) in urban Bangalore, which is a
consultations, and published several reports and articles first-of-its-kind in the country and a landmark for the care
on this issue. and management of dementia. The study has received
global recognition and the long-term findings could help
• Other areas of research: Biosafety and Biosecurity; the understanding and treatment of dementia globally.
Space research; Digital Currencies; Sino-Indian The objective of the study is to continue to monitor and
Relations; Military Modernisation and more. analyse changes in brain-related areas as people age. The
study aims to reach a critical sample size of 1,000
Publications:
individuals to have meaningful and evidence-based
From April 2022 to February 2023, Carnegie India
findings. The vision is similar to the Framingham studies,
published a variety of short- and long-form content,
which are now in the 4 generation and have paved
th
including forty-three external publications for platforms
the way for the prevention and treatment of
like the Print, the Wire, the Hindustan Times, the Times cardiovascular disease.
of India, the Indian Express, among others.
The goal of the first phase of CBR-TLSA was to undertake
Global Technology Summit: a longitudinal study by creating a cohort of elderly people
On the eve of India taking the G20 presidency, Carnegie in urban India (Bangalore) and following up on them
India, in collaboration with the Ministry of External annually with multimodal assessments (clinical,
A airs, Government of India, organised its seventh biochemical, cognitive, genetics and neuroimaging) to
annual Global Technology Summit (GTS), themed better understand the trajectories of healthy and
Geopolitics of Technology, from November 29 to pathological ageing, and, as a result, identify risk factors
December 1, 2022. The summit was attended by more and protective factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related
than 600 experts. Notably, at GTS, Carnegie India disorders. The CBR-TLSA study also inspired the launching
inaugurated an initiative called GTS Young of a complementary longitudinal study, CBR-SANSCOG
Ambassadors, aimed at socialising students and young (Srinivasapura Aging, Neuro Senescence, and Cognition
professionals on key issues informing global decisions Study) on a rural cohort.
on technology and geopolitics to equip future
A total of 694 individuals were enrolled in the study, of
stakeholders in this space with the necessary knowledge
which 583 individuals continue to participate and have
and capacity. The Trusts have been closely engaging
completed di erent stages of follow-ups (up to 5 annual
with Carnegie India to support GTS and some of its
follow-ups) as of December 2022. The study aims to reach
representatives were invited to share learnings with a
a critical sample size of 1,000 individuals to have
global audience on the delivery of public health services,
meaningful and evidence-based findings.
post-pandemic.

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