Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 3: National Institute of Biologicals (NIB), Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, in collaboration with Department of Biotechnology, Union Ministry of Science and Technology, organized three-week long ‘National Skill Development & Hands-on-Training on Quality Control of Biologicals’ program for M.Sc Biotechnology students of University of Jammu, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and North East universities of Dibrugarh, Guwahati and Assam (Silchar) from February 9 to March 1 at NIB, Noida.
40 students of six different universities (11 from Jammu, 10 from Kashmir, 6 from Himachal Pradesh, four from Guwahati and three from Silchar) participated in the training programme.
The programme was inaugurated by KB Aggarwal, Additional Secretary (Foods & Drugs), Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Dr Shakti Kumar Gupta, Medical Superintendent, Dr RP Centre for Opthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and Dr Surinder Singh, Director, National Institute of Biologicals, NOIDA, were also present.
The objective of the programme was to develop and enhance analytical skills and technical knowledge of participants in Quality Control of Biologicals through Hands-on training in areas of Biotherapeutics, Vaccines and Diagnostics in techniques like HPLC, Electrophoresis, ELISA, Bacterial Endotoxin testing, Cell culture asceptic handling, subculturing and maintenance, cellline based potency assays, animal handling, use of laboratory animals in QC testing of Biologicals and to create awareness about global scenario of drug testing.
The training session also included lectures and presentations from distinguished and eminent speakers and senior faculty from the institute, academia and industry.
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