13 Nov 2017|Gurgaon (Manesar) | Amity University Gurgaon
Special seminar on “Opportunities and Challenges for research on Genetics, Genomics and Epigenetic in India”
Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Gurgaon organize a special seminar on “Opportunities and Challenges for research on Genetics, Genomics and Epigenetic in India” by Dr. V. M. Katoch (Former Secretary, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India & Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi).
Dr V M Katoch had joined Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for Talent Search Schemes and served as Director. He was Founder Secretary of Department of Health Research and Director-General, ICMR; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, from 18th Nov 2008 to 28th February, 2015. As the founder Secretary of new department, he played important role in developing and implementing five new schemes to accomplish nine new business – (i) establishment of multi-disciplinary research units (MRUs) in government medical colleges (with focus on NCDs, RCH, gender issues etc; (ii) Model Rural Health Research units (MRHRUs three partners - medical college, state services and ICMR/ other apex institutes for taking the technology to people- (iii) Virology Research Laboratories in states and medical colleges (iv) Scheme for Human Resources for Health Research focus on medical colleges; (v) Grant in Aid scheme for projects focused on intersect oral collaboration and coordination.
D Katoch begin his session with briefing about the different Opportunities and Challenges for research on Genetics, Genomics and Epigenetic in India with taking reference of research and development work during the development of modern methods of rapid diagnosis of TB, leprosy, D NA chips; DNA fingerprinting methods etc.; contributed to expansion of mandate of JALMA from leprosy to all mycobacterial diseases. He also briefly talked about few of his research paper among 280 published in India and Foreign Journals.