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Vol. 27, No. 9
September, 1997
50TH YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA
Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare launches the celebrations of ICMR
and gives away ICMR Awards
he year long celebrations of the 50th year of the
Independence of India by the ICMR were inaugu
rated by Smt.Renuka Chowdhury, Hon’ble Minister of
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State for Health and Family Welfare, Govt, of India, by
lighting a lamp on August 22, 1997 at a function held at
Vigyan Bhavan. The Hon’ble Minister also gave away the
both
ICMR AWARDS OISTBBttoNworm
22nd August 1997, New. Delhi
S. P. AGARWAL
P. P. CHAUHAN
Hon’ble Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare and other dignitaries on the dias.
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Hon'ble Minister lighting the lamp to launch the celebrations of
the 50th year of Independence of India by ICMR.
Hon'ble Minister felicitating Dr. (Mrs.) Kamala Sohonie, a lead
ing and pioneering biochemist and nutritionist of the country.
ICMR Awards to distinguished biomedical scientists ofthe
country. She congratulated all the awardees and hoped that
the coveted ICMR awards will provide a motivation to all
the recipients and those who follow them to attain still
greater heights in their selected areas of interest/speciality.
Dr. V.I. Mathan receiving Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award
from the Minister.
Smt. Renuka Chowdhury, Hon'ble Minister of State for Health
and Family Welfare, receiving a memento from Dr. G.V. Satyavati,
Director-General, ICMR.
She complemented the ICMR for honouring Dr.(Mrs.)
Kamala Sohonie, one of the leading biochemists and nutri
tionists of the country who did pioneering research on
nutrition much before independence.
Welcoming the Hon’ble Minister of State for Health
and Family Welfare, the awardees and other dignitaries
who attended the function, Dr.G.V.Satyavati, the Director
General,ICMR, gave a brief overview of the contributions
and achievements of ICMR during the 86 years of its
existence including the pre-independence period as the
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Indian Research Fund Association. She informed that
many research findings of the ICMR in the last 50 years
have laid the basis/foundation for formulating several
national health programmes and disease control
programmes.
Dr. Satyavati stated that the research priorities ofICMR
have always coincided with the National Health priorities
and ICMR has always strived to provide the research base
for formulating solutions to many of our major health
problems. She informed that among the 19 ICMR awardees
of this year, 6 are women scientists, one award is for a
scientist from the underpriviledged group and another is
for work done in under-developed areas of the country;
only 5 of the 19 awards have been given to scientists
working in ICMR’s own laboratories. The motto of the
ICMR, she said, has been to recognise scientific merit,
wherever it is (ir
respective
of
where the scien
tists have worked whether ICMR or
non-ICMR setup)-
She made a
special mention to
the generous dona
tion ofone million
US dollars re
ceived very re
cently by the
ICMR from His
Majesty Sultan
Qaboos Bin Said
Al-Said, the ruler
of Oman. She in
formed that this
Dr. G.V. Satyavati, Director-General, endowment is be
ICMR, delivering the welcome address.
ing utilized by the
ICMR to create two Research Chairs and to launch efforts
for networking of nattonal research facilities in the impor
tant fields of Epidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology.
tomorrow and to develop tools to prevent, treat and diag
nose these problems. She complimented ICMR for setting
up a Central Ethical Committee under the Chairmanship of
Hon’ble Justice Shri M.K.Venkatachaliah to lay guide
lines on different aspects of human research including
Smt. Renuka Chowdhury, Hon'ble Minister, delivering her ad
dress.
clinical evaluation of drugs, devices, diagnostics, vac
cines, etc\ human genetic research; organ transplantation
research; epidemiological research; and assisted reproduc
tive techniques.
Addressing the distinguished gathering, the Hon’ble
Minister called upon the ICMR scientists to take up cutting
edge research to develop procedures for preventing micro
nutrient deficiencies and exhorted them to take a lead in
creating a better understanding of the health problems of
Dr. S.K. Sinha receiving JALMA Trust Fund Oration Award from
the Minister.
Shri Saif Ali Sultan Al-Kalvani, Charge-de-Affairs, Embassy of
Oman at New Delhi receiving a memento on behalf of the his
Majesty, Sultan of Oman.
Smt.Renuka Chowdhury said, “This is a historic year
for India. Fifty years ago on 15th August, 1947 India
became Independent. Planned development in five
decades has resulted in vastly improved health facilities.
The number of doctors and hospital beds has increased by
more than two and half times and that of nurses by more
than six times. The number of medical colleges has
increased from 30 before initiation ofthe first five year plan
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diseases like hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, stroke,
chronic respiratoiy diseases, tobacco and alcohol related
problems, etc.
She further added “ICMR’s contribution to research is
well known but some high points bear mention. The
research done by the ICMR’s National Institute ofCholera
and Enteric Diseases formed the basis of the 3-tier system
of the National Diarrhoeal Disease Control Programme.
Short-course chemotherapy, the most cost-effective
strategy to control tuberculosis was the contribution of
ICMR’s Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai, which
Dr. N. Selvakumar receiving ICMR Prize for Biomedical Research
for Scientists belonging to Underpriviledged Communities.
to 155 at present. In rural areas, there are about 2500
community health centres, over 22000 primary health
centres and more than 1.3 lakhs sub-centres. None existed
before 1951”.
She felt “the health problems of India continue to be in
the stage of transition. As the country moves from an
under-developed nation to developing one, it has to grapple
with the trippie burden of disease which besets the devel
oping as well as the developed countries, as we deal with
Dr. Vanaja Paul receiving Dr. D.N. Prasad Memorial Oration
Award.
first proved the efficacy of the domiciliary treatment of
tuberculosis decades ago. An excellent example of com
munity participation has been applied successfully in
filariasis control by the Vector Control Research Centre of
ICMR at Pondicherry. In Cherthala taluk of Kerala, once
known as the elephantiasis place, there has been no case of
filariasis infection in children since 1990”.
Dr. P. Bhaskaram receiving Amrut Modi Unichem Prize.
communicable, non-communicable and re-emerging dis
eases. India still faces the burden of over-population and
lack of proper maternal and child health care and a large
burden of infectious diseases like tuberculosis and AIDS.
The re-emergence of virulent strains of malaria, kala-azar,
Japanese encephalitis continue to daunt public health ex
perts. As the life expectancy of our people increases, they
are being exposed more and more to life-style related
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Dr. A. Nandakumar receiving Dr. Prem Nath Wahi Award.
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The Hon’ble Minister opined that though India has
made tremendous progress on many fronts during the past
five decades, much more remains to be done before we free
our people from pain, suffering and disease related deaths.
She felt it befitting to rededicate ourselves today - as our
first Prime Minister Pandit Nehruji and other members of
the Constituent Assembly did 50 years ago - “to the service
of India and her people and to the still larger cause of
humanity, to fight poverty, ignorance and disease”. “This
can only be done by the researchers joining hands with the
health providers and the policy makers to make for a better
and a fitter tomorrow”, she affirmed.
The function concluded with the presentation of me
mentos to Hon’ble Minister and other dignitaries, includ
ing the Union Secretaries of Health and Family Welfare
and Director-General ofHealth Services, Government oflndia.
As part of the celebrations of the 50th year of
Independence oflndia, the prestigious Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Centenary Award (1995-96) oration of the ICMR was
delivered on the same day. The awardee Dr. V.I. Mathan,
Professor ofMedicine and Gastroenterology and Director,
Christian Medical College, Vellore, delivered the oration
on “Is Medical Research a Luxury for India”.
A view of the awardees.
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ICMR AWARDS AND PRIZES
The Indian Council of Medical Research has awarded the following prizes and awards to various Indian scientists
for their outstanding research work in various fields of biomedical sciences.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research
for the year 1995-96
Dr. V.I. Mathan
Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology
and Director
Christian Medical College
Vellore.
Enteric diseases
Chaturvedi Kalawati Jagmohan Das Memorial Award for Research in
Cardiovascular Diseases, 1995
Dr. Rajeev Gupta
Chief Physician and Director-Research
Mon i lek Hospital and Research Centre
Jaipur.
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Dr. Kamala Menon Medical Research Award for Research in Paediatrics, 1995
Dr. M. Bajpai
Associate Professor
Department of Paediatric Surgery
All India Institute of
Medical Sciences
New Delhi
Spina bifida and intraspinal lipomas
Kshanika Oration Award for Women Scientists for Research in
Biomedical Sciences, 1995
Dr. M. Rajalakshmi
Professor and Head
Department of Reproductive Biology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi
Development of a safe, effective and reversible
male contraceptive
JALMA Trust Fund Oration Award for Research in Leprosy, 1995
Dr. S.K. Sinha
Scientist
Division of Membrane Biology
Central Drug Research Institute
Lucknow.
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Immunodiagnosis of leprosy and design of subunit
vaccines
ICMR Prize for Biomedical Research for Scientists belonging to
Under-privileged Communities, 1995
Dr. N. Selvakumar
Assistant Director
Tuberculosis Research Centre
Chennai.
Development of simple procedures for the isolation
of M. tuberculosis
ICMR Prize for Biomedical Research in Under-developed Areas, 1995
Dr. Vas Dev
Senior Research Officer
Malaria Research Centre-Field Station
Sonapur, district Kamrup
Assam.
Malaria and its control
Smt. Swaran Kanta Dingley Oration Award for Research in Reproductive Biology, 1995
Dr. S. K. Gupta
Chief
Gamete Antigen Laboratory
National Institute of Immunology
New Delhi.
Fertility regulating vaccines
Dr. M.O.T. Iyengar Memorial Award for Research in Malaria, Filariasis, Plague or
Medical Entomology, 1*995
Dr. Y.D. Sharma
Additional Professor
Department of Biotechnology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi.
Molecular biology of malaria parasite
and
Dr. V.S. Chauhan
Scientist (Malaria Group)
International Centre for Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology
New Delhi.
Research on malaria vaccine development
Amrut Mody Unichem Prize for Research in Maternal and Child Health, 1995
Dr. P. Bhaskaram
Deputy Director (Sr. Grade)
National Institute of Nutrition
Hyderabad.
Malnutrition and infectious diseases: Relevance to
child health in India
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Amrut Mody Unichem Prize for Research in Gastroenterology, 1995
Prof. Minnie M. Mathan
Professor of Pathology and
Head, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences
Christian Medical College
Vellore.
Pathology and pathophysiology of acute diarrhoeal
diseases and acute infectious diarrhoea
Dr. Prem Nath Wahi Award for Research in Preventive Oncology, 1995
Dr. A. Nandakumar
Deputy Director (Sr. Grade)
National Cancer Registry Programme
Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology,
Bangalore.
Population based survival studies
•
Dr. D.N. Prasad Memorial Oration Award for Research in Pharmacology, 1995
Dr. Vanaja Paul
Reader
Department of Pharmacology
Dr. A.L. Mudaliar Postgraduate
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences
Chennai.
Neurotoxicities of environmental chemicals
AWARDS FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS
Shakuntala Amir Chand Prizes, 1995
Dr. R; Rajalingam
Research Officer
Department of Histocompatibility and
Immunogenetics
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi.
Molecular immunogenetic basis of susceptibility to
leprosy and pulmonary tuberculosis
Dr. Atul Goel
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
K.E.M. Hospital
Mumbai.
Alternative approaches to complex intracranial
tumours
Dr. Sanjana Dayal
Research Officer
Department of Haematology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi.
Haematology
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Dr. Shirish Paranjpe
Research Officer
National Institute of Virology
Pune.
Molecular evolution of Japanese encephalitis virus
Dr. V.N. Patwardhan Prize for Research in Nutritional Sciences, 1995
Dr. J. Vijaya
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Cardiology
S.V. Medical College
Tirupati.
Progression and regression of atherosclerosis with
special reference to trace elements
ICMR NEWS
The following meetings of various technical committees/groups of the Council were held:
Meetings of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)/
Task Force (TF)/Project Review Committee (PRC)
held:
Joint meeting of the SAC of the
Centres for Advanced Research and
Training on Enteric Diseases, New
Delhi and Vellore •
August 22,1997
(at Vellore)
Steering Committee of the TF on
Research on Microbiological
Aspects of Chlamydial Infection
September 2,1997
(at New Delhi)
PRC on Cardiovascular Diseases,
Ophthalmology, Urology and
Geriatrics
September 11, 1997
Participation of ICMR Scientists in Scientific Events:
Dr. C.P. Puri, Dy. Director (Sr. Grade), Institute for
Research in Reproduction (IRR), Mumbai, participated in
the meeting of Regional Advisory Committee for Asia and
the Pacific of WHO Special Programme of Research De
velopment and Research Training in Human Reproduc
tion at Geneva (August 25-28,1997).
Dr. Kamala Gopalkrishnan, Dy. Director, IRR,
Mumbai, participated in the International Conference on
Assisted Reproductive Technology/Andrology at Alexan
dria (September 10-12,1997).
Dr. V. Ramesh Bhat, Dy. Director (Sr. Grade), Na
tional Institute ofNutrition, Hyderabad, participated in the
joint FAO/IAEA/WHO meeting of the Study Group on
High Dose Irradiation (wholesomeness of food irradiated
with doses above 10 kGy) at Geneva (September 15-20).
Hindi Day Celebrations:
As part of the Hindi Day celebrations by the ICMR
Headquarters, a workshop on “Communication of Bio
medical Science in Hindi” was organized on September
10,1997. Twenty junior and middle level scientists from
various ICMR Institutes/Centres in different parts of the
country participated in the workshop which was chaired
by Shri Ved Pratap Vaidik, an eminent communication
expert and chairman of the Council for Indian Foreign
Policy. Four well known Hindi science communicators
delivered lectures in the workshop.
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Dr. S.P. Agarwal, Director-General, Health Services,
Government of India has temporarily taken over charge as
Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical
Research w.e.f. August 24,1997.
Appointments:
Dr. D.A. Gadkari took over as the Director of the Na
tional Institute of Virology, Pune w.e.f. August 7,1997.
Dr. N. Medappa took over as the Senior Dy. DirectorGeneral (Publication and Planning) at the ICMR Head
quarters w.e.f. August 26,1997.
Dr. Lalit Kant took over as the Senior Dy. DirectorGeneral (Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases) at
the ICMR Headquarters w.e.f. August 27,1997.
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ICMR AIDED SYMPOSIA/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/COURSES/CONFERENCES
Symposium/Seminar/Workshop/
Date & Place
Contact Address
Course/Conference
National Conference on Advances in Biomedical
Engineering
September 4-6,1997;
(at Cochin)
Sh. Jacob Thomas V.. Organising Secretary of
BECON’97, M. de! Engineering College, Cochin
682021.
Symposium on Recent Trends in Tropical Disease
Research
September 5-6,1997;
(at Sevagram)
Dr. M.V.R. Reddy, Organising Secretary of the
Symposium, J.B. Tropical Disease Research Cen
tre and Department of Biochemistry, Mahatma
Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram,
Wardha-442102.
National Symposium-cum-Workshop on
Leptospirosis
September 11-13,1997;
.(at Port Blair)
Dr. V.G. Rao, Organising Secretary of the Sym
posium, Regional Medical Research Centre, Port
Blair-744101.
II Congress of the Federation of Indian Physiological
Societies.
September 15-17,1997;
(at Tirupati)
Prof. P. Venkateswara Rao, Chairman, Organising
Committee of the Congress, Department of Zoo- Ai)
logy S. V University, Tirupati-517502.
International Symposium on Recent Trends in
Mental Health
September 19-20,1997;
(at Sevagram)
Dr. Prakash D. Behere, Organising Secretary of
the Symposium, Department of Psychiatry, Maha
tma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Seva
gram, Wardha-442102.
Mid Term Conference of the Indian Society for
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
September 19-20,1997;
(at Mumbai)
Dr. S.R. Shahani, Organising Secretary of the
Conference, Department of Pharmacology, L.T.M.
Medical College, Mumbai-400022.
International Symposium on Free Radicals in
Medicine
September 22-24,1997;
(at Udaipur)
Dr. P.P. Singh, Organising Secretary of the
Symposium, Department of Biochemistry, R.N.T.
Medical College, Udaipur-313001.
IV National Conference of the Society of Bio
materials and Artificial Organs on New Horizons
in Biomaterials Research
October 3-4,1997;
(at Hyderabad)
Dr. P.R. Chatterjee, Convenor of the Conference,
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hydera
bad-500007.
IX National Congress of Veterinary Parasitology
October 6-8,1997;
(at Ludhiana)
Dr. H.S. Bali, Organising Secretary of the Cong
ress, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Col
lege of Veterinary Science, Punjab Agricultural
University, Ludhiana-141004.
Guha Research Conference-1997
October 13-17,1997;
(at Palampur)
Dr. Amit Ghosh, Co-convenor-GRC’97, Institute
of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh-160014.
Seminar on Current Status of Thalassaemia in
India and National Workshop on Carrier
Detection and Antenatal Diagnosis of
Thalassaemia
November 13 and
14-15, 1997;
(at Lucknow)
Dr. Sarita Agarwal, Organising Secretary, Dep
artment of 'Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Luck
now-226014.
International Conference on Advances in
Reproductive Medicine
November 15-18, 1997;
(at Calcutta)
Dr. Sudersan Ghosh Dastidar, Organising Secretary-ICARM*97, Infertility Clinic and I.V.F. Cen
tre, 208, Rash Behari Avenue, Calcutta-700029.
Asia-Pacific Congress on Head and Neck Cancer
December 11-14,1997;
(at Mumbai)
Dr. Ashok R. Mehta, Chairman of the Congress,
Department of Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital,
Mumbai-400012.
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COUNCIL’S TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR 1997-98
Leprosy
Occupational Health
At the Central JALMA Institutefor Leprosy, Agra:
At the National Institute of Occupational Health,
Ahmedabad:
•
Training Course on National Leprosy Eradication
Programme for Medical Officers (September 15-26,
1997).
•
Orientation Course on Occupational Health for Indus
trial Medical Officers (September 30-October 11,
1997).
•
Training Course on Environmental Hygiene Practice
(November 10-14,1997).
Reproductive Biology
■At the Institutefor Research in Reproduction, Mumbai:
•
Workshop on Basic Molecular Biology for Clinicians
(December 2-11,1997).
Laboratory Animal Technology
At the National Centre for Laboratory Animal Science,
National Institute ofNutrition, Hyderabad:
•
Endocrinology
At the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad:
•
Annual Certificate Course on Endocrinological Tech
niques and their Applications (August 1-September
15,1997).
Nutrition
Haematology
At the Institute'of Immunohaematology, Mumbai:
•
Training Course in Transfusion Medicine for Blood
Bank Medical Officers (August 27-October 24,
1997).
•
Training Course in Blood Group Serology and Blood
Bank Methodology for Blood Bank Technicians (Au
gust 27-September 26, 1997).
•
Training Course in Advanced Haematology and
Immunohaematology (October 6-24,1997).
At the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad:
•
Postgraduate Certificate Course in Nutrition (Decem
ber 1,1997-February 28,1998).
Training Course for Laboratory Animal Supervisors
(September 1-November 29,1997).
EMERITUS MEDICAL SCIENTISTS
INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
Nominations/applications are invited from distinguished retiring scientists engaged in research
in the field of biomedicine for consideration for appointment as Emeritus Medical Scientists under the
Council. Full particulars can be obtained from the office of the Director-General (Personnel Section)',
Indian Council of Medical Research, Post Box No. 4911,. New Delhi-110 029. Scientists who have
retired or are going to retire by 31st March, 1998 may apply for the appointment as Emeritus Medical
Scientist under the Council.
Last date for receipt of applications is 30th November, 1997.
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ICMR PUBLICATIONS
Price (Rs.)
Nutritive. Value of Indian Foods (1985), by C. Gopalan, B.V. Ramasastri and
S.C. Balasubramaniam, Revised and Updated (1989), by B.S. Narasinga Rao, K.C. Pant
and Y.G. Deosthale (Reprinted 1995)
23.00
Growth & Physical Development of Indian Infants and Children (1972, Reprinted 1989)
10.00
Studies on Weaning & Supplementary Foods (1974, Reprinted 1996)
15.00
Studies on Pre-School Children (1974, Reprinted 1984)
6.00
A Manual of Nutrition (Second Edition 1974, Reprinted 1995)
6.00
Low Cost Nutritious Supplements (Second Edition 1975, Reprinted 1994)
4.00
Menus for Low Cost Balanced Diets and School Lunch Programmes Suitable for
North India (Second Edition 1977, Reprinted 1994)
*
4.50
Menus for Low Cost Balanced Diets and School Lunch programmes Suitable for
South India (Fourth Edition 1996)
6.00
Some Common Indian Recipes and their Nutritive Value (Fourth Edition 1977,
Reprinted 1995) by Swaran Pasricha & L.M. Rebello
10.00
Nutrition for Mother & Child (Third Edition 1978, Reprinted 1994) by P.S.
Venkatachalam & L.M. Rebello
9.00
Some Therapeutic Diets (Fifth Edition 1996) by Swaran Pasricha
7.00
Nutrient Requirements & Recommended Dietary Allowances for Indians (1990, Reprinted 1995)
16.00
Fruits (Second Edition 1996) by Indira Gopalan & M. Mohan Ram
20.00
Count What You Eat (1989, Reprinted 1994) by Swaran Pasricha
9.00
Diet & Diabetes (Second Edition 1993) by T.C. Raghuram, Swaran Pasricha & R.D. Sharma
18.00
Dietary Tips for the Elderly (1992) by Swaran Pasricha & B.V.S. Thimmayamma
3.50
Diet and Heart Disease (1994, Reprinted 1996) by Ghafoorunissa and Kamala Krishnaswamy
26.00
Depressive Disease (1986) by A. Venkoba Rao
58.00
*Medicinal Plants of India Vol.2 (1987)
136.00
* 25 per cent discount allowed to individuals..
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correspondence in this regard should be addressed to the Chief, Division of Publication and Information, Indian Council of Medical
Research, Post Box No.4911, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029 .(India).
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Editor
Dr. N. Medappa
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at the ICMR Offset Press, New Delhi-110 029
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