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Compendium: A compendium on the COVID-19 technologies of CSIR was brought out in July 2020. An updated version of the compendium was brought out in January 2021. The compendium gave details of nearly 100 technologies brought out by CSIR including the contact details of the CSIR labs and their industry partners.
COVID-19 Portal and Blog: A COVID-19 portal was set-up that was regularly updated with CSIR’s COVID-19 efforts. It also includes a blog where scientists and researchers in CSIR labs share COVID-19 stories. The portal can be accessed at: https://covid19csir.urdip.res.in/
Clinical Trials Portal: CSIR is a partner of many clinical trials that are being carried out in India for various drugs and vaccines. To keep the general public updated about the progress of the clinical trials, a website, CSIR ushered Repurposed Drugs (CuRED) was set-up that gives the details of the various trials including the clinical trial partners, the trial phase and so on. The same can be accessed at: https://iiim.res.in/cured/
Videos: Many informational short videos were created about the CSIR’s COVID-19 efforts. These are available on CSIR’s YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/csirindia1942
Social Media: The Twitter and Facebook pages of CSIR were effectively used for digital outreach activities. Announcements, updates, and information related to COVID-19 were regularly shared on the social media. Further, the social media were used as streaming platforms for taking all webinars to the general public. Collectively, CSIR social media platforms have over 100,000 followers.
COVID-19 Bulletin: CSIR-NISCAIR brought out the COVID-19 Bulletin giving news and updates about the pandemic, focusing on the CSIR efforts. The Bulletin archive can be accessed at: https://www.niscair.res.in/covidbulletin
COVID-19 Book: CSIR brought out a book, CSIR Fights COVID-19. The book gives glimpses of the CSIR’s fight against COVID-19. The book is available at: https://www.csir.res.in/sites/ default/files/CSIR%20COVID%20efforts.pdf
Among other outreach activities, CSIR supplied masks and sanitizers in large numbers and also distributed tons of nutritious food to the needy.
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