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              COVID Gyan Website for COVID-19 Outreach Effort
To bring in the scientific and factual aspects to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, a multi- institutional, multi-lingual science communication initiative, called COVID Gyan was created in early April 2020. This unique pan-institutional initiative on scientific advances towards understanding the virus and disease spread and its mitigation was the brainchild of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC). Other prominent partners that had joined their hands in this noble effort include Vigyan Prasar, India Bioscience, and the Bangalore Life Science Cluster (BLiSc), which includes Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), and National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS).
This website serves as a hub to bring together a collection of resources in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. These resources are generated by public-supported research institutions in India and associated programmes. The content presented here relies on the best available scientific understanding of the disease and its transmission. Apart from being the authentic source of information, the primary objective of this website is to create public awareness and bring in a holistic approach to the understanding of this disease and potential means to mitigate it.
Website Link:
https://www.instem.res.in/content/covid-gyan-website-covid-19-outreach-effort
A call on COVID-19 Research Consortium announced by BIRAC
A call on COVID-19 Research Consortium had been announced and the first phase of the call ended on 30 March 2020. This multi-tiered review process was done after stringent evaluation and funding support for selected proposals were recommended. Diagnostics, vaccine candidates, therapeutics, other interventions, and Proposals on devices were included in this Research Consortium
Website Link:
http://dbtindia.gov.in/sites/default/files/uploadfiles/BIRAC.pdf
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