Mangaluru: Yenepoya University signs MoU with Narayana Hospital, Nellore

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Mangaluru, 17 Jun 2016: The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Center for Ethics, Yenepoya University and Narayana Dental College and Hospital and Narayana Nursing College, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore has been signed with the objectives of Yenepoya University providing guidance and support for the development of Bioethics Center with capacity building, training their staff in broader areas of bioethics including research and publications and for starting academic courses in Narayana Dental and Nursing Institutions.

 

 

Centre for Ethics at Yenepoya University which was established in February 2011, is an active leader in the field of ethics education and research ethics. It was the first ethics-dedicated centre in a medical college in India running structured academic courses. The Centre was set up to bring about a reawakening of medical ethics and bioethics in the health care setting, through academic programs, research and cultural exchanges. 

 

The MoU was signed by Dr N Kannan, Professor and head of department of oral medicine and maxillofacial imageology, Narayana Dental College, and Institutional co-ordinator, Center for Bioethics, Nellore, Dr C V Raghuveer, Registrar, Dr Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University. Dr Sreekumaran Nair, Additional Registrar, Yenepoya University, Professor Abdul Rehman, former vice chancellor, Kannur and Calicut University were present on the occasion.