About Us

Established in February 1979 and situated in Sector 9,

Staff Members at the Institute

DETAILS OF MANPOWER AVAILABLE AT RRIH MUMBAI

TECHNICAL

Regular

Research Officer 04

1. Dr. Ramesh Bawaskar (Officer In-charge)

2. Dr. Birendra S Rawat

3. Dr. Vaishali H. Shinde

4. Dr. Tejaswini Patole

Contractual

Senior Research Fellow - 02

1. Dr. Omkar Kumat

2. Dr. Yameen Khan

Junior Research Fellow - 04

1. Dr. Ankita Agrawal

2. Dr. Twinkle Kaur

3. Dr. Manish Sharma

4. Dr. Swapmali Mohite

ADMINISTRATIVE

 

Regular

Upper Division Clerk- 02

1. Miss. Meena Thakur

2. Mr. Ganesh Akula

Contractual

Data Entry Operator -04

1. Ankita Sarang

2. Monali Gaikwad

3. Vidya Vaman Ringe

4. Vaishnavi Ramesh Khaire

Pharmacist-01

Aarti Gurav

SUPPORT SERVICES (As on 7 ^th December 2021)

Regular

Safaiwala

1. Mrs. Kusum Charania

Contractual

Multi Task worker (MTS)-02

Prathamesh Kothwal

Siddharam Dharappa Zalak

Health care worker (for Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav – India @75) - 06

Girish Anant Khadakban

Rupali Sudhakar Kulye

Suvarna Mahendra Jadhav

Priyanka Pradip Jadhav

Aman Vinod Dupte

Priyanka Ramesh Misale

VACANT POST

Laboratory Technician – 2

Pharmacist – 1

Laboratory Attendant – 1

Peon/MTS – 1

Driver - 1

 

 

Annexure-2

NUMBER OF TRAININGS UNDERGONE BY THE STAFF INLAST THREE YEARS

 

Trainings attended by Dr Ramesh Bawaskar R.O. (H) S-3

• 19 ^th March 2018: Induction programme on Pharmacovigilance (AYUSH) at AIIA, New Delhi.

· 19 & 20 March 2019: Pharmacovigilance (AYUSH) training at IPC, Ghaziabad.

· 08.11.19 to 10.11.19: AYUSHCHAKRA workshop for Pharmacovigilance (AYUSH)

· April 2020: COVID-19 Response and containment measures training of COVID-19 warriors by team CCRH

· May2020: Sensitization of AYUSH Practioners and Public for participation in enrolling at “AYUSH Sanjeevani app for COVID- 19 information.”

 

Trainings attended by Dr Birendra S. Rawat R.O. (H) S-3

• 6^thto 07^thApr. 2018 - Attended 2 day workshop on “Content Development Strategy for Social Media (Level I)” at Conference Hall, National Institute for Research in Reproductivehealth, Parel, Mumbai
• 10 ^th to 11 ^th April 2018: Attended 2 day workshop on “Content Development Strategy for Social Media (Level II)” at Conference Hall, Mithibai College, Mumbai

· 15th -18th May 2018: Attended 3 months IT Training Course for Ayush Professional organized by C-DAC Pune in collaboration with Ministry of Ayush

• 3^rdand 4^thApril 2019: Attended two-day training programme on A-HMIS at Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS), Chennai.

· April2020-May2020 during lockdown period:

o COVID-19 Response and containment measures training of Covid warriors by team CCRH

o Sensitization of AYUSH Practioners and Public for participation in enrolling at “AYUSH Sanjeevani app for Covid 19 information.”

o पीपीई के माध्यम से संक्रमण की रोक थाम

• iGOT Training: Online Training module completed:

o Basics of COVID -19 in English.

o Psychological care of patients with COVID-19

o Quarantine and Isolation Participant

o Detail Ministry of Ayush

o Clinical Management of Covid 19

o Infection Prevention and control

· 7th to 11th Sep, 2020: Participated in NABH AYUSH Assessor Training course held virtually

· Virtual Workshop on 20 October 2021: Workshop on Scientific Writing for the Investigators of Research Projects on Covid 19 undertaken by the Ministry of AYUSH

· Virtual Workshop from 8 ^th to 11 ^th February 2021: Data Analysis using Microsoft Excel.by NIC Training unit, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.

· Open WHO online course, completed: COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response

Trainings attended by Dr Vaishali Shinde R.O. (H) S-3

• 3 ^rd - 14 ^th Dec 2018: Management Development Programmes (MDP) at Administrative Staff college of India, Bella Vista, Hyderabad
• 6 ^th – 7 ^th April 2018: Attended Social Media Training programme-Level 1 at National Institute for Reproductive Health, Jahangir Merwanji Street, Parel, Mumbai
• 4 ^th - 5 ^th May 2018: Social Media Training programme-Level 2 at Mithibai college, Mumbai
• April 2020 - iGOT trainings on Diksha platform (https://diksha.gov.in/) for COVID 19 have been undertaken.

o Basics of COVID-19

o Clinical Management - COVID-19.

o Quarantine and isolation.

o ICU care and ventilation management.

o Personal Protective Equipment.

o Respiratory Therapy for COVID- 19

o Psychological care of patients with COVID – 19.

• April 2020 – Open WHO online courses/Training undertaken:

o Health emergencies programme - Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) Treatment Facility Design

o Health emergencies programme - Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Novel Corona virus (COVID-19)

o Health emergencies programme - COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response.

o COVID-19: How to put on and remove personal protective equipment (PPE).

o Clinical Care Severe Acute Respiratory Infection.

o Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control.

· Apr 10, 2020: COVID-19 Response and Containment Measures TRAINING OF COVID WARRIORS - Homoeopathic Doctors and Healthcare workers"

· 7th January, 11:00 AM: As part of development of the ' Homoeopathic Clinical Case Registry (HCCR)' portal- Phase 3 'User Acceptance Testing(UAT)' - Hands on training

• 15 ^th Feb-18 ^th Feb 2021: Hands-on training on “Data Analysis using Microsoft Excel”

Trainings attended by Dr Tejaswini Patole R.O. (H) S-2

· Training as Master Trainers of Ayush Health Professionals for Oral Health Promotion under National Oral Health Programme at Centre for Dental Education and Research, AIIMS, New Delhi on 28 ^th February 2019

· Attended “Orientation Programme of Inspector/Visitor at CCH in January2020

· IGOT Trainings attended during Lockdown Period from April 2020 to May 2020:

o Basics of COVID -19 in English.

o Psychological Care of patients with COVID-19

o Basics of COVID-19 in Marathi

o Quarantine and Isolation.

o Participants details-Ministry of AYUSH

o Clinical Management of Covid 19

o Infection Prevention and control

· OPEN WHO Trainings attended during Lockdown Period from April20 - May20:

o How to put on and remove personal protective equipment.

o Infection Prevention and Control for novel Coronavirus

o Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) treatment facility design.

o Correction to cleaning hands with Soap and Water.-

o Standard precautions of hand hygiene.

o E-protect Respiratory Infections

o Introduction to Go data –field data, collection, chains of transmission and contact follow up.

o Clinical Care Severe Acute Respiratory Infection

o Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: Methods for detection, prevention, response, control.

o Online training course: Nutrition, Clinical Research in Pediatrics from Global Learning. (As scoring was not reached uptil there score Certificate was not given)

o Workshop on Scientific Writing for the Investigators of Research Projects on Covid 19 undertaken by the Ministry of AYUSH.

o Virtual Workshop for four days on Data Analysis using Excel

o COVID-19 Response and containment measures training of Covid warriors by team CCRH

Research Studies

ONGOING STUDIES AND PROGRAMMES AT RRIH MUMBAI

 

Ongoing studies

1. Homoeopathic Pathogenetic Trial (Drug Proving) in collaboration with YMT Homoeopathic Medical College

2. A Multicentric Clinical Verification Study of Drugs Proved By CCRH with Prognostic Factor Research-An open trial study

3. Homoeopathy as adjuvant therapy to standard medical management in persons with Haemophilia (PWH) - An exploratory comparative study.

4. To explore the effect of Homoeopathy as adjuvant therapy given along with standard medical management in Persons with Hemophilia andother bleeding disorders-A pragmatic cohort study.

5. Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Individualized Homoeopathy – An Observational Study

6. Comparative efficacy of Calcarea phosphoricum 6x for growth parameters of children (pre-trial phase)

Ongoing programmes

1. Central Sector Scheme of Pharmacovigilance of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy.

2. Public Health Initiative for identification of persons suffering from post-COVID functional disabilities and addressing them with Homoeopathic interventions

3. Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav – Distribution of Arsenic album 30 in identified areas as a preventive against COVID – 19 infection

4. Providing homoeopathic consultation for COVID – 19 through Ministry helpline number 1443

IEC Activities

1. Poshan mah / month/ week

2. Hindi Diwas and Hindi week/fortnight

3. Vigilance day and related activities

4. Swachhta fortnight/month

5. Yoga day activities for fortnight/month

6. Participation in health melas, arogyas, IEC activities in Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat

 

 

Annexure-4

PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN AND COMPLETED

A. CLINICAL RESEARCH

1. Single blind, randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial to compare efficacy of standard of care alone and in combination with homoeopathic treatment of COVID-19 patients with moderate to severe intensity.(PI)

2. Research study on prophylactic effect of Arsenicum Album on incident of COVID-19 in hotspot in areas with red zone with 4000 sample size.

3. Retrospective cohort study in recovered COVID positive patients

4. A Multicentric Clinical Verification Study Of Drugs Proved By CCRH with Prognostic Factor Research-An open trial study

5. Assessment of patient treatment outcomes in Health Camps-An Observational Study

6. ‘A Multicentric randomized, double-blind placebo controlled study to evaluate efficacy of predefined homeopathic medicines in treatment of Warts’

7. Assessment of most frequently used rubrics and medicines in the homoeopathic treatment of acute conditions by Indian Homoeopathic Practitioners/researchers(CCRH)with the aid of Vithoulkas Compass (VC )

8. Chronic Cough – Prognostic Factor Assessment of homoeopathic medicines for Cough: explorative prospective study.

9. Validation of commonly used homoeopathic drugs for Acne.

10. A Randomized, Placebo controlled, Cross- Over, Clinical Trial of Homoeopathic medicines in Autism

11. Observational study to evaluate response to homeopathic treatment in Psoriasis

12. Observational study to evaluate response to homeopathic treatment in Vitiligo.

13. Comparing individualized homoeopathy with placebo in managing pain of knee osteoarthritis: a double –blind randomized controlled trial

14. Sepia in Menopausal Symptoms: A Multi-centre Randomized Double Blind Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial.

15. A multi-centre randomized double blind placebo controlled clinical trial of Predefined Homoeopathic Medicines in Cervical Spondylosis Pain Management

16. An open label (pre-and post homoeopathic intervention) study to evaluate efficacy of homoeopathic treatment of non-erosive Gastro-esophageal reflux disease

17. Double Blind Placebo Controlled trial with Homoeopathic Medicines in PGL and Asymptomatic Cases of HIV infection.

18. Pilot study on effectiveness of Homoeopathic Medicines in HIV infection.

19. Management of Bronchial Asthma with Homoeopathy

20. Allergic Rhinitis with Homoeopathic Medicines

21. Malignant Diseases

22. Clinical Trial of Tuberculinum

 

 

 

B. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH:

This institute in collaboration with scientists of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre undertook a study on Investigations of the action of Homoeopathic potencies on autonomous nervous system and on variability in physiological parameters using indigenous Impedance Plethysmography, with significant outcome

 

C. DRUG PROVING:

Homoeopathic drug proving: Randomized double blind Placebo controlled trial

D. SURVEY

1. Patients’ Preference for integrating homeopathy within the mainstream healthcare settings in India: the part 3 (PPIH-3) study

E. Public health Programs

1. Jan Andolan Campaign for COVID – 19 prevention

2. SCSP camps – Health care awareness and management with capacity building of general population linked with Swachh Bharat in areas predominantly identified as SC areas

3. Distribution of AYUSH – 64 in asymptomatic and mild to moderate COVID – 19 patients

4. National Programme for Control of Diabetes Cardiovascular Diseases And Stroke in Nashik District

5. Swasthya Rakshan Programmes in five areas

6. Homoeopathy for Healthy Child at Vikramgad

7. SCSP camps – A public health intervention in adolescent care

8. SCSP Camps- A Public Intervention in Geriatrics Healthcare

9. Ayush outreach OPD program in 5 panchayats

10. National campaign on mother & child care – health camps, MCH OPD under state level continuation of activities

11. Training of homoeopathic and ayurvedic doctors on HIV/AIDS

F. Special OPD

1. Rheumatology

2. Dermatology

3. HIV / AIDS

F. IEC Activities

Regular participation in health melas, arogyas, IEC activities in Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat

Committees

Institute Purchase Committee:

 

Chairman: Mr. Damodar Gaud, Asst. Director, Rajbhasha Deptt, CBD Belapur,

Navi Mumbai
Member: Mr. Arvind L. Kanchan, Retired from IA & ad service as Senior Auditor
Member: Dr. Birendra Singh Rawat, Scientist - 2
Member: Dr. Tejaswini Patole, Scientist –1

Convener: Dr. Ramesh Bawaskar, Officer In-charge

publication

PUBLICATIONS OF CONCLUDED STUDIES

1. Clinical and Immunological Effects of Homoeopathic Medicines in HIV infection-A trial report; Souvenir-Silver Jubilee & Seminar on Fundamental and Evidence based Clinical Research in Homoeopathy; March 2005;pp-84-93

2. Homoeopathic Medicines in the Management of HIV Infection: An Observational Study; Indian Journal of Research in Homoepathy,Vol.2,No.2,April-June 2008

3. Effectiveness of Homeopathic Medicines in HIV patients-A Clinical Trial; Indian Journal of research in Homeopathy; December 2010

4. Evaluation of homoeopathic therapy in 129 asymptomatic HIV carriers (1989) Exploratory Pilot Study Br Homeopath J. Jan 1993; 82(1):4–8. Evaluation of homeopathic therapy in 129 asymptomatic HIV patients

5. Homeopathy in HIV infection: a trial report of double-blind placebo controlled study (July 1995- February 1997) Randomized Double, Blind Controlled Trial, British Homeopathic Journal (1999) 88, 49±57

6. An HIV Infected Individual Maintaining Asymptomatic status for 10 years under homeopathic treatment, case study, Indian Journal of Research in Homeopathy, Vol.3, No.2, April-June 2009

7. Development of Software for assessment of therapeutic response by Physiological variability: Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers Journal of Research (IETE Journal of Research);2008;volume54,issue no.3

8. “An Exploratory Study on Scientific Methods in Homeopathy using Medical Analyzer”: Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume: 17 Issue 8: July 25, 2011

9. Homeopathy and heart rate variability: clarification about concerns and issues Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2012 Jan;18(1):4-5.Published in International Journal of Bio Research, 2010; 1(2): 10-12.

10. Manchanda R, Koley M, Saha S, Sarkar D, Mondal R, Thakur P, Biswas D, Rawat BS, Rajachandrasekar B, Mittal R Patients' Preference for Integrating Homoeopathy Services within the Secondary Health Care Settings in India: The Part 3 (PPIH-3) Study. J Evid. Based Complementary Altern Med. 2017 Apr;22(2):251-259. doi: 10.1177/2156587216650116. Epub 2016 Jul 8.

11. Dr. Vaishali Shinde, “A Case of sub acute measles encephalitis in an immunocompetent child”. IJRH, Vol.6, No.1&2, Jan- June 2012.

12. Lex Rutten, KC Muraleedharan, Vaishali H Shinde, Raj K Manchanda. What is a homoeopathic symptom, in daily practice and research? Indian J Res Homoeopathy 2017; 11:12-20.

13. MK Charan, V Shinde, R Manchanda, A Khurana, D Taneja. Impact of long term homeopathic treatment on disease progression in ART naive HIV patients–a case series Allgemeine Homöopathische Zeitung, 2017/3 Vol:262, Issue 02/Pages CM15/02 Publisher Georg Thieme Verlag KG

14. Dr. Ramesh Supadu Bawaskar, Dr. Vaishali Haribhau Shinde A Review of Homoeopathic Research in the Prevention and Treatment of Dengue Fever Homoeopathy Links, 2019/3, Vol 32/Issue 01,Pages 010-017

15. Dr. Ramesh Supadu Bawaskar, Dr. Vaishali Haribhau Shinde Effect of Suppressed Emotions on Health—Homoeopathic Aspect Homoeopathy Links, 2019/9, Vol 32/Issue 03,Pages 141-144

16. Jaya Gupta, Dimpi Kulshreshtha, Chetna Deep Lamba, Payal Gupta, Vaishali Shinde, Bharti Wadhwa, Arti Soren, JS Arya, Munmun Koley, Abhishek Pramanik, Suraia Parveen, Arvind Kumar Homoeopathic medicine–Sepia for the management of menopausal symptoms: A multicentric, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial Indian J Res Homoeopathy 2019 /Vol : 13/Issue/4/Page : 219-228

17. Prevalence of Homoeopathic polar symptoms: A Follow-up pilot study conducted in Mumbai in 2017, Indian J Res Homoeopathy,2020 |Volume 14| Issue :3 |Page 179-188

18. Homoeopathy in pandemic Spanish flu 1918 VH Shinde - Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy, 2020

19. Optimizing the use of polar symptoms in Homoeopathy: Introduction to a pilot study of prognostic factor research in chronic cough. H Kaur, CD Lamba, J Sachdeva, L Rutten, A Khurana… - Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy, 2020.

20. Counting Polar Symptoms: How to Represent Results? Lex Rutten et all Homeopathy 2021;110:27–35

21. Homoeopathy and Immunology- A Narrative Review. Dr. Vaishali Shinde, Dr. Ramesh Bawaskar IAJPS 2021, 08 (06), 117-125.

22. Integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicines in Health care system to combat COVID 19-A Validation. Dr. Vaishali Shinde, Dr. Ramesh Bawaskar. Journal of Drug Delivery & Therapeutics. 2021; 11(4):96-100

23. Homoeopathy in Cervicitis: A review. Dr. Vaishali Shinde, Dr. Ramesh Bawaskar. International Journal of Homoeopathic Sciences 2021; 5(3): 12-15

24. Food Allergies and Homoeopathy: A Narrative Review Vaishali H. Shinde1, Dr. Ramesh Bawaskar, Dr. K.C. Muraleedharan Journal of Drug Delivery & Therapeutics. 2021; 11(5):213-220

25. Homoeopathy for Post COVID 19 illnesses: A Case Series. Shinde V, Bawaskar R Indian J Res Homoeopathy [Internet]. 2021 Sep 29; 15(3): Article 4.

26. Ramesh Supadu Bawaskar Contaminants of medicinal herbs & its prevention Journal of Pharmacovigilance & Drug Safety(JPDS) 2019/7/12, Volume 16 Issue 2, Pages 63

27. DivyaTaneja, Anil Khurana, Anil Vichitra, Sarabjit Sarkar, Arun Kumar Gupta, Renu Mittal, Ramesh Bawaskar, Amulya Ratan Sahoo, Umakant Prusty, Shweta Singh, Meera Sharma, Richa Pant, Udaiveer Singh, Shruti Sehgal, Alok Kumar Upadhyay, Satyashree Patnaik, TapanNath, Raj K ManchandaAn assessment of a public health initiative of homeopathy for primary teething; Homeopathy 2019/2, Vol 108, Issue 01, Pages 002-011

28. Raj K Manchanda, Parthasarathi Chakraborty, Munmun Koley, Dinesh Singh, Pramodji Singh, Ojit Singh, Varanasi Gayatri Prasad, Jai Prakash Singh, Surinder Singh Nain, Prasant Kumar Pradhan, Sunil S Ramteke, Ramesh Bawaskar, LipiPushpa Debata, Subhranil Saha, Chaturbhuja Nayak, Lex Rutten Retrospective estimation of prevalence and likelihood ratio of general symptoms of 29 less frequently prescribed homoeopathic medicines by clinical verification Indian J Res Homoeopathy 2019/4/1, Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 72.

29. Renu Mittal, Anil Khurana, MS Ghosh, Ramesh Bawaskar, DivyaTaneja, Sandhya Kashyap, Raj K Manchanda. An open‑label pilot study to explore usefulness of Homoeopathic treatment in nonerosive gastroesophageal reflux disease, IJRH, 2016.

30. Homoeopathic therapy in cervical Spondylosis pain management: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Indian J Res Homoeopathy 2020|;14|:242-50

31. Curcuma longa - A multicentric clinical verification study. Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy. 2011 Vol. 05, Issue:01, Pages: 19-27. PS Chakraborty et all

32. A prospective multicentre observational study to evolve the usefulnessof the nine predefined homeopathic medicines in furunculosis. Homœopathic Links. Vol. 23, Issue:01, Pages:60-63. C Nayak, V Singh, K Singh, H Singh, PS Chakravorty, S Kaushik, V Roja, K Patidar, M Padmanabhan, RP Gupta, UP Yadav, A Soren, B Singh, R Bavaskar, PK Kundu, S Kumar

33. Glycyrrhiza glabra- A multicentric clinical verification study. Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy 2010 Vol. 04, Issue:03, Pages: 22-31. C Nayak et all.

34. Cassia fistula-A multicentric clinical verification study. Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy 2011 Vol. 04, Issue:03, Pages: 22-31. PS Chakraborty et all.

35. A Prospective Multicenter Observational Study to evolve the usefulness of the nine predefined homoeopathic medicines in Furunculosis. C Nayak, V Singh, K Singh, H Singh, PS Chakravorty, S Kaushik, V Roja, Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy 4 (1), 31

36. Staphylococcinum-A multicenter clinical verification study. Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy 2012 Vol. 04, Issue:03, Pages: 22-31. PS Chakraborty et all.

37. Alfalfa- A multicentric clinical verification study.. Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy 20115 (3), 36-43. PS Chakraborty et all.

38. Tylophora indicia-A multicentric Clinical verification study. Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy 4 (4), 12-18. PS Chakraborty et all.

services

FACILITIES Laboratory facilities Laboratory facility for routine hematological available. Further facilities to be developed after moving the institute to the new premises Library Available.

Infrastructure

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Future Vision

FUTURE VISION FOR RRI (H), MUMBAI

The institute will be established as a speciality institute for designated clinical conditions/ area depending upon the OPD morbidity profile and regional factors. The manpower, laboratory, equipment for provision of medical facilities and undertaking clinical and drug-based research in the identified subject will be made accordingly. Proposal development for the same is in process.