: Indias scientific fraternity capable of leading the world: Dr Jitendra #IndiaNEWS #Latest News NEW DELHI: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said today that Indias scientific fraternity is capable of

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NEW DELHI: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said today that Indias scientific fraternity is capable of leading the world.
Speaking to media after assuming charge of two new Union Ministries, namely Ministry of Science & Technology (Independent Charge) and Ministry of Earth Sciences (Independent Charge), Dr Jitendra Singh who is also MoS PMO, Personnel/DoPT, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accords highest priority to scientific pursuits, takes personal interest in all the new scientific initiatives and at the same time, is also keen that new scientific breakthroughs should be applicable in bringing about “Ease of Living� for the common man. He said that with the support of India’s eminent scientific fraternity, It shall be his earnest endeavour to realise Modi’s goal of raising Indias scientific capabilities to new heights.
Dr Jitendra Singh recalled that nearly seven years ago, he had the opportunity of briefly heading the same Ministry and, therefore, he shall try to carry forward various projects in the pipeline and also plan new ones which could be best suited to the requirements of contemporary Indian society.
The Minister was given a Powerpoint Presentation and briefed about the key initiatives and policy issues of the Ministry by the Union Secretary Science & Technology, Professor Ashutosh Sharma and Director General CSIR, Dr Shekhar Manda. A presentation on the COVID19 Mitigation Initiatives was also made on the occasion.
DG, CSIR informed that since the early days of pandemic, CSIR has worked with focused strategy to deliver various interventions and products towards mitigation of Covid-19 in the country which falls broadly into five verticals: Diagnostics; Surveillance; Drugs and Vaccines; Devices and PPEs and Supply Chain and Logistics. In the area of diagnostics. CSIR has developed a novel diagnostic called FELUDA which is CRISPR-Cas based method and is licensed to TATA Sons and currently marketed as TATA-MD CHECK and is widely deployed. Dry Swab based direct RT-PCR diagnostic without RNA isolation has been developed and technology transferred to several industries. In addition, thirteen laboratories of CSIR have carried out more than 14,50,000 COVID-19 tests so far. CSIR is supporting testing at Leh by providing instruments and training for testing.
CSIR is actively involved in genomic surveillance as an active partner of INSACOG consortium and till date more than 20,000 sequences have been done by CSIR alone as part of INSACOG. Further CSIR is also partnering with states such as Kerala and Maharashtra for genomic surveillance. Sewage surveillance has also been optimized by CSIR and carried out in several cities.

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