Lucknow: The SGPGIMS will allocate Rs 4 crore annually to support research projects by medical residents, with the institute’s governing body approving a new grant scheme to fund up to 200 MD, MS, DM and MCh dissertation projects every year.The decision was taken at the 105th governing body meeting of SGPGIMS, chaired by chief secretary and institute president SP Goyal on Wednesday. The body also approved the minutes and recommendations of the 71st Academic Board and the 105th Finance Committee.“The initiative aims to encourage prospective research, moving residents beyond studies based largely on existing patient records. The idea is to build a stronger research culture at the institute by giving residents financial support to pursue their dissertation projects,” executive registrar Col Varun Bajpai said.Under the Institutional Small Research Grant Scheme, each approved project will receive up to Rs 2 lakh to support laboratory investigations, biomarker studies, imaging, consumables and molecular assays.In another decision, the governing body approved the appointment of an in-house dental surgeon at SGPGIMS General Hospital.It also approved amendments to the Institute Regulations, 2011, concerning faculty seniority rules and other cadres. The proposed changes will be sent to the state govt for approval.Bajpai said the meeting also deliberated on cadre management and career progression of employees. The governing body approved the merger of the remaining sanctioned faculty and resident positions in the department of anaesthesiology into the specialised department of paediatric and neonatal anaesthesia.Four new posts of medical physicists were also approved for the radiotherapy department to support the operation of the institute’s Gamma Knife facility.
