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DG, CSIR launches Compendium

of Indian Technologies for

Combating COVID-19

A Technologies for
'Compendium of Indi-
an
COVID-19
Combating
(Tracing, Testing and Treating)'
prepared by National Research
Development Corporation
(NRDC) was launched by Dr.
Shekhar C. Mande, Director
General, CSIR, and Secretary,
DSIR, Govt. of India at CSIR
Headquarters, New Delhi. The
compendium carries informa-
tion about 200 COVID-19-related
Indian technologies, ongoing
research activities, technologies Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, DG, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR launching the Compendium
available for commercialisation, of Indian Technologies for Combating COVID-19, compiled by NRDC at CSIR-HQ,
initiatives and efforts taken by New Delhi. Present with him is Dr. H. Purushotham, CMD, NRDC.
the Government of India, cat-
egorised under 3Ts of Tracking, to fight COVID-19 for the benefit (CSIR), Defence Research and De-
Testing and Treating. Most of of all stakeholders and this com- velopment Organisation (DRDO),
these technologies are proof-of- pendium will serve as a ready- Indian Institute(s) of Technology
concept (POC) tested and can reference for policy makers, in- (IITs), Science and Engineering
help the entrepreneurs to take the dustries, entrepreneurs, startups, Research Board (SERB), Techno-
product to market faster as they MSMEs, research scholars, scien- logy Development Board (TDB),
do not have to reinvent the wheel. tists and others. He also informed National Innovation Foundation
Dr. Mande appreciated the ini- that several of the technologies (NIF), Startup India and All India
tiative of NRDC for bringing compiled are approved by ICMR. Council for Technical Education
out the Compendium of Indian The information presented in (AICTE), Sree Chitra Tirunal
Technologies for Combating the compendium is sourced Institute for Medical Sciences
COVID-19 as it is very timely from various government bod- and Technology (SCTIMST),
and would benefit the MSMEs, ies and premier academic insti- and Indian Institute of Science
Startups and the public at large. tutions including Department of (IISc). For more information, in-
Dr. H. Purushotham, CMD, Science and Technology (DST), cluding transfer of technology,
NRDC, informed that team- Department of Biotechnology one may reach NRDC, an
NRDC has made an attempt to (DBT), Indian Council for Medical enterprise of Department of
compile most relevant and emerg- Research (ICMR), Ministry of Scientific and Industrial Research
ing indigenously developed tech- Electronics and Information Te- (DSIR), Ministry of Science &
nological innovations, including chnology (MeitY), Council of Technology, Govt.of India at
those which are at research stage, Scientific and Industrial Research cmdnrdc@nrdc.in.

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