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.

Ever since the Coronavirus pandemic broke out, CSIR has mounted a strategic, well-coordinated and integrated approach towards mitigating the Coronavirus outbreak.

CSIR-SRTP 2020, a nation-wide programme happening for the first time in the academic history of India.

CSIR-NEIST (North East Institute of Science & Technology), Jorhat, supports eighteen economically poor bright students for the mentorship programme.

CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, began serological testing for antibodies against SARS-COV-2 under the CSIR Phenome India Project for the CSIR-NEIST Cohort.

CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat, Assam, organised an International Seminar and Workshop on CRISPR/Cas-based Plant Functional Genomics and Computational Modelling (ISWCPC-2023) from 17-21 January 2023.

During the two days, in five scientific sessions of NSARA 2023, invited speakers from various research organisations delivered their talk on different thematic areas.

During the event, seeds of CSIR-released BLB-resistant rice variety ‘Samba Mansuri’ along with OP-12 Biofertilizer developed by CSIR-NEIST were also distributed to the farmers.