Bangelore

About the Bangalore Chapter

ACRP’s second Chapter in India was inaugurated at a ceremony in Bangalore on 17th December 2007. The chief guests of the function were Dr. John L. LaMattina of Pfizer Inc. and Smt. Usha Ganesh, Additional chief secretary, Government of Karnataka, The invitees included representatives of the pharmaceutical industry. The Chapter is located in the Bangalore Diabetes Hospital and administered by the Bilcare Research Academy. Mr. Thomas Adams, CEO & President and Sara Kilkenny, Manager of Development, attended the inauguration on behalf of ACRP.

The Southern Indian city of Bangalore is considered an educational hub playing host to probably the largest number of medical institutions and colleges offering life science courses at the graduate and post-graduate level in the country. In addition to enjoying the sobriquet “Silicon Valley” of India, Bangalore in recent times has also spearheaded the Biotechnology boom in the country. Undoubtedly the city has immense intellectual capacity. Furthermore, Bangalore is also referred to as the Clinical Research organizations (CRO) capital of India. Almost every major CRO player such as Quintiles, Icon, and Pharmanet etc are headquartered out of Bangalore in India. It is no surprise then that the Bangalore ACRP chapter has been flooded with requests from industry professionals keen to receive ACRP membership. Additionally, several corporations have come forward to sponsor chapter activities. With the clinical research industry in India still being in its infancy, there is a keen interest amongst all clinical research professionals to have a common platform to share ideas, address issues and develop plans to drive the industry forward.  The ACRP chapter in Bangalore will serve as a forum for these activities. 

The Chapter activities were initiated with the conduct of ACRP certification exams on the 8th March 2008. A total of 12 professionals appeared for the exam at the Bangalore center of which 6 undertook the CCRA exam, 5 the CCRC exam and 1 person appeared for the CPI exam

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Upcoming Events

Certification Exam Review Courses

Description:
Bilcare Academy will be offering the ACRP CRA and CRC Certification Exam Review Courses in both Pune and Bangalore on September 5th. 
ACRP offers classroom-based Certification Exam Review courses that include a newly updated 50-question mock exam, post-exam discussion, group exercises and a review of clinical research topics pertinent to the detailed content outline (also known as the syllabus). These review courses help you assess your level of preparation and familiarity with important regulatory references, as well as global clinical practice.

For more information or to register, please see the links below.

>> Certification Exam Review Course Application (Word)

>> India Certification Exam Review Course Information (Word)

Other Chapter Activities

With an aim of empowering Clinical Research professionals to enhance their professional development, the Bangalore chapter has planned the following activities for the coming year.

1. Conduct Certificate examinations ICH and FDA-CCRA, CCRC, CPI.

Encouraged by the enthusiastic response observed during interaction with the sponsors and the CROs for having their employees certified, the Chapter will conduct the Certification Examinations twice a year namely in the months of March and September.   

2.Chapter meetings (Continuing education )

With the exponential growth in outsourcing clinical trials to India it is essential to address the issue of ethical compliance in this budding industry. Managing clinical trials effectively and efficiently with e-technologies is also the need of the hour. Keeping these considerations in mind and the availability of expert speakers in the area, the Bangalore Chapter plans to organize meetings for continuing education with the following themes during 2008-2009

• Pediatric Clinical trials:  Challenges and issues.
• Ensuring Ethical compliance of Ethics committees
• e-Clinical trials

3. Forums

The Chapter has a long term objective of developing forums of common interests. Professionals working in and/or interested in specialized areas will be encouraged to meet and interact as well as develop recommendations.

Obtaining new memberships remains the constant endeavor of the chapter and efforts are already underway in encouraging ACRP membership.

Contacts

Bangalore Chapter Head
Dr. Pratibha Nadig
Senior Faculty
Bilcare Research Academy
Tel: +91 80 66993381
pratibha.nadig@bilcare.com   

Bilcare Main Contact
Santosh Hegde
President – Clinical Research Services
Bilcare Limited
Tel: +91 20 6622 6342
santosh.hegde@bilcare.com