HT Correspondent
TEZPUR, May 1: The Tezpur University (TU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh on Sunday to carry out biomedical research in priority areas.
Through the agreement both the institutions would work on a broad spectrum of research areas covering epidemiological, clinical and translational aspects of both communicable and non-communicable diseases with special emphasis on diseases of regional importance.
Related Posts:
Biren Das, registrar of TU and Natarajaseenivasan Kalimuthusamy, director of ICMR-RMRC, Dibrugarh signed the MoU. Rajiv Behl, secretary to Government of India ‘s department of health research and director general of ICMR, Partha Pratim Sahu, dean of the School of Engineering and Dhanapati Deka, dean of the Research & Development from TU were present on the occasion.
Vice-chancellor of TU, Shambhu Nath Singh expressed his happiness over the agreement.
“This agreement envisions expanding learning and research opportunities for scientific staff, faculties and students of TU and ICMR-RMRC, NE region, Dibrugarh. We are looking forward to yielding result-oriented outcomes from this agreement,” Singh further said.
TU currently offers 76 academic programmes, including two-year M. Sc degree in molecular biology and biotechnology, five-year integrated M.Sc in bioscience and bioinformatics/life sciences and PhD in molecular biology and biotechnology. The department of molecular biology and biotechnology is actively involved in key research areas such as microbial, plant, animal and environmental biotechnology, disease biology and bioinformatics and computational biology.
