ORGANISATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH NATIONAL BURNS CENTRE

Sir Dorabaji Tata trust
Sir Dorabaji Tata trust is one of the oldest, non-sectarian philanthropic organizations in India. Sir Dorabji Tata Trust operates in the spirit of idealism and dedication to nation-building activities. The Trust's vision of constructive philanthropy has been sensitive to the fast-growing needs of a developing nation and the work initiated by the Trust bears contemporary relevance as it continues to support innovative enterprises for the development of the people of India. The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust strives to promote excellence and relevance in all areas of human endeavor. It has demonstrated the power of purposeful philanthropy in the development of a progressive nation.

Sir Ratan Tata Trust
Sir Ratan Tata trust is one of the oldest philanthropic institutions in India, and has played a pioneering role in changing the traditional ideas of charity and introducing the concept of philanthropy. Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) largely made grants in Bombay. Whilst the Trust was largely known for making individual grants for education and medical relief, it also made institutional grants. Education, health and support for allied trusts were the mainstay of institutional grant making, with a few grants also being made for the promotion of arts and heritage, women's development, rural development, etc. Compared to the grants made currently, these were at best modest in comparison.

Euro Skin Bank
Euro Skin Bank (ESB) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization maintaining an allograft skin bank and supporting research in burn treatment. The Dutch Burns Foundation was established in 1971 as a national charity with the dual aim of promoting burn injury prevention and supporting research into treatment. As the value of human allogenic skin in the treatment of severe burn injuries became apparent, this institution was encouraged to set up a centralized skin bank for donor skin in the Netherlands. The arguments for a centralized facility included concentration of expertise, low investment and exploitation costs, and increased possibilities for research into wound coverage (R.P. Herman's, personal communication). The last decades the demand for GPA has increased and the Dutch Burns Foundation reorganized the skin bank, re-launching it as Euro Skin Bank (ESB). The Dutch Burns Foundation is still supervising ESB since maintenance of a skin bank is one of the aims of the Dutch Burns Foundation.

Himedia Laboratories
Himedia Laboratories is a leading manufacturer of products for microbiology, parasitology, immunology, serology and virology. Customers include clinical, industrial, research and academic laboratories around the world. Network of regional and international distributors permits rapid response to meet the needs of those customers. Himedia Laboratories is counted amongst the world's few companies possessing the high-tech know-how for manufacturing Microbiological Culture Media. Himedia has developed and introduced over 3000 microbiology products using its own proprietary technology and know-how. Himedia products are available and used in almost all parts of the world and compete favorably with other products of international repute.

Operation Smile
Operation Smile mobilizes a world of generous hearts to heal children's smiles and transform lives across the globe. Our network of volunteers works worldwide to repair childhood facial deformities including cleft lips and cleft palates.

Harvard Medical School
Launched in the fall of 2007 by Dean Jeffrey Flier, the HMS Strategic Planning Process is designed to compare present state against highest aspirations, to look ahead five to 15 years and seek to identify areas existing and new where HMS has the opportunity both to improve itself and to lead in teaching and research. Members of the Quad faculty, teaching affiliates, and the broader Harvard community are participating in five advisory groups engaged in a collaborative effort to conduct an honest self-assessment of the School and make recommendations based on their findings.