PM Modi & PM Turnball
launch world’s most
advanced nanobiotech
research centre
Prime Minister Narendra
“The $100 million
Australia-India
Strategic Research
Fund is for collaborative
research in areas such
as nanotechnology,
agriculture, food security,
smart cities, etc. Our
joint research has entered
the phase of field trials
and this outstanding
science cooperation is
firmly rooted in tangible
outcomes, that is, to
improve the lives of
millions.”, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said while
digitally inaugurating
the TERI Deakin
Nanobiotechnology
Centre.
Speaking on the
occasion, the Australian
Prime Minister, Mr
Malcolm Turnbull,
said, “The Deakin-TERI
Nanobiotechnology
Research Centre, which
we just inaugurated,
is brilliant and I want
to say thank you to the
Chancellor and Vice-
Chancellor of Deakin
University. So well done!
This research centre
will bring up to 100
researchers together
to solve some of the
world’s biggest problems
in developing biofuels
to early detection
of crop diseases to
improve productivity.
And these are
practical solutions
with commercial
prospects for both
of our countries.”
initiative entitled as
Rashtriya Gokul Mission
along with the allocation
of Rs 500 crores has been
initiated in December
2014 for the conservation
as well promotion of
domestic species under
National Bovine Genetic
and Dairy Development
programme. Under this
mission 14 gokul villages
are being established and
41 livestock zones are
being made sophisticated
with more allocated funds
for the improvement
in bulls species.
Modi along with
Australian Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull,
have inaugurated the
world’s most advanced
nanobiotechnology
research centre, a
joint venture between
The Energy and
Resources Institute
(TERI) and Deakin
University, Australia.
This Centre has also
been rated as a 5-star
GRIHA building;
it is an example
of resource efficiency
and smart future. The
Class 10000 and 1000
controlled environment
Centre is spread over 5
acres of land and houses
high-end scientific
equipment like Nano
particle analyser (XETA
sizer), Lazer scanning
microscope (Confocal),
Scanning electron
microscope (SEM), and
Transmission Electron
microscope (TEM).
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