Acknowledgement
The GARBH-INi team express its sincere gratitude to all individuals and organizations for their invaluable contributions to the development of GARBH-INi DRISHTI. This platform is a result of collaborative efforts, and the team is deeply appreciative of the participation of all partners. Professor M. K. Bhan will always be remembered reverently for his critical scientific and technical feedback for the program.
The team also conveys its special thanks to the Secretary and officers at the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, for all their support. The team also extends its heartfelt appreciation to the Executive Director of THSTI, the Dean (Academics), THSTI administration and THSTI-IT Team for their unwavering guidance and facilitation in making this initiative a success.
GARBH-INi team:
Shinjini Bhatnagar, Partha P Majumder and Dinakar M Salunke
Institutional PIs:Nitya Wadhwa (THSTI); Tushar K Maiti (RCB); Arindam Matira (NIBMG)
Cohort coordinator:Ramachandran Thiruvengadam
Biorepository coordinator:Pallavi Kshetrapal
Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Cluster, Faridabad, Delhi NCR, India-Coordinating InstituteShinjini Bhatnagar, Nitya Wadhwa, Pallavi Kshetrapal, Uma Chandra Mouli Natchu, Ramachandran Thiruvengadam, Shailaja Sopory, Bapu Koundinya Desiraju, Suchitra Devi Gopinath, Bhabatosh Das, Lovejeet Kaur, Vidushi Gupta, Deepika Rathna Murugesan, Antara Sinha, Nisha Makkar, Mukesh Juyal, Dharmendra Sharma, Shrichand Pandey, Manish Arya, Nikhil Sharma, Ayushi, Divya Pillai, Sandeep, Sagar Singh, Manoj, Namita, Parveen Ranga, Ritesh Ranjan, Ali Baksh, Sahil Khattar, Rajkumar Tanwar, Sandeep, Manish Sethi, Priyanka Sharma, Deepak Sharma, Vikas Goswami, Rohit Chauhan, Rahul Chauhan, Soniya Sharma, Mamta Rai, Ashish Babbar, Neera Parmar, Shilpa Chopra, Ajay, Yogesh Kashyup, Ravi Kant Gautam, Chandrika Sharma, Sumit Misra, Savita Singh, Ajay Kumar, Kapil, Ashu Sharma, Premveer, Tarun Barkoti, Prempratap Singh, Tahreem Saher, Zafar Abbas, Aman Mhendiratta, Radhika Chanian, Rishika Chanian, Rahul Jain
Clinical Development Services Agency, THSTIPritish Matthew John, Prashant Bhujbal, Ashish Dass, Tanmoy Saha, Pratima Pandey
National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani, West Bengal, IndiaPartha P Majumder, Arindam Maitra, Souvik Mukherjee (Co-PI)
Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Cluster, Faridabad, Delhi NCR, IndiaTushar K Maiti
International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Delhi, IndiaDinakar M Salunke
Gurugram Civil Hospital, Haryana, IndiaSunita Sharma, Umesh Mehta, Brahmdeep Sindhu, Alka Singh, Deepa Sindhu, Jaimala, Neeraj Yadav, Meenkshi Baswana, Beena Singh
Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaSugandha Arya, Rekha Bharti, Harish Chellani, Pratima Mittal
Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, IndiaSiddharth Ramji, Anju Garg
The Ultrasound Lab, Defence Colony, New Delhi, IndiaAshok Khurana
Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, IndiaReva Tripathi
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaYashdeep Gupta, Smriti Hari, Nikhil Tandon
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, TrivandrumBalakrish G Nair
Christian Medical College, VelloreGagandeep Kang
Government of Haryana, IndiaManish Bansal, DGHS, Haryana
Virender Yadav, CMO, Gurugram
Other Collaborators:
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), The George Institute for Global Health India, Imperial College London, World Health Organization (WHO), University of Oxford
Funding Support:
Primary funding of GARBH-INi Platform: Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Rajesh Gokhale, Anamika Gambhir, Neha Bansal, Rajesh Ghangal
Other funding sources:
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Grand Challenges India, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), World Health Organization (WHO)