Performance Report - Central Drug Research Institute

Performance ReportOSDD CHEMISTRY OUTREACH PROGRAM (OSDDChem)(CSIR-CDRI as Coordinating Laboratory)On the occasion of the International Year of Chemistry 2011, CSIR, under the aegis of its OSDD initiative, haslaunched a Chemistry Outreach Program through CSIR-CDRI as the coordinating laboratory. The major objectives of theprogram are:• To create a Chemical Library of diverse small molecules synthesized mainly by the M.Sc. and Ph.D. studentsworking at Universities/ colleges/ institutes across the length and breadth of the country;• To impart practical training to M.Sc. students specializing in organic chemistry towards synthesis and spectroscopiccharacterization of organic compounds;• To set up OSDD Outreach Centres at different CSIR labs including CSIR-CDRI (Lucknow), CSIR-NEIST (Jorhat),CSIR-IICB (Kolkata), CSIR-NIIST (Trivandrum), CSIR-IICT (Hyderabad) and CSIR-IIIM (Jammu) where studentsfrom nearby places can carry out short duration projects;• To investigate the bioactivity of the compounds in antitubercular and antimalarial assays;• To archive the compounds in state of the art storage facility for other biological assays and future usage.Incentives:• An initial amount of Rs. 1 lakh for consumable cost,and Rs. 5 - 10 lakhs for minor equipments cost, ifneeded, will be transferred by cheque/bank transferto the respective institute or laboratory by CSIR-CDRI(no funding to CSIR labs);• Rs 3000/- to be paid for each compound (debitedfrom the consumable grant);Distinct Features:• For the first time, a project like this has beenenvisioned and initiated that will impart training tolarge number of MSc and PhD students, especiallyin organic, medicinal, computational chemistry,pharmacy, etc. in colleges, universities, IITs, IISERsand other academic institutes in the country that willcreate a large knowledge base in the country.For further details, please visit: http://crdd.osdd.net/osddchem or write to Dr. Sanjay Batra at s_batra@cdri.res.in• OSDD OUTREACH CENTRES have been set up inmany CSIR labs. Besides, university departments designated for carrying out this work can train other studentsfrom nearby colleges and universities who do not have any facility.• The compounds generated in these projects are to be submitted to CSIR-CDRI for screening and archiving.Results will be made available to the investigators for publishing papers and OSDD will take the active moleculesforward.Progress made so far:• Program is already becoming popular with the “MSME”s of Indian Universities/Educational Institutions.• More than 50 projects have already been submitted from 31 institutes across the country with nearly 1600 moleculesin the database. The number is increasing slowly, but steadily.viCSIR-CDRI