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the user department. The TAC also assists in developing the technical guidelines and manuals,

and in considering methodological issues in the work of HTAIn. The TAC acts as a think tank

for the HTAIn.

TAC is chaired by Prof. T. Sundararaman, Dean, TISS, Mumbai (Chairperson) and the
core members are Dr. J. V. Peter, Director, CMC, Vellore (Vice Chairperson); Dr. Rajni Ved,

ED, NHSRC; Dr. Sudha Chandrashekar, Director, Medical, SAST, Karnataka; Dr. Rama Baru,

Professor, JNU, Delhi; Prof. V. R. Muraleedharan, IIT, Madras and Prof. Indrani Gupta, Head,
Health Policy Research Unit, Institute of Economic Growth and different co-opted members

(depending upon the topic(s) in consideration)

Technical Partners (TPs) and Regional Resource Hubs:

Technical Partners are research and academic institutions, usually under the Central
or State Governments which have been identified with regards to their capacities, expertise

and previous experiences in the HTA. TPs will undertake the HTA study allotted to them and

ensure consistency and uniformity of their study with the guidelines in the Process Manual
and through regular interactions with the secretariat and by periodic progress reports.

Some of the Technical Partners have an expanded role as Regional Resource Hubs

wherein they act as additional capacity for DHR in carrying out the capacity building required

for HTAIn in collaboration with the State Governments. As of now all such Regional Resource

Hubs are Institutes administered by the Centre/ States. DHR funds requisite additional human
resources to these hubs so that these hubs provide technical support for a cluster of States

located in that region. The hub would also liaise with the officials of the State Governments

and sensitize them about the need for Health Technology Assessment (HTA). The hubs would
also ensure robust HTA on the topics relevant to the States and also ensure uniformity/

consistency of methodologies/ processes documented by DHR in its Process Manual. The first

Regional Resource Hub was established in PGIMER under the supervision of Dr. Shankar

Prinja, Additional Professor, School of Public Health, PGIMER.

The HTAIn Secretariat:

The Secretariat co-ordinates between User Departments, TAC, TPs/ Resource Hubs

and the Board. User Departments could be Central and State Health Ministries or any

Government Healthcare Provider or Agency that are directly or indirectly involved in the

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