Mohali 17th April:-- PGI's Neuroscience Research Laboratory(NRL) has
won the prestigious 2014 QCI-DL Shah Quality National Award from
Quality Council of India (QCI), Govt of India. The award was presented
at the 9th National Quality Conclave at Le Meridian Hotel, New Delhi
in a glittering ceremony chaired by Padam Shree Kasturirangan
alongwith other members of Planning commission and QCI. This award was
given under the category of 'Research" making it the first ever
research lab in the country to have been recognized for voluntarily
implementing the international standards of research usually reserved
for USFDA or OECD approved drug testing facilities. The award was
conferred for 'Redefining the basic research investigations by
broadening the purview of Good Lab Practices'. The award was received
by Dr Akshay Anand, Assoc Professor, Avijit Banik and Shweta Modgil at
the conclave. This award is a rare honor for PGI giving it a
competitive edge in successfully establishing mechanisms of data
veracity and credibility not existent in any national institute of
India and will likely result in benchmarking of research practices in
the country. The recent cases of fraudulent data published in Nature
by Korean scientist Dr Hwang 5 years back and Japanese scientist Dr
Obokata recently has renewed universal call for data validation and
verifiability that are lacking in most research labs around the world.
The system developed by PGI research lab is unprecedented and
historical in this context. It serves to enhance the social and
personal quality responsibility towards research data. Even research
labs at Harvard, Cambridge, NIH or MIT do not follow such research
audit norms in their basic research investigations. This recognition
is likely to accelerate the discovery of new drugs and tests for
patients by way of enhanced investments from national funding agencies
and multinational organisations resulting in affordable provision of
patient care services.
The QCI-DL Shah Quality Awards have been instituted with a view to
promote awareness that performance improvement through quality
initiatives is an important element for gaining a competitive edge.
The Award recognises successful projects that have resulted in
continuous improvement in research, demonstrated efficient and
effective promise for future. QCI's past awardees have included ONGC,
3M, Ranbaxy, Hinduja Hospital etc.
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