A charitable trust pushes for research on neurodegenerative disorders.
Story so far: The Pratiksha Trust has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Centre for Brain Research (CBR), an autonomous centre on the Institute premises. The trust’s endowment will accelerate breakthrough and translational research on neurodegenerative diseases of the elderly population.
- The Pratiksha Trust has agreed to support CBR in perpetuity with an initial outlay to the tune of ₹450.27 crore over the next decade for its research work.
- In a parallel initiative, the trust will support numerous ambitious, high-risk interdisciplinary extramural projects in brain research of the elderly population.
Why it matters? According to IISc’s director, India’s growing elderly population will reach 32 crores by 2050. This will be paralleled by an increase in dementia and other age-associated neurogenerative disorders. The human brain is an endless mystery that is still not understood fully.
- Through the trust’s support, CBR is well-positioned to take on the mantle of solving this looming healthcare hurdle. The centre is equipped to become a state-of-the-art innovation hub for neuro research.