Chennai Medical College Hospital and Research Centre

(SRM Group)
Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu, India

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – Short Term

Studentships (STS) [2011 – 2017]

S. Name of the Number of students got selected for ICMR-STS

No. Department projects
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total
1 Anatomy - 1 4 4 - 1 3 13
2 Anesthesiology - 1 - - - - - 1
& Critical care
3 Biochemistry 1 3 - - 2 - 1 7
4 Community - 1 1 1 2 2 1 8
Medicine
5 ENT - - 1 - - 1 - 2
6 Forensic - - - 2 - - - 2
Medicine
7 Medicine 1 3 1 3 - - - 8
8 Microbiology 4 6 2 - 2 1 2 17
9 Ophthalmology - - 3 1 - - - 4
10 Pathology - 1 - - 1 1 1 4
11 Pediatrics - 1 - - - - - 1
12 Pharmacology 3 - 1 - - - - 4
13 Physiology 1 1 3 5 - - 1 11
14 Psychiatry - - 1 - - - - 1
15 Skin & STD - 1 - - - - - 1
16 Surgery - 1 - 2 - - - 3
Total 10 20 17 18 7 6 9 87
 Chennai Medical College Hospital and Research Centre
(SRM Group), Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu, India
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – Short term studentships (STS)
Department of Anatomy
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2012
1 Mr. P.G. Nanda 2012 - The role of Q angle in the diagnosis of patella Femoral pain
Kumar 03429 syndrome
2013
2 Ms. B.Gayathri 2013 - Craniometric growth pattern of infants delivered through
Priyadharshinee 00266 normal delivery versus caesarean section
3 Ms. N. Sai 2013 - Perceived Body Weight: Does it Correlate with Measured
Prasanna 0986 Body Mass Index in College Students?
4 Ms. M. Kavin 2013 - A study of morphology of air cells in the middle turbinate and
Raj 0442 its relationship with occurrence of sinusitis and deviated nasal
septum
5 Mr. M. Andrews 2013 - Effect of postural changes, respiratory phases and procedural
00925 discrepancies on the intra individual variability of ECG
recordings
2014
6 Ms. D. 2014- Prevalence of overweight and obesity among private and
Sunmathi 04110 Government school children
7 Mr. A. 2014- AYUSH Medicine prescribing pattern and attitudes towards
Kaviarasan 01651 complementary alternative medicines[CAM] among allopathic
practitioners
8 Mr. V. 2014- A study of nutritional status in rural school going children by
Rishikesan 00310 using Anthropometric measurements
9 Mr. P.K. Balaji 2014- Effect of different postures on the hemodynamic shear rates in
01209 peripheral arteries-A Doppler ultra sound study
2016
10 Ms. Prethi 2016- A community based survey on menstrual hygiene among
Rajendran 00366 young school going girls in Samayapuram, Trichy
2017
11 Ms. P. Akshara 2017- A study on urinary incontinence: awareness and care seeking
01194 behavior among women of reproductive age group and its
impact on quality of life.
12 Ms. S. Selli 2017- Is salivary alpha-amylase level altered in college students with
00274 complaints of chronic stress induced gastrointestinal
disturbances.
13 Mr. R. 2017- How competent are Interns and junior residents Comparison of
Sunilkumar 01587 self- assessment and observer assessment of performance and
interpretation of an electrocardiogram

Department of Anesthesiology
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2012
1 Mr. C. Jerriton 2012- Respiration monitoring by an innovative sonic sensor device
Brewin 01272 incorporated into a ventimask or nasal oxygen Cannula.

Department of Biochemistry
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2011
1 Ms. J. Nirmal 2011- A study of Pre-analytical errors in clinical Biochemistry
Sujitha 01149 Laboratory
2012
2 Ms. R. Jey 2012- Relationship of serum uric acid and non –HDL Cholesterol in
Prakatha 01519 obese individuals in rural population
3 Mr. K. Sathya 2012- A study on subclinical hypothyroidism in women attending
Prakash 02096 Chennai Medical College Hospital and Research centre,
Tiruchirappalli
4 Ms. R. Aarthi 2012- Urine albumin excretion in non-diabetic normotensive healthy
01512 adults with normal renal function
2015
5 Mr. S. 2015- Study of umbilical cord blood gas analysis in preterm infants
Gowarthan 00894 and its correlation with apgar score
6 Mr. R. Manothar 2015- A study on serum Cholinesterase as a biomarker in chronic
Santhathiah 06168 liver disease
2017
7 Ms. S. Reena 2017- Serum albumin levels and hyperglycaemic emergencies in type
04240 2 diabetes mellitus patients: a cross sectional study.

Department of Community Medicine

S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2012
1 Mr. P. Vimal 2012 - A retrospective on the profile of road traffic accidents and
Anand 02693 awareness and practice of safety rules among the drivers in
Trichy city, Tamilnadu
2013
2 Mr. S. Rambabu 2013 - Serum zinc level among children less than five years of age
03245 with acute respiratory tract infection
 2014
3 Ms. Akshaya 2014 - Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior and practice of use and
Gopalakrishnan 05687 disposal of sanitary napkins by adolescent girls in rural and
urban area
2015
4 Mr. M. 2015 - KAP-Towards Pesticides, pattern of use of personal protective
Kodeeswaran 00560 equipments during application of pesticides by farmers in
Manachanallur Taluk of Trichy District.
5 Ms. D. Anitha 2015 - Assessment of under nutrition using composite Index of
00554 Anthropometric failure [IAF] among under five children of
Tribal population.
2016
6 Mr. S. 2016 - Assessment of health problems and social issues among brine
Mohamed 00497 workers of salt manufacturing units in Vedaraniyam taluk of
Marzuk Tamilnadu
7 Mr. S. 2016- Respiratory morbidity and ventilatory function impairment
Giridharan 01170 among cement factory employees
2017
8 Mr. Deepak 2017- Depression, suicidal ideation and resilience among rural
Justine 01490 farmers in a drought affected area of Trichy District,
Viswanathan Tamilnadu

Department of ENT
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2013
1 Mr. Roobak 2013- Noise Pollution And Associated hearing Loss
Vishakan Raja 04240
2016
2 Mr. Rupesh 2016- Study of nasal mucosal flora in acute and chronic sinusitis
Kumar Tiwari 01254

Department of Forensic Medicine

S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2014
1 Ms. K. 2014- Knowledge and Attitude of Medical students towards Post-
Hemalathaa 01124 Mortem examination and its usefulness in Medical Education.
2 Ms. A. Betty 2014- Study of Fingerprint patterns with diabetes mellitus and
Janice 02868 Hypertension in a Tertiary Care Hospital.
 Department of General Medicine
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2011
1 Mr. S. 2011- Awareness on Nanomedicine, Nanomaterial,toxicity and
Sivashankar 01252 Nanomaterial waste disposal among Medical professional and
Research Scholars.
2012
2 Ms. R. Shruthy 2012- Foveal thickness, Sensitivity, Macular Volume and Corneal
Vaishali 03228 thickness among type 2 mellitus with and without Albuminuria.
3 Mr. S. Siva 2012- A questionnaire survey on doctors strike among Doctors,
Shankar 03215 Nurses, Health Science, Students and Community.
4 Ms. Srinidhi 2012- Evaluation of audio logical status in newly diagnosed type 2
Srikanth 01047 diabetes mellitus
2013
5 Ms. A. Aarthi 2013- Uric acid levels in Cerebrovascular accident patients associated
03196 with hypertension
2014
6 Ms. Jyotsnaa 2014- Screening of rural population for Indian Diabetic Risk Score.
00372
7 Mr. R. 2014- Prevalence of Micro-Vascular complication in newly diagnosed
Saravanan 05875 rural Type 2 Diabetic individuals.
8 Ms. M. Sri 2014- Use of library and information sciences by medical students and
Nivetha 05176 faculty.

Department of Microbiology
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2011
1 Ms. S. Eniya 2011 - Microbiological flora in operation theatre and ICU
01305
2 Ms. M. 2011 - Studies of Nasal flora among Medical Students before and after
Krishnaveni 01126 exposure to formalin in the dissection hall
3 Ms. R. 2011 - Asymptomatic bacteria among rural antenatal women
Keerthana 01129
4 Ms. K.K. 2011 - Bacteriological examination of mobile phone and hand washing
Sowbarnika 01253 habit among rural population
2012
5 Ms. S.K. 2012 - Knowledge, attitude, behavior and Patrice of biomedical waste
Saranya 01136 management among hospital staff
6 Ms. Q. Sree 2012 - Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis among women attending STD
Vaishnavi 01161 clinics in rural Teaching hospital
7 Ms. M. 2012 - Comparison of attitude of health care professionals and
Pratheeba 01191 experience of HIV patients towards HIV/AIDS related stigma
Priyadharshini and discrimination
8 Ms. N. Sasi 2012 - Sero prevalence of hepatitis C virus in health care workers of a
Rekha 01795 rural teaching hospital
9 Ms. N. Sai 2012 - Methicillin – resistant Staphylococcus aureus – nasal carriage
Prasanna 02380 among health care workers
10 Mr. S. Ram 2012 - Role of probiotics in treatment of bacterial vaginosis
Babu 03634
2013
11 Ms. S. Nagma 2013 - Prevalence and pattern of Bacteremia among Intensive care
Farheen 03342 patients
12 Ms. Divya 2013 - Spectrum of microbial flora in diabetic foot ulcers
Malar 03572
2015
13 Ms. R.R 2015 - Knowledge, attitude, behavior and practice of Hand washing
Snehalakshmi 03494 among heterogeneous population
14 Ms. Aninditha 2015 - Bacteriological profile of street vended food
Guraza 02827
2016
15 Mr. HA. Prasant 2016 - Prevalence of HBV and HCV in patients of chronic liver
05505 disease with special reference to Hepatocellular Carcinoma
2017
16 Mr. HA. Prasant 2017- Bacteriological profile of diabetic ulcer foot and their
06192 antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in a tertiary care hospital,
Trichy
17 Mr. S. 2017- Bacteriological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern
Vigneshwaran 02993 of blood culture isolates in children with septicemia in a tertiary
care teaching hospital

Department of Ophthalmology
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2013
1 Ms. Srinithi 2013- Spectrum of refractive errors among schoolchildren and its
Srikanth 00642 implication on spectacle use.
2 Ms. A. Baby 2013- Status of Diabetes Retinopathy in newly detected rural diabetic
Lalli 03823 patients
3 Mr. Choppa 2013- Relation Between Pterygium And Refractive Errors.
Mohan Kumar 03961
2014
4 Ms. M. 2014- Study of Retinal Breaks and Retinal Detachment in Myopes
Meenakshi 03426
 Department of Pathology
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2012
1 Mr. B. Vignesh 2012- Anemia during Pregnancy
01070
2015
2 Ms. S. Salma 2015- Study of prevalence of haematuria in relation to age and sex
04052 among patients attending a Tertiary teaching care hospital
2016
3 Ms. P. G. 2016- Proteinuria in Pregnant Women Attending a Tertiary Care
Sowmya 00782 Hospital. A Prospective Study
2017
4 Ms. D. Priyanka 2017- Mean platelet volume – a prognostic marker of Artherosclerosis
00184 among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in a tertiary care hospital

Department of Pediatrics
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2012
1 Ms. K. Pavithra 2012 - Prevalence of awareness of ill effects of tobacco use among rural
02402 schoolchildren of pre-adolescent age group

Department of Pharmacology
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2012
1 Ms. A. 2012 - A study of knowledge, attitude of Health care professional
Evangeline 01095 workers for the use of highly Active Anti Retroviral
Therapy[HAART] in a tertiary teaching hospital
2 Ms. S. Niveditha 2012 - Awareness and personal experience on adverse drug reactions
02559 among Doctors, Nurses and Pharmacists of a tertiary teaching
hospital
3 Ms. S. Suvidya 2012 - Knowledge, awareness and practice of Medical professionals
01329 towards the disposal of expired drugs
2013
4 Ms. S. Lakshika 2013- Bacteriological status of socks and usefulness of silver
03698 impregnation‐a Preliminary study
 Department of Physiology
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2011
1 Ms. Graceline 2011 - A Study on prevalence on obesity among Medical students in
Margret Lydia 01096 CMCH&RC in Tamilnadu
2012
2 Mr. K. 2012 - A comparison of total differential Leukocyte count in newly
Lokeswaran 02104 diagnosed type II diabetic patients before and after exercise
2013
3 Ms. T. Pavithra 2013 - Estimation of prevalence of anxiety disorder among school
02598 Students in mid-adolescent age group in rural and urban areas
of Trichy district.
4 Ms. V. Sarayu 2013 - Evaluation of Colour Vision Deficiency among Medical
04498 Students in CMCH and RC, Trichy.
5 Mr. Mohamed 2013 - Effect of Mobile phone radiation on Heart Rate Variability
Marzuk 01233
2014
6 Ms. M. 2014 - The study of effect of exercise on heart rate and blood pressure
Vinothini 04099 in different categories of BMI among young adults.
7 Ms. S. 2014 - Status of depression among children and adolescents in rural
Gowarthan 01094 and urban areas.
8 Mr. Sathasivam 2014 - A Study of Prevalence of hyper hidrosis and its impact on
Ponnan 03809 quality of life among college students
9 Ms. S. Rajaram 2014 - Assessment of cognitive function and information processing
01752 in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
10 Ms. S. Susmitha 2014 - Study to predict vascular dysfunction in high risk young adults
01382 –An immediate non invasive evaluation to prevent early
vascular ageing.
2017
11 Ms. R. Desika 2017- Impact of voluntary breathing technique on vascular tone to
00142 Social Stress in Adults- Relevance to Phase of Menstrual
Cycle.

Department of Psychiatry
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2013
1 Ms. R. Aarthi 2013 - Comparison of sleep Quality among patients having Diabetes
00272 mellitus with and without Nicotine dependence
 Department of Skin and STD
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2012
1 Ms. A.C. 2012 - Screening of commercial sexual workers for Trichomonas
Sharmila 03292 vaginalis

Department of Surgery
S. Name of the ICMR Research Topic/Title
No student ID
2012
1 Ms. Akshaya 2012 - Assessment of Vascular status in diabetic Foot and analysis of
Gopalakrishnan 01503 risk factors of amputation in diabetic patients

2014
2 Ms. A. Deepika 2014 - To do or not to do –Appendicectomy
03199
3 Mr. CT. Cibi 2014- Constipation – causes and concern
02365