Thiruvananthapuram, April 16 (IANS) In a key leadership transition at one of India’s premier biotechnology institutions, the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (BRIC-RGCB) has appointed noted scientist Dr Beena Pillai as its new Director.The appointment, approved by the Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet, is for a five-year term.Functioning under the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council of the Department of Biotechnology, BRIC-RGCB plays a crucial national role in advancing …
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Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 20 (IANS) The Kerala Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on Friday approved the state’s Information Technology Policy 2026, laying out an ambitious roadmap to position Kerala as a leading knowledge and innovation hub in India over the next five years.At the centre of the policy is a target to secure at least 10 per cent of India’s total IT export share and generate a minimum of five lakh new jobs across the IT sector and allied industries, according t…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) A team of bioengineers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has developed new smart platforms –BrainProt and DrugProtAI — that unify data on scattered brain diseases to help researchers find markers, explore treatments, and pinpoint druggable targets.BrainProt v3.0 is a database that combines various types of biological data — from genes to proteins — into a single platform to enable systematic insights into human brain function in both healthy and dise…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) India has entered a futuristic healthcare phase with molecular diagnostics, genome sequencing, and personalised medicine, said Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Jitendra Singh.Speaking during his visit to the DBT-BRIC Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad, Singh said that India is now scientifically and economically equipped to take on complex health challenges through genomics, biotechnology, and prevent…