Delhi University is likely going to set up an Institute of Nanomedical Sciences (INMS) to facilitate research on diseases like cancer, sickle cell disease and diabetes.
In the coming days, the proposal to set up the institute will likely be put out, during the meeting of the Executive Council (EC) on December 17. Earlier, a proposal had come up during a meeting of the academic council and was passed despite opposition from some members of the council.
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The institute that is going o be set up will be mission-driven and aims to bring together researchers in medicine, computation, biology and chemistry from Delhi University, Wayne State School of Medicine and medical schools in the national capital, reads a documents sent to EC members.
One INMS will be set up, it will be involved in collaborating with scientists and public health experts to address medical challenges across the world. Further, it will work to build and sustain international consortia to spread discovery in areas including cancer, sickle cell disease, diabetes and kidney researches, etc.
“INMS will empower a revolution in biomedicine to accelerate the pace at which the world conquers disease,” added the document presented before the EC.
Members of the governing body of INMS will include secretary of Department of Science and Technology, DRDO secretary, secretaries of Education Ministry and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, among others. It will also include international experts from the field of nanomedicine.
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The job of the governing body will be to constitute an international advisory board to advise INMS on matters of special research and its members may be those who are leaders in their fields and not connected with DU, including one or two Nobel laureates.Additionally, the body will also constitute a research advisory council for the institute that will help in collaborating research and getting funding for projects.
The members may not be connected with DU and may be associated with organisations like Rockefeller Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Tata Foundation, etc. Its job will also entail appointing visiting professors or fellows, adjunct professors or fellows, distinguished professors, honourary professors, professor emeritus and associated faculty subject to approval by the EC.
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