Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Education Academy (DMDEA), is a unit of Dr. Mohan's Diabetes
Specialities Centre, set up to offer specialized education and training in diabetes
and its complications to doctors, nurses and other paramedical personnel.
Dr. V. Mohan, President, DMDEA, said that DMDEA was glad to launch on 18-Dec-2010
the Educational and Training Courses in Clinical Research (both classroom & e-learning)
offered by Cliniminds. Cliniminds is India’s largest and one of the most respected
Clinical Research education and training institutes in the world, headquartered
at New Delhi. Cliniminds offers over 25 programs in the field of clinical research.
Cliniminds offers a wide range of job oriented training and educational programs
with strong placement support. Students from Medical, Dental, Veterinary, Pharmacy,
Physiotherapy, Nursing, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Homeopathy, Ayurveda,
Siddha, BSc and MSc graduates with Life Science background are ideal candidates
for these unique courses. Cliniminds Chennai centre will cater to students from
Chennai and surrounding areas.
Mr. Kamal Shahani, Managing Director, Cliniminds mentioned that Cliniminds,
with its 15 centres throughout India and in Europe, had trained and placed more
than 1500 clinical research professionals within the brief 6-year period since its
start in the year 2004. Some special features of Cliniminds’ courses were paid industry
internships, videoconferencing lectures, top faculty from industry & academia, world
class e-learning software, scholarship programs offered for the deserving students
and tie-up with HDFC Bank for educational loans. Cliniminds has technical collaboration
with Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. All Cliniminds programs are
certified / accredited by the Pharmaceutical Society of India. Cliniminds also provides
training to the National Institutes of Health, United States of America for its
Indian clinical research sites. Apart from Clinical Research, courses in Pharmacovigilance,
Regulatory Affairs, Biostatistics, SAS, Clinical Data Management, Clinical Trials
Management, Medical Writing, etc would also be provided both in the Classroom as
well as E-learning mode. The duration of these courses vary from 6 months to one
year.
Dr. J. Vijay Venkatraman, Head – Cliniminds, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry and
Diabetologist & Director, KTVR Group Hospital, Coimbatore remarked that Indian doctors
and healthcare professionals have been contributing a lot to the development of
science and technology worldwide, particularly in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology
industries. However, guidance and enlightenment about newer avenues for such professionals
has been lacking in India. By the year 2014, over 50,000 clinical research professionals
would be required to meet the demand of the clinical research industry. With India
becoming a favoured destination for Clinical Research, formal education in this
discipline is of high demand. To tap this under-explored treasure of career opportunities
for all graduates having a science background in this part of the country, Cliniminds
has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DMDEA. He was also glad to recall
that Cliniminds launched its Tamil Nadu operations by starting its Coimbatore centre
as a joint venture with KTVR Vijaydeepa Group on 14-Aug-2010, which is very successful
in its educational and placement services in that part of the state. He said that,
with these measures, Cliniminds aspired to march towards its long-term goal of supporting
original research and development in India.
According to Dr. J. Vijay Venkatraman, who also has a good deal of experience of
working for leading players in the Pharmaceutical industry like Accenture and ICON
Clinical Research as a Pharmacovigilance Physician & Trainer, the major advantages
of Cliniminds programs are:
- Practical industry training / internship provided to the students
- Excellent placement support
- Top faculty from industry and academia
- World class E-learning Clinical research education and training software
- Cliniminds seamlessly delivers live classroom lectures across all its centres through
Cisco WebEx videoconferencing technology. This allows students to receive the best
training from the wide range of senior industry trainers irrespective of their location.
- Scholarship programs are offered for the deserving students.
- Approved by HDFC Bank for educational loans.
Dr. Ranjith Unnikrishnan, Director, Medical Studies, DMDEA, announced that
the Classes at Cliniminds Chennai centre would start on January 31st, 2011. Cliniminds
Chennai centre is located in the heart of the city at Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Education
Academy, 6B, Conran Smith Road, Gopalapuram, Chennai – 600 086. He expressed hope
that, with this development, the society will benefit a lot due to the increased
availability of expert care in the field of Clinical research
Dr. R. M. Anjana,
Director, Medical Studies DMDEA, stated that a healthcare team was necessary to
provide comprehensive medical care to patients and their families. Establishing
such an academy for education will not only increase the number of professionals
in the field, but also increase research activities and create facilities for specialized
care in Clinical Research, according to her. She also mentioned that the following
services are available at the Chennai centre:
- Well-experienced & qualified faculty
- Spacious classrooms
- Videoconferencing facilities
- Library & E-Library
- Course counseling
- Industry internship
The Cliniminds Chennai Centre was inaugurated by Mr. S. Sivakumar, Vice President,
Central Services, ICON Clinical Research, Chennai. Dr. Vikram Kukkadi, Clinical
Safety Monitor, Abbott Healthcare, Bangalore felicitated the function. Mr. Kamal
Shahani, Managing Director, Cliniminds made a presentation on the Career Opportunities
in Clinical Research for the participating students. Dr. J. Vijay Venkatraman, Pharmacovigilance
Physician and Head - Cliniminds Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, also interacted with the
students.
Cliniminds would also provide the wide range of Corporate Training Solutions for
the professionals working in the pharmaceutical companies, CROs and hospitals. Cliniminds
offers corporate clinical research training solutions and workshops in the following
areas :
- ICH-GCP Clinical Research
- Conduct & Management of Clinical Trials
- Monitoring
- Pharmacovigilance
- Regulatory Affairs
- Quality Assurance in Clinical Research
- Auditing & Inspections of Clinical Trials
- Medical & Scientific Writing