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In the run up to the India International Science Festival 2020, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB), New Delhi participated in the Vigyan Yatra on December 21.
Highlights
- The Director of CSIR-IGIB, Dr. Anurag Agrawal, started the online program with a reminder of Article 5A(h) of the Indian Constitution which states that it is the duty of every citizen of India to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of enquiry and reform, stressing how the solution to many problems of the modern world lie in science.
- A short video was screened highlighting the achievements of IGIB in the areas of genomic medicine
- IGIB has a major focus on genomics with special emphasis on genomics of human diseases
- From the sequencing of the first Indian genome in 2009 to sequencing the genome of 1000 Indians, to creating a reference database of Indian genomes for precision medicine development.
- Research at CSIR-IGIB has led to the birth of a modern scientific discipline known as Ayurgenomics.
- Ayurvedic doctors and genomics scientists have over the years worked together to identify a genomic correlate for the Prakriti-based stratification of population used in Ayurveda.
Vigyan Yatra aims to promote scientific temper and inculcate the culture of science among the masses.
Source: PIB
