The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is setting up several centres to house major analytical instruments to provide common services of high-end analytical testing with an aim to avoid duplication and reduce dependency on foreign sources.
A group of researchers from the Central Electrochemical Research Institute has developed a flexible, low-cost wearable sensor that can track sweat for monitoring health and physiological status of the human body.
The group is led by Vinu Mohan AM, scientist at the CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI). He is a recipient of a fellowship instituted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), which says that this sensor can obviate the necessity of blood and other invasive tests.
Their research has been published in the journal ‘ACS Sensor’. “The wearable microfluidic sensor, which does not need a clean room, can be used for in situ monitoring of multiple biomarkers simultaneously from sweat samples. Using the fellowship, Mohan is improving upon the sensor to make it stretchable as well,” the DST said in a statement.
The government has constituted an experts advisory committee which will be responsible for the overall execution and monitoring of the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme. According to an office memorandum of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the committee will evaluate and select incubators for allotment of funds under the scheme, monitor progress and take all necessary measures for efficient utilisation of funds towards fulfilment of objectives of the scheme. DPIIT had in February notified the operational guidelines to provide financial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product trails, market entry and commercialisation.
Science ministry wary of ‘duplicating’ proposed NRF’s funding plans
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NRF is planned as a major scientific funding body that will finance research projects spanning science to humanities
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Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST, told The Hindu that discussions on potential overlaps were still ongoing. File Photo.
NRF is planned as a major scientific funding body that will finance research projects spanning science to humanities
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has expressed concern to a Standing Committee of the Rajya Sabha regarding the structure of the proposed National Research Foundation (NRF), a body envisaged under the National Education Policy to improve the quality of research and education across colleges and universities in the country.