THSTI organized the July 2019 edition of the NCR Cluster Seminar Series themed 'Importance of Modern Biology in Clinical Research' on 5th July 2019 at the NCR BSC Auditorium. A series of lectures were organized with a line-up of distinguished speakers from RCB, NBRC and AIIMS apart from the host institute.

Prof. Shinjini Bhatnagar (Dean, Clinical Research, THSTI) introduced the concept of clinical research to the audience largely comprising students and young fellows from the cluster institutes. This was followed by two sessions each with three lectures.

Session 1: Emerging State-of-the-art Techniques in Clinical Practice and/or Public Health: A Bench to Bedside for Mental Health Area
Speakers: Dr. Pravat K. Mandal (NBRC), Dr. Manjari Tripathi (AIIMS), Dr. Deepika Shukla (NBRC)

Session 2: GARBH-Ini: Bridging modern biology with classical epidemiology
Speakers: Dr. Pallavi Kshetrapal, Dr. Tushar Maiti (RCB), Dr. Ramachandran T.