Webinar on 'Jagrukta Abhiyan for COVID-19 Pandemic' : Report
Date : December 10, 2020 - Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development -
IBSD, Imphal NASI jointly organized wcbi na r on Jagrukta Abhiya n for Covid-19 pandemic
A webinar on Jagrukta Abhiya n for Covid-1 9 pandemic with special reference to bioresources was jointly organised by Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Takyelpat and National Academy of Sciences, lndia (NASI) on December 10, 2020.
The webinar was part of NASI's nationwide awareness campaign, viz. Jagrukta Abhiyan for Covid appropriate behaviour. It is for the first time that NASl is organising an event in northeast of lndia.
The initiative was supervised and chaired by Prof. Manju Sharma, former secretary to the Govt. of India , Department of Biotechnology. It was for spreading awareness among the masses and highlighting the preventive measures such as social distancing, self-hygiene and using face cover/mask.
The event was organized with Prof. Pulok Kumar Mukherjee, Director, IBSD, Imphal as organizing secretary, Dr. Nanaocha Sharma and Dr. S. Ind ira as Joint Coordinator of lBSD while Ms. Archana Pant as NASI Coordinator.
The virtual event was inaugurated by Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India .
The key speakers were
Dr. V.M. Katoch, former Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research,
Prof. Akhilesh Tyagi, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Delhi U niversity,
Prof. Pulok Kumar Mukherjee, Director, IBSD, Imphal,
Prof. Sanjeev Sinha, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
Prof. Ch. Debeshwar Singh, JNIMS, Imphal,
Dr. Ajay Parida, Director, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar,
Prof. S.R. Joshi, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong and
Prof. Paramjit Khurana, University of Delhi .
The webinar was attended by around 100 nos. of students, scientists, research scholars among others.
(Dr. Nanaocha Sharma)
Scientist-E, IBSD, Imphal and Joint Coordinator
Institute Of Bioresources & Sustainable Development (IBSD)
Takyelpat, Imphal - 795001, Manipur (India)
Web site: www.ibsd.gov.in;