Overview

Some of the highlights of the research activities in the Homeopathic Medical College are listed below.

• The college organizes an annual research conclave to guide the students and faculty in their research activities.
• Both the students and faculty are actively working on and publishing research papers. The college also encourages faculty members to attend various research seminars and workshops.
• The college has constituted the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC).
• In 2021-21, the college had 29 publications on the UGC care list.
• To date, research on the role of Homoeopathy in Cancer, Obesity, Fractures, Acid-peptic disease, Dysfunctional uterine bleeding, etc., has been accomplished.
• The college utilizes around 1.5% of the annual budget for activities related to research.
• In 2020-21, three students were awarded scholarships under the STSH program of CCRH, New Delhi.
• In 2020-21 World Homoeopathy Day, a P.G. scholar was awarded Best Dissertation by CCRH.
• The University provides grants (seed money) of Rs. 50,000 for an individual research project.
• The college invites research proposals from the faculty as and when there is an invitation from the University or AYUSH.
• There is a provision of an online database through INFLIBNET.
• The college’s Central Library has 14 national and 8 international research journals.
• The University has specialized research centres on campus to address the special challenges of research projects. For example, BV (DU) Interactive Research School for Health Affairs (IRSHA), Pune, BV (DU) Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Information Technology & Biotechnology (RGITBT), Pune, BV (DU) Research & Development Centre in Pharmaceutical Sciences & Applied Chemistry, Pune.
• Under International collaborative search activity, a new research study entitled “Pilot study: Assessment of the efficacy of Homeopathic treatment in patients with elevated DASS 21 scores in a multi-centric randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study” has been started with GHF.