School of Life Sciences, UoH gets Rs 50 crore DBT grant
Image is used for representational purpose only. HYDERABAD: The School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (UoH) has been sanctioned with a grant of Rs 50.44 crores by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) under the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India for five years.
The grant, which was sanctioned as part of the ‘Boost to University Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Department for Education and Research (BUILDER)’ program, will be utilized by the School of Life Sciences to promote interdisciplinary teaching and research.
The varsity will be using the grant to upgrade the central facilities of the School such as proteomics, metabolomics, genomics, greenhouse, animal house, etc. Continuous training programs will also be organized for the benefit of faculty, masters, and research students working in less equipped remotely located universities.
“It’s gratifying to see the School of Life Sciences is once again recognised by the DBT under BUILDER program with excellent grant support. The steady progress made by the School over the last several years with high-quality research output has been reflected through the top ranking in Nature Index too. With this support, I firmly believe that the efforts by the faculty, post-docs, and the students will further enhance research output and enable the School of Life Sciences to be among the World’s best in the years to come,” said Appa Rao Podile, Vice-Chancellor, UoH.
Under this program, the School has been sanctioned a budget to improve Infrastructure, Human Resources (faculty, technical officers, post-doctoral fellows, and research fellows) and Equipment. The DBT-BUILDER augmented infrastructure facilities will immensely benefit masters and research students, and facilitate high-end research. The support also will be used to offer training programs in advanced areas of biology besides encouraging student interns from other Institutions.
The School of Life Sciences was established in 1977 at the University of Hyderabad to serve as a model interdisciplinary academic institution. It currently has a strength of 60 faculty members, around 250 M.Sc/M.Tech/IM.Sc students in various biology and biotechnology disciplines, 350 Ph.D. scholars, and 60 post-doctoral fellows.
The grant, which was sanctioned as part of the ‘Boost to University Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Department for Education and Research (BUILDER)’ program, will be utilized by the School of Life Sciences to promote interdisciplinary teaching and research.
The varsity will be using the grant to upgrade the central facilities of the School such as proteomics, metabolomics, genomics, greenhouse, animal house, etc. Continuous training programs will also be organized for the benefit of faculty, masters, and research students working in less equipped remotely located universities.
“It’s gratifying to see the School of Life Sciences is once again recognised by the DBT under BUILDER program with excellent grant support. The steady progress made by the School over the last several years with high-quality research output has been reflected through the top ranking in Nature Index too. With this support, I firmly believe that the efforts by the faculty, post-docs, and the students will further enhance research output and enable the School of Life Sciences to be among the World’s best in the years to come,” said Appa Rao Podile, Vice-Chancellor, UoH.
Under this program, the School has been sanctioned a budget to improve Infrastructure, Human Resources (faculty, technical officers, post-doctoral fellows, and research fellows) and Equipment. The DBT-BUILDER augmented infrastructure facilities will immensely benefit masters and research students, and facilitate high-end research. The support also will be used to offer training programs in advanced areas of biology besides encouraging student interns from other Institutions.
The School of Life Sciences was established in 1977 at the University of Hyderabad to serve as a model interdisciplinary academic institution. It currently has a strength of 60 faculty members, around 250 M.Sc/M.Tech/IM.Sc students in various biology and biotechnology disciplines, 350 Ph.D. scholars, and 60 post-doctoral fellows.
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