I have totally overhauled the institute, reorganised and refocussed the areas which had become obsolete or the areas which were not directly relevant to the needs of the country, to be written off. Programme based research is kind of research where all the projects, research enquiry are focussed towards meeting an aim. So the aims and objectives are set. In CNCI I created four different programmes and then under those programmes I brought different scientists of various backgrounds to achieve one aim. Within June 1995, we formalised 15 programmes.
Research always emanates from the needs of a place.
In India tobacco-oriented cancers or cancers of head and neck were the earliest diagnosed and detected cancers. The main basis of such cancers are tobacco chewing and smoking in various forms. Lot of good work has come out in India on the carcinogenic elements in tobacco and smoking habits. In addition, I always mention that another good work came up 15 to 20 years ago about the carcinogenic elements found in araca nut. On environmental cancer, this Kashmir thing is unique and it has been internationally accepted.