Research team in Ooty gets Rs 14 lakh grant

UDHAGAMANDALAM: A research team from JSS College of Pharmacy in Ooty, (constituent college of JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru) which is one among the seven national-level winners of the phase- I Drug Discovery Hackathon (DDH) 2020, has been awarded Rs 14.35lakh to continue the phase- II of the drug discovery research against Covid -19, a press release from the college said.
DDH is a joint initiative of All India Council for Technical Education and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research under ministry of education’s innovation cell and supported by office of principal scientific advisor.
DDH-2020’s vision and mission are to establish an open innovation model for in silico drug discovery against Covid-19. The targets, tools and lead molecules identified through the process will be further taken forward for synthesis, followed by steps in routine drug discovery programme, the release added.