MOHAN Foundation, over the years, has been actively publishing empirical research and publications that aide in raising awareness and building a body of knowledge that can drive policy making in the field of organ donation and Transplantation.

Currently, there is not enough research available on organ donation and transplantation in the Indian context. Such research is key to identify, guide and assess the intervention areas, including policymaking, in this under-served area of healthcare.

MOHAN Foundation's flagship publication is the Indian Transplant Newsletter (ITN), which is being published thrice a year, since 1998, and includes contributions from medical and para medical professionals. The purpose of producing ITN is to provide the various professionals working in organ donation and transplantation with an opportunity to share and draw upon research, expert commentary and practical insights to enhance its reader's knowledge and understanding of various aspects of the field.

MOHAN Foundation strongly believes in promoting a research culture within the organisation and follows some of the best practices in initiating and maintaining a culture of research, with high importance to research integrity.

MOHAN Foundation’s Ethics Committee
The Foundation formed its Ethics Committee, comprising of external field experts, in July 2020, that is registered with the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Government of India). It primarily reviews proposals on social and behavioral sciences & research for health. The committee members as well as the Foundation’s staff update themselves on Good Clinical Practices and Indian Clinical Research Regulations for Research Ethics Committee.

SIRO (Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation) recognition by DSIR (Department of Science and Industrial Research), Ministry of Science and Technology (Govt. of India)
MOHAN Foundation has been recognized as an R&D Centre by the Department of Science and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology (Government of India). This recognition enables the Foundation to undertake research projects in the field of public health, with the support of grants from India’s apex research bodies like ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research), New Delhi.

MOHAN Foundation has been conducting research on social, legal and ethics related to organ donation and transplantation. Its research is peer reviewed and published in leading Indian and international journals, with multiple citations.

Given below is a list of our work over the years –

Research papers/articles

1. Ishwarya Thyagarajan, Hemal Kanvinde, Sunil Shroff, Muneet Kaur Sahi. Organ donation and the medicolegal aspects: A process analysis study of the Indian states. Indian J Transplant 2022;16:184-8. Available from: https://www.ijtonline.in/text.asp?2022/16/2/184/349351


2. Trilly Rachel Mathew, Muneet Kaur Sahi, Sunil Shroff, Pallavi Kumar, Saurabh Pokhariyal, Salil Jain. Deception and deceit in living kidney transplant program. Indian J Transplant 2022;16:119-26.


3. Muneet Kaur Sahi, Sunil Shroff, Sumana Navin, Pallavi Kumar. Organ commercialism, trafficking and transplant tourism. Indian J Med Ethics. 2021 Jul 28;-(-):1-8. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2021.056. Cited by 1


4. Sunil Shroff, John S. Gill. Bold policy changes are needed to meet the need for organ transplantation in India. American Journal of Transplantation. 14 Feb 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.16537


5. Kute V, Shroff S, Prasad N, Guleria S, Prakash J, Sahay M, Modi P, Cantarovich M, Haberal M. Benefit to Few Versus Risk to Many: An Ethical Dilemma During Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic for Deceased-Donor Organ Transplant in a Resource-Limited Developing Country. ExpClin Transplant. 2021 Jan;19(1):1-7. doi: 10.6002/ect.2020.0134. Epub 2020 Aug 7. PMID: 32778012. Cited by 1


6. Shroff S, Mittal K, Navin S. Reply to cardiothoracic transplants in India-why adequate immunogenetic workup for potential recipients is a must. Indian J ThoracCardiovasc Surg. 2021 Jan;37(1):120. doi: 10.1007/s12055-020-01067-z. Epub 2020 Oct 15. PMID: 33442221; PMCID: PMC7778640.


7. Kute V, Varugese S, Prasad N, Shroff S, Agarwal SK; COVID-19 Working Group of Indian Society of Nephrology. Renal Transplant Guidelines with Reference to COVID-19 Infection. Indian J Nephrol. 2020 May-Jun;30(3):176-178. doi: 10.4103/ijn.IJN_221_20. Epub 2020 Jun 10. PMID: 33013066; PMCID: PMC7470197. Cited by 3


8. Shroff S, Navin S. Ground realities in brain death certification. Indian J Med Ethics. 2020 Jan-Mar;V(1):67. PMID: 32103798.


9. Kute V, Guleria S, Prakash J, Shroff S, Prasad N, Agarwal SK, Varughese S, Gupta S, K Gokhale AG, Sahay M, Sharma A, Varma P, Bhalla A, Vardhan H, Balwani M, Dave S, Bhadauria D, Rathi M, Agarwal D, Shah P, Ramesh V, Garg R. NOTTO Transplant Specific Guidelines with Reference to COVID-19. Indian J Nephrol. 2020 Jul-Aug;30(4):215-220. doi: 10.4103/ijn.IJN_299_20. Epub 2020 Aug 18. PMID: 33273783; PMCID: PMC7699665. Cited by 5


10. Thyagarajan I, Shroff S, Vincent BP, Rajendran J, Kanvinde H, Shankar S, Aneesh K. Knowledge and practice of organ donation among police personnel in Tamil Nadu: A cross-sectional study. Indian J Transplant 2020;14:141-6


11. Shroff S, Mittal K, Navin S. Heart transplantation in India-looking back as we celebrate 25 years of the transplant law. Indian J ThoracCardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug;36(Suppl 2):215-223. doi: 10.1007/s12055-020-00957-6. Epub 2020 Jun 11. PMID: 33071487; PMCID: PMC7538491. Cited by 3


12. Kute V, Ramesh V, Shroff S, Guleria S, Prakash J. Deceased-Donor Organ Transplantation in India: Current Status, Challenges, and Solutions. ExpClin Transplant. 2020 Jul;18(Suppl 2):31-42. doi: 10.6002/ect.rlgnsymp2020.L6. PMID: 32758118. Cited by 3


13. Jeong JC, Yuzawa K, Shroff S, Danguilan R, Koo TY, Thwin KT, Lkhaakhuu OE, Yang J, Kim MS, Ahn C, Ro H. Development of the Asian Transplant Registry Under the Asian Society of Transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2020 Jul-Aug;52(6):1634-1638. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.12.058. Epub 2020 May 1. PMID: 32362464.


14. Vadi S, Shroff S. Redefining Death: Urgent Need to Evolve toward a Homogeneous Definition of Death in India. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2019 Aug;23(8):368-370. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23220. PMID: 31485106; PMCID: PMC6709830. Cited by 1


15. Shroff S. Twenty-five years of transplantation law in India – Progress and the way forward. Indian J Transplant 2019;13:151-3. Cited by 2


16. Kumar P, Shroff S, Navin S, Sahi MK, Jairam J, Mathur SK, Kumar A, Mirza D, Rao SB, Padhi G. Deceased organ donation of foreign nationals in India. Indian J Transplant 2019;13:277-81. Cited by 1


17. Kidney-paired donation to increase living donor kidney transplantation in India: Guidelines of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation-2017. Kute, V., Agarwal, S., Sahay, M., ...Guleria, S., Rees, M. Indian Journal of Nephrology, 2018, 28(1), pp. 1–9. Cited by 13


18. Shroff S. Challenges in setting up of a deceased donor transplant program in South Asia. Indian J Transplant 2018;12:161-2. Cited by 2


19. Shroff SU, Navin SU. Brain death” and “circulatory death”: Need for a uniform definition of death in India. Indian J Med Ethics. 2018 Oct;3:321-. Cited by 8


20. Navin S, Shroff S. Organ donation: Some clarifications. Natl Med J India. 2017 Sep-Oct;30(5):301. doi: 10.4103/0970-258X.234409. PMID: 29916440.


21. Shroff S. Current trends in kidney transplantation in India. Indian J Urol. 2016 Jul-Sep;32(3):173-4. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.185092. PMID: 27555672; PMCID: PMC4970385. Cited by 35


22. Abraham G, Vijayan M, Gopalakrishnan N, Shroff S, Amalorpavanathan J, Yuvaraj A, Nair S, Sundarrajan S. State of deceased donor transplantation in India: A model for developing countries around the world. World J Transplant. 2016 Jun 24;6(2):331-5. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i2.331. PMID: 27358778; PMCID: PMC4919737. Cited by 3


23. IJU Awards 2016. Indian J Urol 2017;33:92-3 [Dr Sunil Shroff- Special appreciation award]

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Organ donation & transplantation from deceased donors in India–an overview. Cited by 3


Devarajan K, Voigt S, Shroff S, Weiner SG, Wein RO. Diagnosing Fish Bone and Chicken Bone Impactions in the Emergency Department Setting: Measuring the System Utility of the Plain Film Screen. Ann OtolRhinolLaryngol. 2015 Aug;124(8):614-21. doi: 10.1177/0003489415573072. Epub 2015 Feb 26. PMID: 25720315.


Deceased organ donation in India. Cited by 11


Spontaneous rupture of urinary bladder (SRUB) in a young male, presenting as anuria – A case report and review of literature. Hariharasudhan, S., Krishnamoorthy, S., Shroff, S. Open Urology and Nephrology Journal, 2014, 7(1), pp. 64–66. Cited by 1


Medical expulsive therapy in acute colic are we justified?. Hariharasudhan, S., Ragoori, D., Krishnamoorthy, S., Shroff, S., Rajamanickam, M.G. Open Urology and Nephrology Journal, 2014, 7(1), pp. 60–63


Evolution of deceased-donor transplantation in India with decline of commercial transplantation: a lesson for developing countries. Abraham, G., Reddy, Y.N.V., Reddy, Y.N.V., ...Mathew, M., Saravanan, S. Kidney International Supplements, 2013, 3(2), pp. 190–194. Cited by 13


Singh Rajender, et al. Longer (TA)n Repeat but Not A49T and V89L Polymorphisms in SRD5A2 Gene May Confer Prostate Cancer Risk in South Indian Men. Journal of Andrology. 2 Jan 2013. https://doi.org/10.2164/jandrol.108.007377[Wiley Online Library] Cited by 26


Amalorpavanathan J, Shroff S, Karunakaran CE, Castro R. Annual Report from Tamil Nadu Organ Sharing Registry for the Year 2013. Chennai 2014. Available from: http://www.tnos.org/pdf/report.pdf. Cited by 2


Comparative characterization of renal calculi from patients with clinical disorders. Nandakumar, V., Krishnasamy, K., Dhavamani, J., Shroff, S., Doble, M. Clinical Biochemistry, 2012, 45(13-14), pp. 1097–1098. Cited by 1


Looze KD, Shroff S. Can presumed consent overcome organ shortage in India? Lessons from the Belgian experience. Natl Med J India. 2012 May-Jun;25(3):168-71. PMID: 22963299. Cited by 5


Abraham G, Reddy YN, Amalorpavanathan J, Daniel D, Roy-Chaudhury P, Shroff S, Reddy Y. How deceased donor transplantation is impacting a decline in commercial transplantation-the Tamil Nadu experience. Transplantation. 2012 Apr 27;93(8):757-60. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182469b91. PMID: 22245870. Cited by 47


Venkatesan N, Shroff S, Jeyachandran K, Doble M. Effect of uropathogens on in vitro encrustation of polyurethane double J ureteral stents. Urol Res. 2011 Feb;39(1):29-37. doi: 10.1007/s00240-010-0280-7. Epub 2010 Jun 2. PMID: 20517602. Cited by 37


Abraham G, Shroff S, Nayak KS, Matcha J, Rajapurkar M, Reddy YN, Sundaram V, Reddy YN. Deceased-donor renal transplantation program in India. Kidney Int. 2010 Mar;77(5):378-80. doi: 10.1038/ki.2009.494. PMID: 20150935. Cited by 26


Venkatesan N, Shroff S, Jayachandran K, Doble M. Polymers as ureteral stents. J Endourol. 2010 Feb;24(2):191-8. doi: 10.1089/end.2009.0516. PMID: 20073560. Cited by 85


Abraham G, Shroff S, S M, Reddy YN, Mathew M, Sundaram V, Reddy YN. Long-term outcomes using deceased donor kidneys from cobra bite brain dead victims. Transplantation. 2010 Sep 27;90(6):689-91. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181ebc0b4. PMID: 20847633. Cited by 4


Shroff S. Legal and ethical aspects of organ donation and transplantation. Indian J Urol. 2009 Jul;25(3):348-55. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.56203. PMID: 19881131; PMCID: PMC2779960. Cited by 115


Mohan S, Mohanasenthil, Paul SF, Shroff S, Venkatesan V. Interleukin-4-receptor alpha gene polymorphism and the risk of renal cell carcinoma in a South Indian population. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2009 Apr-Jun;10(2):295-8. PMID: 19548368. Cited by 13


Mann A, Soundararajan P, Shroff S. Renal transplantation in a HIV positive patient. Indian J Nephrol. 2009 Jul;19(3):119-21. doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.57110. PMID: 20436733; PMCID: PMC2859478. Cited by 3


Shroff S. Organ Donation and Transplantation in India–Legal Aspects & Solutions to Help With Shortage of Organs. Journal of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation. 2009 Jun 26;2(1):23-34. Cited by 6


Rajender S, Vijayalakshmi K, Pooja S, Madhavi S, Paul SF, Vettriselvi V, Shroff S, Singh L, Thangaraj K. Longer (TA) n repeat but not A49T and V89L polymorphisms in SRD5A2 gene may confer prostate cancer risk in South Indian men. Journal of andrology. 2009 Nov 12;30(6):703-10. Cited by 26

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Tabrez Z, Paul S, Shroff S. Prostate cancer: Role of XRCC1 and XPD gene polymorphisms in South Indian patients. Indian Journal of Urology. 2008 Oct 2;24. Cited by 1


Rekha PR, Rajendiran S, Rao S, Shroff S, Joseph LD, Prathiba D. Histological reclassification, histochemical characterization and c-kit immunoexpression in renal cell carcinoma. Indian J Urol. 2008 Jul;24(3):343-7. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.42616. PMID: 19468465; PMCID: PMC2684363. Cited by 10


Shroff S, Rao S, Kurian G, Suresh S. Organ donation and transplantation—the Chennai experience in India. InTransplantation proceedings 2007 Apr 1 (Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 714-718). Elsevier. Cited by 18


Shroff S. Working towards ethical organ transplants. Indian J Med Ethics. 2007 Apr-Jun;4(2):68-9. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2007.025. PMID: 18630226.


Shroff S. Indian transplant registry. Indian J Urol. 2007 Jul;23(3):272-7. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.33724. PMID: 19718330; PMCID: PMC2721606. Cited by 3


Thiagarajan T, Abraham G, Mathew M. A correlative study of adequacy parameters using Kt/V and dialysis prescription and survival in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Indian J Perit Dial. 2007;12:24. Cited by 2


Vijayalakshmi K, Thangaraj K, Rajender S, Vettriselvi V, Venkatesan P, Shroff S, Vishwanathan KN, Paul SFD. GGN repeat length and GGN/CAG haplotype variations in the androgen receptor gene and prostate cancer risk in south Indian men. J Hum Genet. 2006;51(11):998-1005. doi: 10.1007/s10038-006-0051-z. Epub 2006 Sep 13. PMID: 16969583. Cited by 20


Krishnaswamy V, Kumarasamy T, Venkatesan V, Shroff S, Jayanth VR, Paul SFD. South Indian men with reduced CAG repeat length in the androgen receptor gene have an increased risk of prostate cancer. J Hum Genet. 2006;51(3):254-257. doi: 10.1007/s10038-005-0346-5. Epub 2006 Jan 26. PMID: 16437189. Cited by 20


Jaik NP, Sajuitha K, Mathew M, Sekar U, Kuruvilla S, Abraham G, Shroff S. Renal abscess. Japi. 2006 Mar;54:241-3. Cited by 26


Shroff S. Permanent peritoneal dialysis catheter implantation. Indian Journal of Peritoneal Dialysis. 2006;10:21-7. Cited by 3


Vijayalakshmi K, Vettriselvi V, Krishnan M, Shroff S, Jayanth VR, Paul SF. Cytochrome p4501A1 gene variants as susceptibility marker for prostate cancer. Cancer Biomark. 2005;1(4-5):251-8. doi: 10.3233/cbm-2005-14-508. PMID: 17192049. Cited by 27


Vijayalakshmi K, Vettriselvi V, Krishnan M, Shroff S, Vishwanathan KN, Jayanth VR, Paul SF. Polymorphisms at GSTM1 and GSTP1 gene loci and risk of prostate cancer in a South Indian population. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2005 Jul-Sep;6(3):309-14. PMID: 16235991.


Abraham G, Mathew M, Gopalakrishnan P, Sankarasubbaiyan S, Shroff S. Are three exchanges suitable for Asian patients on peritoneal dialysis? Perit Dial Int. 2003 Dec;23Suppl 2:S45-7. PMID: 17986556. Cited by 12


Thanka J, Kuruvilla S, Abraham G, Shroff S, Kumar BA, Ranjitham M. Bilateral renal papillary necrosis due to Candida infection in a diabetic patient presenting as anuria. JOURNAL-ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA. 2003 Sep 1;51:919-20. Cited by 5


Shroff S, Navin S, Abraham G, Rajan PS, Suresh S.Cadaver organ donation and transplantation: an Indian perspective. InTransplantation proceedings 2003 (Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 15-17). Cited by 53


Hinduja A, Abraham G, Eapen G, Shroff S, Rao R. An early experience with Simulect (basiliximab): an IL-2 receptor antibody. InTransplantation proceedings 2000 (Vol. 32, No. 7, pp. 1739-1740). Cited by 3


Millwala FN, Abraham G, Shroff S, Soundarajan P, Rao R. Spontaneous renal allograft rupture in a cohort of renal transplant recipients: a tertiary care experience. InTransplantation proceedings 2000 (Vol. 32, No. 7, pp. 1912-1913). Cited by 8


Suppiah R, Abraham G, Sekhar U, Mathew M, Shroff S, Soundararajan P. Nocardial endophthalmitis leading to blindness in a renal transplant recipient. Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation: official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association-European Renal Association. 1999 Jun 1;14(6):1576-7 Cited by 13


Abraham G, Padma G, Mathew M, Shroff S. How to set up a peritoneal dialysis program: Indian experience. Peritoneal dialysis international. 1999 Feb;19(2_suppl):184-6. Cited by 15


Anantharaman P, Abraham G, Shekar U, Moorthy A, Shroff S, Soundararajan P. Klebsiella endocarditis in the early post-operative period after renal transplantation. Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation: official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association-European Renal Association. 1998 Oct 1;13(10):2665-6. Cited by 13


Krishnamurthy R, Aparajitha C, Abraham G, Shroff S, Sekar U, Kuruvilla S. Renal aspergillosis giving rise to obstructive uropathy and recurrent anuric renal failure. Geriatric nephrology and urology. 1998 Oct;8(3):137-9. Cited by 12


Shroff S, Navin S, Abraham G, Rajan PS, Suresh S, Rao S. Ramachandra protocol’for organ donation. Antiseptic. 1997;94:73-4. Cited by 9