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New InitiativesResearch initiatives arebeing undertaken at NDRI forgenetic improvement of milchanimals; development of dairyproduction packages for small,medium and large producers;clean milk production andquality assurance; valueaddition to milk & milkproducts and promoting dairyenterprise through transfer oftechnologiesResearch••World Bank through NAIP has fundedtwenty research projects (with an outlay of 34Crores) in Consortium Mode wherein NDRIis either a lead Institute or a consortiumpartner. This has allowed biotechnology,biochemistry, dairy technology and otherdisciplines to work in frontier areas.••NDRI Scientists through proactive approachand under competitive grant have obtainedhuge funding for basic and strategic researchfrom NFBSR (ICAR) and other Govt.Departments.••To address the burning issue of adaptation oflivestock to climate changes through sheltermanagement, a project on National Initiativeon Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)with financial outlay of Rs. 20.86 crores isbeing executed at NDRI.••A project has been initiated under collaborativeapproach with International LivestockResearch Institute (ILRI) since Aug 2011.••Activities on collection and conservationof dairy and probiotic microbes have beenstrengthened.••New research initiatives are currently beingtaken to study the microbial diversity andpredominance of microbial communities inthe Indian gut under normal healthy andaberrant diseased conditions and subsequentprobiotic interventions by applying variousmetagenomic approaches. Attempts will alsobe made to link any alterations in microbialcommunities with the gut functionality. Themechanistic studies are also underway toNumber of Research Projects from External Agencies