V Raja, President and CEO, GE Healthcare South Asia & managing director, Wipro GE Healthcare has been appointed as the chairman of the Medical Electronics Forum of the FICCI.

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), department of psychiatry's assistant professor, Dr Ganesan Venkatasubramanian has bagged three awards for his efforts in the area of schizophrenia research.

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. said it appointed Vojo Vukovic as vice president of clinical research. Vukovic will be the Synta medical lead for the company's most advanced oncology product candidate, elesclomol, and will support the implementation of a broad development strategy for elesclomol.

Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Ltd will be conferred with DSIR National Award for R & D efforts in Industry 2008. The company will receive the award for successfully developing through its in house R & D the World's First Painless Diclofenac Injection marketed as Dynapar AQ Injection.