The Centre for Advanced Research (CAR) is a program funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to support advanced research by experienced research teams.The ICMR identifies research needs and invites applications from institutions or individuals with the necessary infrastructure and expertise to carry out the research. The ICMR provides assistance to the Principal Investigator (PI) to continue and expand the work. The host institution is expected to take over the activities of the CAR once the project is complete.
ICMR has been supporting the development of various medical device & diagnostic of public health importance in synergies with National Health Mission (NHM) & Ayushman Arogya Mandir, through its various programs/schemes under Medical Device & Diagnostics Mission Secretariat (MDMS). Some of the ICMR supported technologies in medical device & diagnostics sector having potential public health importance have reached a stage wherein they need support for pre-compliance gap analysis and validation by conducting clinical studies. The studies conducted under 'CAR' scheme will help in validation of these technologies leading to development of safe and effective products for wider societal benefits.
