With the coronavirus pandemic continuing its deadly run by infecting more than a million people and causing the death of more than 82,000 people across the world, the laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) intensified their efforts at combating the pandemic.

Surveillance at the level of the virus, humans, and geographical origins and distributions is a critical step in combating Covid-19.

CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) has been contributing for several years towards the cleaning of the river Ganga.

CSIR has been leading the fight against COVID-19 and contributing extensively to overcome the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

CSIR has announced it will conduct a study to ascertain the possibility of the spread of the virus through the air. 

The workshop covered a wide range of topics related to the ethical and humane treatment of animals and their husbandry practices, biosafety and occupational hazards.

“Care and Husbandry Practices for Small Laboratory Animals”

Dr Ella highlighted how innovative technology in vaccine development is essential to solve public healthcare problems caused by infectious diseases.

Mr Wangchuk highlighted the importance of clean and smart technologies for sustainable livelihood in high-altitude regions like Ladakh.

Dr Ella in his Foundation Day lecture highlighted how today’s neglected infectious diseases could be tomorrow’s global pandemic and stressed the need to have a coherent strategy to fight infectious diseases.

Structure, function, and modulation of G-protein coupled receptors.

During his lecture, Prof. Dulal Panda, Director NIPER, Mohali focused on "Lessons from 55 years of tubulin research and its implications in human health and disease".

Dr T. Mohapatra delivered this year’s Foundation Day Lecture on ‘Food and Nutrition Security in India: Capitalizing on Agriculture 4.0’.

The three-day residential camp aims to inspire and nurture the next generation of chemists through the use of the Indian Sign Language Enabled Virtual Lab (ISLEVL).

CSIR-IMTECH organises various events during a week-long celebration.

Director, IMTech, apprised the audience of CSIR’s service to the nation in the last eight decades and how scientific and technological interventions from CSIR have helped society.

The programme aims to inspire students and young researchers to undertake science as a career and uplift the scientific temperament of researchers across the country.

During his keynote lecture, Dr Shekhar C Mande, Former DG-CSIR, highlighted that India has a rich tradition of crystallographers since the pre-Independence era.

“The Fit India Freedom Run is yet another endeavour to strengthen the Fit Indian Movement and involve citizens to embrace fitness as a way of life”, said Dr Sanjeev Khosla, Director, CSIR-IMTECH.

Dr Sanjeev Khosla, Director, CSIR-IMTECH, gave a brief snapshot of the four decades journey of CSIR-IMTECH, from what started as a make-shift laboratory in a warehouse to a sprawling 47-acre campus in Chandigarh.

Prof. Neetu Singh, Head of the Centre for Biomedical Engineering, IIT Delhi, elaborated on myriad health issues of the global populace.

The conclave theme emphasised the transformative impact of technology on libraries and their services and explored technological advancements in reshaping libraries and their future role in an increasingly digital world. 

The conclave theme emphasised the transformative impact of technology on libraries and their services and explored technological advancements in reshaping libraries and their future role in an increasingly digital world.

Dr Rajesh S Gokhale, DBT, highlighted that the BioE3 policy provides a framework to empower Indian institutions, universities, startups and industries to engage in transformative innovations.

The workshop aimed to provide specialised training in animal handling and biosafety laboratory practices to enhance expertise in biomedical research.