Pratiksha Trust to invest Rs 225 cr to set up brain research center

Trust run by Infy's Kris and wife Sudha to invest this amount over 10 years

Pratiksha Trust, a charitable trust established by Infosys Executive Vice Chairman Kris Gopalakrishnan and his wife Sudha Gopalakrishnan, will grant a sum of Rs. 225 crore over a period of 10 years towards setting up and functioning of a center for brain research.

The center will be developed by the trust in collaborated with Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore .

The center will focus on finding cures for neurodegenerative conditions and diseases that get accelerated due to old age. Additionally, the center will focus on better understanding of relative functions of the brain, and leveraging the existing understanding of the functioning of the brain to create better models of computing.

“The center for brain research will be an institution dedicated to study the numerous aspects of the functioning of the brain,” a press release issued by Pratiksha Trust today said. “On creation, the center will receive support from the Center for Neuroscience and other research facilities at IISc and collaborate with various research hospitals across the city.”

"By funding and creating this center, Pratiksha Trust is working towards creating a globally recogonised, world-class research facility, that would be at the cutting-edge of research on human brain," Gopalakrishnan said.

“We are hopeful that the establishment of the center will provide an impetus to future alliances between the fields of medical research and computing. We also hope that the center attracts funds from other sources and inspires other similar partnerships in the field, in the coming years,” he said.