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                SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EFFORTS ON COVID-19 BY
OTHER SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
COVID-19 research projects by IIT Delhi receive financial
support from Microsoft India
Research to tackle the COVID-19
situation continues at Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT) Delhi, with focus
on the early detection of the disease.
Aiding this endeavour, Microsoft India
has come forth to support two such
projects of the Institute. One of them
pertains to ICMR-approved probe-
free real-time PCR-based COVID-19
detection assay developed at the
Kusuma School of Biological Sciences,
IIT Delhi.This probe-free technology will be more affordable and easily scalable.The other project is a collaboration between IIT Delhi and National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, and it aims to develop an ELISA-based diagnostic serological assay against COVID-19.
Website Link:
https://home.iitd.ac.in/covid19-microsoft.php
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology develops
Sahayak Robot for healthcare corona warriors
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, has developed a robot named ‘Sahayak’ to help in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Considering frontline workers like
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