Ashok Soota creates SKAN for research in ageing and neurological disorders Ashok Soota creates SKAN for research in ageing and neurological disorders 05 April 2021 | News Soota has announced funds commitment of Rs 200 crore for SKAN Ashok Soota, Chairman/Managing Trustee, SKAN has announced the creation of SKAN, probably India’s first not-for-profit entity in the private sector, exclusively for medical research. The research for the projects will be done through reputed partners, and directly in-house. The strategic partner for neurological research is the Centre for Brain Research (CBR) at Indian Institute Science, Bengaluru (IISc). CBR is putting together a consortium to handle the first project on Parkinson’s disease.