Foundation stone laying of ICAR Foot and mouth disease (FMD) lab
Update:Following is an article from Dharitri about what Foot and Mouth disease is.
1 comment July 6th, 2009
Intensive Advanced Course in Odissi at the Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Research Center: Admission ad from Dharitri
April 27th, 2009
One of three apex Tribal research institute to be in Orissa
Following is from the PIB release http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=39900.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs had decided to set up three apex tribal research institutes for undertaking research on ground and to suggest application oriented projects for tribal development. These institutes to be set up at Orissa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh will also suggest action plans for the promotion of culture and language of tribal communities, conduct research and evaluation studies. Briefing the Members of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to his Ministry here today, Shri P.R. Kyndiah, Minister for Tribal Affairs said that his Ministry is actively considering 100% Central government’s funding for setting up these institutes.
Highlighting his Ministry’s initiatives for tribal welfare, Shri Kyndiah said efforts were being made to reorient the functioning of the 18 tribal research institutes already working in the various parts of the country. Now onwards, only those research studies would be allowed at these centres, which would have direct impact on the life of tribals. The institutes would also be asked to suggest activities creating economic opportunities direct or indirect for the tribals. Experts would be involved to suggest projects to promote traditional art and craft of tribals.
Participating in the discussion, Shri Rameshwar Oraon, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs stressed the need for strengthening existing tribal research institutes, he said that these institutes should work in fields to study tribal issues closely and suggest effective measures for inclusion in Government’s programmes and policies. He said that libraries at these centers to be strengthened to provide rich study material for research in tribal related issues.
Participating in the meeting, Members of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee were of the view that Tribal Research Institutes should open their branches in tribal dominated pockets and their activities should be linked with the practical projects for economic and social development of the tribal people. Members also suggested there should be strict monitoring to see whether tribal welfare funds were being used genuinely. They also suggested speedy implementation of the Forest Rights Act. The meeting was attended by S/Shri Giridhar Gamang, Baliram Kashyap, Baju Ban Riyan, Rajesh Kumar Manjhi and V. Kishore Chandra S. Deo (all Members of Parliament).
NCJ/DT
June 30th, 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
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.
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ADE- Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore
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ARDE- Armament R&D Establishment, Pune
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ASL- Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad
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CAIR- Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Bagalore
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CFEES- Centre for Fire, Explosives & Environmental Safety, Delhi
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CVRDE- Combat Vehicles R&D Establishment, Chennai/Avadi
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DARE- Defence Avionics Reseach Establishmnet, Bangalore
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DARL- Defence Agricultural Research Laboratory, Pithoragarh
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DEBEL- Defence Bioengineering and Electrochemical Laboratory, Bangalore
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DEAL- Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory, Dehradun
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DESIDOC- Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre, Delhi
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DFRL- Defence Food Research Laboratory, Mysore
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DIPR- Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Delhi
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DIPAS – Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences, Delhi
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DLJ – Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur
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DLRL – Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, Hyderabad
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DMRL- Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad
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DMSRDE- Defence Materials & Stores R & D Establishment, Kanpur
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DTRL – Defence Terrain Research Laboratory
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DRDL – Defence Research & Development Laboratory, Hyderabad
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DRDE – Defence Research & Development Establishment, Gwalior
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DRL- Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur
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FRL – Field Research Laboratory, C/o 56 A.P.O.
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GTRE – Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Bangalore
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HEMRL – High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Pune
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IAT – Institute of Armament Technology, Pune
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INMAS – Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Research, Delhi
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IRDE – Instruments R& D Establishment, Dehradun
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ISSA- Insttitue of Systems Studies and Analyses, Delhi
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ITM- Institute of Technology Management, Mussoorie
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LASTEC- Laser Science & Technology Centre, Delhi
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LRDE – Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, Bangalore
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MTRDC – Microwave Tube R&D Centre, Bangalore
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NMRL – Naval Materials Research Laboratory, Ambernath
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NPOL – Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory, Kochi
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NSTL _ Naval Science & Technological Laboratory, Visakhapattanam
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PXE – Proof & Experimental Establishment, Chandipur, Orissa
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RCI – Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad
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R&DE – Research & Development Engineers, Pune
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SASE – Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment, Chandigarh
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SAG – Scientific Analysis Group, Delhi
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SSPLDA- Solid State Physics Laboratory, Delhi
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TBRL – Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandigarh
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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:
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Centre For DNA Fingerprinting And Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad (http://www.cdfd.org.in)
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Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal, Manipur (http://www.ibsd-imphal.nic.in)
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Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar ( http://www.ilsc.org)
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National Institute Of Immunology, New Delhi (http://www.nii.res.in )
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National Centre For Plant Genome Research (NCPGR), JNU, New Delhi (http://www.ncpgr.nic.in)
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National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Gurgaon (http://www.nbrc.ac.in)
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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
National Research Institute of Ayurveda Drug Development (NRIADD) to establish its complex in Bhubaneswar
Following is an excerpt from a news report in New Indian Express.
The National Research Institute of Ayurveda Drug Development (NRIADD) would establish its own complex over three acres of land in the city.
… The institute was earlier functioning as the Central Research Institute (Ayurveda). Das, speaking on the occasion, stressed the importance of standardisation of medical research. She said that ayurvedic research should be upgraded by application of latest knowledge and should be linked to modern medical sciences for advancement.
On the goals of the institute, she said, it should develop into a centre of excellence in ayurveda where integrated team approach by the staff is important.
3 comments March 27th, 2008
Regional plant research center in Bhubaneswar to have a tissue culture research lab: Sambada
4 comments March 17th, 2008
Degradable polymer from shrimp scales and PL Nayak research foundation in Cuttack: Samaja article
1 comment March 15th, 2008
Some Budget numbers relevant to Orissa HRD (NISER, AIIMS-like, etc.)
Following is from Volume 2 of the expenditure of Budget 2008-09.
- NISER/IOP: The IOP+NISER budget (item 9.04 of the DAE budget) is 69 crores in plan + 9 crores in non-plan = 78 crores. The nornal IOP budget is about 20 crores. Hence, 50-58 crores is the budget for NISER in 2008-09. (Note that in 2007-08 IOP was allocated 32.75+7 crores and it spent 27.6+8 = 35.6 crores. I..e, Probably 15-18 crores were spent for NISER. )
- IISER: There is a budget of 150 crores (item 61 of the Higher education budget) for the five IISERs. (The budget for three of them was 125 crores in 2007-08, out of which only 60 crores was spent.)
- new IITs: There is a budget of 50 crores (item 60 of the Higher education budget) for the establishment of three new IITs. (The budget for them was 80 crores in 2007-08, out of which only 0.01 crores was spent.)
- new IIITs: There is a budget of 21.4 crores (item 57 of the Higher education budget) for the establishment of new IIITs.
- AIIMS-like: There is a total budget of 490 crores (item 26 of the Health ministry budget) for the establishment of 6 new AIIMS-like institutes and upgradation of 10 other institutes. In 2007-08 the budget for this was 150 crores out of which only 90 crores was spent; most of it went to the upgradation part.
- NITs: The budget for the NITs (item 69 of the Higher education budget) is 808 (plan) + 285 (non-plan) = 1093 crores. Rs 608 crores of that is for enhancing the number of students to account for the OBC quota.
- IITs: The budget for the IITs (item 38 of the Higher education budget) is 1171 (plan) + 525 (non-plan) = 1696 crores. Rs 771 crores of that is for enhancing the number of students to account for the OBC quota.
- IISc Bangalore: The budget for the IISc (item 41 of the Higher education budget) is 130 (plan) + 91 (non-plan) = 221 crores. Rs 70 crores of that is for enhancing the number of students to account for the OBC quota.
- UGC: The budget for UGC (item 3 of the Higher education budget) is 3095.5 (plan) + 2009.4 (non-plan) = 5104.9 crores. Rs 875 crores of that is for enhancing the number of students to account for the OBC quota.
- NIRTAR and other 6 institutes for blind, deaf, mentally retarded and orthopaedically handicapped: The budget for them (item 21 of Ministry of Social Justice budget) is 47+27.05 crores.
- IIST (Indian Inst. of Space Sc. & Tech): Its budget (item 12 of ministry of space) is 65.25 crores. 25 crores out of a budgeted 75 crores was spent in 2007-08.
- ISIs: Its budget (item 4 of ministry of statistics) is 22.5 + 51.96 crores.
- NIFT: Its budget (item 11.01 of ministry of Textile) is 31.75 + 10 crores.
- Tourism: Its budget for training (item 5 of Tourism ministry) is 71 + 0.8 crores. It includes 26 Institutes of Hotel management, 7 Foodcraft institutes, IITTM, and NIWS (National Institute of Water Sports).
- CIPET: Its budget (item 2 of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) for the 15 centers is 31 crores.
- NIPER, Mohali: Its budget (item 7 of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) is 75+15 crores.
- National Institute of design: Its budget for (item 3 of ministry of commerce) is only 0.25 crores. It was 20.25 crores in 2007-08. It seems the funding pattern has been changed. There is now 50 crores (item 7 of ministry of commerce) for project based support to autonomous institutions which includes NID and several other institutions.
February 29th, 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
