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NIF ANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009.pdf - National Innovation ...

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novel practices from <strong>NIF</strong> database for humanhealth, plant protection and animal health.Meeting of the sub committee forMechanical Engineering at IIPDehradunMeeting of the sub committee on MechanicalEngineering and Energy <strong>Innovation</strong>s was heldat IIP-Dehradun under the chairmanship ofDr. Gopal P. Sinha. Dr. M O Garg, Director,IIP, also attended it. CMERI presented thestatus of projects undertaken at their institutenamely Shaktimainthan’s water pump,reaper windrower, and auto compressionsprayer. IIP-Dehradun presented the status ofprojects undertaken namely the stovesportfolio of <strong>NIF</strong>. Altogether four projects wereselected for further incubation. <strong>NIF</strong> also madea presentation of 16 new technologies forconsideration by the sub committee.<strong>NIF</strong>-ICMR joint initiativeProgress on the evaluation of anti-typhoid,hepatoprotective and antidiabetic activity ofethnomedicinal plantsThe scientists of ICMR Virus Unit, Kolkatavisited the concerned herbal healer at hisplace in September <strong>2008</strong>. The investigatorsmet the local healer to get first hand knowledgeof preparation of the extract and to collectthe actual plant specimen from the site ofreport of the practice. Idea was to rule outany possibility of variation/inadequacy in thedocumentation of the technical informationabout the practice as well as identificationof the plant species. The preliminary in vitroantibacterial activity study revealed that theaqueous extract of studied plant can inhibitfour isolates (E. coli, S. typhi B 3385, C3891,E1590) at 250 µg/ml and other isolates areinhibited at

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