Bengaluru: PM Modi inaugurates Centre for Brain Research, lays foundation stone for 832-bedded Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispecialty Hospital at IISc

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Centre for Brain Research at a cost of Rs 280 crore and laid the foundation stone for Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispecialty Hospital at IISc Bengaluru, said a press release by Prime Minister's Office.

The Prime Minister tweeted, "Glad to inaugurate the Centre for Brain Research at IISC Bangalore. The joy is greater because I also had the honour of laying the foundation stone for this project. This Centre will be at the forefront of research on how to manage brain-related disorders."

"At a time when every nation must give topmost importance to healthcare, efforts like the Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispeciality Hospital assume great importance. In the times to come, it will strengthen healthcare capacities and encourage pioneering research in the sector," he added.

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The Centre for Brain Research is developed as a one of its kind research facility and focuses on conducting vital research to provide evidence-based public health interventions to manage age-related brain disorders, added the statement.

832-bedded Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispeciality Hospital will be developed on the campus of IISc Bengaluru and will help integrate science, engineering and medicine at the prestigious institute. It will provide a major push to clinical research in the country and will work toward finding innovative solutions that will help in the improvement of healthcare services in the country. 

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The Centre for Brain Research was established as an autonomous, non-profit research organization in the Indian Institute of Science under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act of 1960, with the generous gift from Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan (co-founder of Infosys Limited) and Mrs Sudha Gopalakrishnan. The mandate of CBR is to carry out basic research to understand brain functioning in health and disease. CBR aims to foster a focused research programme for interdisciplinary neuroscience research with primary goal to discover rational therapies for dementia and other age-related brain disorders. CBR has initiated a comprehensive, long-term longitudinal study of cognition, genetics and brain imaging in an ageing population that include patients and healthy individuals.