INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE

MEDICAL EDUCATION&RESEARCH,KOLKATA
MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH UNIT
(Funded by Dept. of Health Research, Govt. of India)

With respect to the callfor research proposals (Notice no 2076 dated 26h April, 2022), 14 projects had been submitted by the
faculty members of IPGME&R to MRU for consideration for funding. These proposals were reviewed by external experts and the
following 6 projects have been recommended for support.

List of Proposals recommended for support

SI No Project Title PI Name & Designation

1. The changing trends in the etiological and clinico-radiological profiles Pl: Prof. Biman Kanti Roy,
and long-term outcomes of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome among BIN, Neuromedicine,
children below 15 years of age- a prospective bicentric study.
IPGME&R, Kolkata

2. An altered ratio of CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes in Cervical Cancer Pl: Prof. Diptimoy Das, Dept
tissue and Peripheral blood as a predictor of prognostic outcome - A of Radiotherapy, IPGME&R,
clinico-pathological study. Kolkata

3. Genetic polymorphisms of Methylene Tetrahydrofolate Reductase Pl: Prof. Nandini Chatterjee,

(MTHFR) [rs1801133 (C677T) and rs1801131 (A1298C)] and risk of Dept. of Medicine, IPGME&R,
ischemic stroke in a Eastern Indian Population.
Kolkata

. Evaluation the antifungal effect of safe, biocompatible serum capped Pl: Dr. Nupur Pal, Dept. Of
silver nanoparticle on clinically important Candida isolates
Microbiology, IPGME&R,
Kolkata

3. Interplay between Fatty Acid Binding Protein-4 (FABP4) and Peripheral Pl: Prof. Pranab Kr. Sahana,
Arterial Disease in Type 2 diabetes in Indian population Dept of Endocrinology &
Metabolism, IPGME&R,
Kolkata.

Study of Microsatellite Instability in Adult and Pediatric Gliomas Pl: Prof. Uttara Chatterjee,
Dept of Pathology, IPGME&R,
Kolkata

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Simant Dta

Prof. Simanti Datta Prof. GK Dhali Director

Nodal Officer Chairperson, MRU monitoring committee IPGME&R, Kolkata
MRU, IPGME&R IPGME&R, Kolkata Director
Kolkata Nodal Officer Chairperson I.P.G.M.E. & R.
MRU, IPGMER MRU Core Committeee
Kolakta IPGME&R, Koikata-20
Kolkata-700020