Patents & Other Recognitions
Recognition
1) For the first time in India a Capital grant of US $ 57, 000 (1980) along with a small grant of US $ 5000 (1981) were awarded to the Department under WHO/ UNDP/ World Bank Special programme for research and training in Tropical Diseases, for sophisticated equipment and building of Insectarium.
2) This department has been selected for Indo-US Scientific collaboration in Filaria research with University of Texas Health Science Centre, Houston and was awarded a grant of Rs. 2,00,000 (1984-88) for sophisticated equipment.
3) JBTDRC has been identified for establishing ‘Repository for filarial parasites and reagents’ and a grant of Rs. 70 lakhs (1997 & 2001) has been awarded by Department of Biotechnology and approved for continued support in 10th five Year plan (2002-2007)
4) JBTDRC at MGIMS has been identified for establishing Bioinformatics Centre as a part of National Bioinformatics Network in India by Department of Biotechnology (1999) and approved for continued support in 10th five Year plan (2002-2007)
Awards in recognition of Biomedical
Research
Amrut
Modi award
1986
Kurup
award (SBC)
1991
Awadesh
Saran Oration award (ACBI)
1992
Dr.
B. C. Roy award (MCI)
1994
GS
Seth Medical College &
2004
Patent
Applied:
“A
process for the preparation of Brugia malayi microfilarial excretory-secretory
(mf ES-22) glycoprotein” (Indian Patent Application No: 1157/Mum/02, Date:
December 26, 2002)
Antigen detection using antibodies.
TB diagnostics based on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Excretory Secretory antigen and their specific immunoglobulins.
Patent
Awarded:
“A
process of isolation and purification of M. tuberculosis excretory-secretory
(M.tb ES-31) protein for use in antibody based or antigen based assay for
detecting the presence & monitoring M. tuberculosis infection” (Indian
Patent Application No: 410/Bom/99, Date: June 2, 2001, Patent No: 184510).