Odisha HRD

Three to four new national labs coming up in West Bengal

Following is an excerpt from a news report in Indian Express.

These are the National Institute of Medical Genetics, funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, the National Institute of Nanoscience and Technology, funded by the Department of Science and Technology and the National Institute of Mangrove and Coastal Studies, funded by the Department of Environment.

“The institutes for medical genetics and nanoscience technology are coming up at Baruipur. About 25 acres of land have been identified for the purpose and the government had approved it last year,” …

Efforts are on to develop Baruipur as the new educational hub where infrastructure for educational institutes will be developed, added Majumdar. “The Coastal Research Centre will cater to the entire coastline of the country and will come up near Sunderbans,” he said. The National Institute of Translation Research is also likely to be constructed here and discussions are on with CSIR for funding the project.

The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, which promotes basic sciences, has started its functioning in the city in 2006. … and will soon have its own campus at Haringhata. The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research which has been holding its classes at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology will also have a campus of its own soon, said officials.

1 comment May 12th, 2008

ICAR Foot and mouth disease (FMD) lab to be established in Jatni near Bhubaneswar

Following is an excerpt from a report in New Indian Express. (See https://www.orissalinks.com/?p=1103 for other ICAR labs/institutes in Orissa and India.)

The International and National centre on FMD would be set up by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) at Jatni about 25 kms from here. The State Government has already identified 116.325 acre of land for the Rs 400 crore Central Government sponsored project.

The state-of-the art facility with Bio Safety level (3+) standardisation will work for control and containment of virulent, pathogenic and mutagenic FMD virus. The disease in endemic to India and manifests itself across regions round the year.

The lab would receive samples from the country as well as abroad for identification, characterisation of the biological pathogens that caused the disease. It will also act as a repository for various serotypes.

Telegraph also reports on this.

2 comments April 26th, 2008

ICAR institutes, project directorates and national research centers

Following is from http://www.icar.org.in/icar7.htm.

Institutes/ Bureaues

National Bureaus

Following is from http://www.icar.org.in/icar7b.htm.

Project Directorates

Following is from http://www.icar.org.in/icar7a.htm.

ICAR National Research Centres (NRC)

8 comments April 26th, 2008

DAE Institutes

Following is from http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/dae.html. (See also http://www.dae.gov.in/aidedlnks.htm.)

1. Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC)

2. Raja Ramanna Center for Advanced Technology (RRCAT)

3. Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR)

4. Variable energy Cyclotorn Center (VECC)

5. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

6. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkota

7. Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai

8. Institute of Physics, Bhubaneshwar, ORISSA
   

9. Harish Chandra Research Institute (Formerly known as Mehta Research Institute of Physics and Mathematical Physics), Allahabad

10. Institute of Mathematics, Chennai

11. Institute for Plasma Research, Ahmedabad

12. Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research

     

1 comment April 23rd, 2008

ICMR institutes and centers

The following is from http://www.icmr.nic.in/institute.htm#Permanent%20Institutes/Centres.

AGRA

National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases (NCJILOMD)

AHMEDABAD

National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH)

CHENNAI

Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC)    National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE)

DELHI

National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR)    Institute of Pathology    (IOP)     National Institute of Medical Statistics  (NIMS)

HYDERABAD

National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)    National Centre for Laboratory Animal Science (NCLAS)    Food and Drug Toxicology Research Centre (FDTRC)

KOLKATA

National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases  (NICED)

MADURAI

Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (CRME)

MUMBAI

National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH)    National Institute of Immunohaemotology (NIIH)    Enterovirus Research Centre (ERC)    Genetic Research Centre

NOIDA

Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology   (ICPO)

PATNA

Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS)

PONDICHERRY

Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC)

PUNE

Microbial Containment Complex (MCC)      National Institute of Virology (NIV)    National AIDS Research Institute (NARI)

ICMR’s Regional Medical Research Centres

 

	Regional Medical Research Centre Bhubaneswar
	Regional Medical Research Centre Dibrugarh
	Regional Medical Research Centre Port Blair
	Regional Medical Research Centre Jabalpur
	Desert Medicine Research Centre Jodhpur
	Regional Medical Research Centre Belgaum

April 23rd, 2008

DRDO labs in India: http://www.drdo.com/labindex.shtml

The following list is from http://www.drdo.com/labindex.shtml. See also http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/drdo.html.

Following is the list at also http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/drdo.html.

1. ADE- Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore

2. ARDE- Armament R&D Establishment, Pune

3. ASL- Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad

4. CAIR- Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Bagalore

5. CFEES- Centre for Fire, Explosives & Environmental Safety, Delhi

6. CVRDE- Combat Vehicles R&D Establishment, Chennai/Avadi

7. DARE- Defence Avionics Reseach Establishmnet, Bangalore

8. DARL- Defence Agricultural Research Laboratory, Pithoragarh

9. DEBEL- Defence Bioengineering and Electrochemical Laboratory, Bangalore

10. DEAL- Defence  Electronics Applications Laboratory, Dehradun

11. DESIDOC- Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre, Delhi

12. DFRL- Defence Food Research  Laboratory, Mysore

13. DIPR- Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Delhi

14. DIPAS – Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences, Delhi

15. DLJ – Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur

16. DLRL – Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, Hyderabad

17. DMRL- Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad

18. DMSRDE- Defence Materials & Stores R & D Establishment, Kanpur

19. DTRL – Defence Terrain Research Laboratory

20. DRDL – Defence Research & Development Laboratory, Hyderabad

21. DRDE – Defence Research & Development Establishment, Gwalior

22. DRL- Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur

23. FRL – Field Research Laboratory, C/o 56 A.P.O.

24. GTRE – Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Bangalore

25. HEMRL – High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Pune

26. IAT – Institute of Armament Technology, Pune

27. INMAS – Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Research, Delhi

28. IRDE – Instruments R& D Establishment, Dehradun

29. ISSA-  Insttitue of Systems Studies and Analyses, Delhi

30. ITM-  Institute of Technology Management, Mussoorie

31. LASTEC- Laser Science & Technology Centre, Delhi

32. LRDE – Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, Bangalore

33. MTRDC – Microwave Tube R&D Centre, Bangalore

34. NMRL – Naval Materials Research Laboratory, Ambernath

35. NPOL – Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory, Kochi

36. NSTL _ Naval Science & Technological Laboratory, Visakhapattanam

37. PXE – Proof & Experimental Establishment, Chandipur, Orissa

38. RCI – Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad

39. R&DE – Research & Development Engineers, Pune

40. SASE – Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment, Chandigarh

41. SAG – Scientific Analysis Group, Delhi

42. SSPLDA- Solid State Physics Laboratory, Delhi

43. TBRL – Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandigarh

44. VRDE – Vehicles research & Development establishment, Ahmednagar

58 comments April 23rd, 2008

Ministry of Sc. & Technology (DST and DBT) Labs in India: None in the DST list are in Orissa

The following list is from http://dst.gov.in/autonomous/autonomous_index.htm. Orissa does not figure in that list. In 2005 Orissa was trying for one. See https://www.orissalinks.com/?p=948. But nothing seems to have happened since then. (Orissa does have the "Institute of Life Sciences" which is funded by the Department of Biotechnology, which is under the Ministry of Science of Technology.)

• Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
• Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational-Sciences, Nainital
• Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow
• Bose Institute, Kolkata
• Centre for Liquid Crystal Research, Jalahalli, Bangalore
• Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
• International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad
• Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai
• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
• National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories, New Delhi
• Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
• S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
• Sreechitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
• Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council (TIFAC), New Delhi
• Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi
• Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun

The Department of Biotechnology labs are listed in http://dbtindia.nic.in/institutions/instmain.html. They are:

1. Centre For DNA Fingerprinting And Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad (http://www.cdfd.org.in)

2. Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development  (IBSD), Imphal, Manipur (http://www.ibsd-imphal.nic.in)

3. Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar ( http://www.ilsc.org)

4. National Institute Of Immunology, New Delhi (http://www.nii.res.in )

5. National Centre For Plant Genome Research (NCPGR), JNU, New Delhi (http://www.ncpgr.nic.in)

6. National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Gurgaon (http://www.nbrc.ac.in)

7. National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune (http://www.nccs.res.in )

April 23rd, 2008

CSIR labs in India

The following list is from http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/aboutcsir/lab_directory.htm.

101 comments April 23rd, 2008

ICAR Bio-safety level 3 animal lab near Jatni

Following is an excerpt from a report in Kalinga Times.

A high security laboratory, which would be one of its kind in Southeast Asia, will be set up in Orissa this year to fight foot and mouth disease that affects about 470 million domestic livestock annually.

"The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), an autonomous national organisation under the central government, recently approved the establishment of the laboratory at Jatani on the outskirt of the capital city Bhubaneswar," director of the state animal husbandry department Bishnupada Sethi told IANS Sunday.

It is going to be the first such centre of India and one of its kind in Southeast Asia with the Bio Safety Level (3+) facilities which will work for proper control and containment of virulent, pathogenic and mutagenic foot and mouth disease viruses, he said.

Bio-safety Level 3 facility expands the capability of researchers to conduct research on potential viral agents that do not currently have vaccines or therapies.

… People working in laboratory wear special protective suits with filtered air supply and work within airtight cabinetry.

Foot and mouth disease is endemic in India. It is present almost in all parts of the country and occurs round the year. It also hits free-living and captive ungulates and elephants.

… The disease samples will be received from the entire country as well as from abroad for proper identification and characterisation of the biological pathogen that caused the disease.

It will also serve as a repository unit for various serotypes – a grouping of viruses of the foot and mouth disease, Sethi said.

The research will help in manufacturing of foot and mouth disease vaccine through proper inclusion of emerging strains of concerned virus, he added.

… The state government has already identified an area of 116.325 acres located 25 km away from the state capital to be given to ICAR for the laboratory.

The centre, which will also serve as a referral laboratory for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), will be more technologically advanced than the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, said B. Patnaik, a scientist.

April 1st, 2008

Is the proposal to convert “Institute of Material Sciences (IMS)” to “National Institute for Advanced Materials and Applications (NIAMA)” dead?

In 2005 our CM had proposed the central takeover/adoption of the Institute of Material Sciences (IMS) in Bhubaneswar (68/1, Laxmi Vihar, Bhubaneswar – 751005 )  to make it a National Institute for advanced materials and applications. In this, ex-IIT Khragpur director Prof. K. L. Chpora, a recent Padma shri award winner, was involved. But besides the following news report from 2005 nothing much has happened.

February 3rd, 2008