ANNUAL REPORT - Department of Biotechnology

Meetings
1) International Conference on Bioinformatics
(InCoB 2006):
The department organized a 3 day International
Conference on Bioinformatics through IIT, Delhi and
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JNU during 18 to 20 December 2006 at New Delhi.
Over thousand participants from all over the world
had participated in the Conference, which was
conducted in three parallel sessions for three days
with four sessions each day, besides there were also
poster sessions. Several leading scientists in this
area delivered keynote addresses and plenary talks.
The InCoB 2006 was inaugurated by Hon'ble
Minister for S&T and Earth Sciences Shri Kapil Sibal
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on 18 December 2006.
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ASEAN INDIA 2 Workshop on Bioinformatics:
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2 ASEAN India Bioinformatics Workshop , jointly
supported by DBT and MEA was organized through
Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, during
December 14-16, 2006 at Hotel Samrat New Delhi.
The workshop was inaugurated by Shri Anand
Sharma, Hon. Minister of State, Ministry of External
Affairs. The focus of the workshop was to impart an
awareness of Bioinformatics among the 20
delegates from 10 ASEAN member countries namely
Brunei, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam,
Indonesia and India by way of introducing the basics
as well as current technologies in Bioinformatics. The
goal of the workshop was to serve as a basis for
developing a strong team of collaborating networks
of Bioinformaticians in the ASEAN-India region. The
workshop witnessed lectures by eminent scientists
from all over India working in the area of Genomics,
Proteomics and Drug Design. The workshop also
had a special session on Bioinformatics Industrial
presence from India showcasing the latest
developments in technology. In addition, there were
discussions on ASEAN-INDIA Bioinformatics Master
plan where policy issues and collaborative
framework pertaining to manpower training,
educational curriculum reform, sharing of
computational hardware and software resources,
strategic research collaborations and scientific
exchanges between ASEAN countries and India
Second Asian India workshop on Bioinformatics
were taken up.
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XVII BTISnet Coordinators Meeting:
The Annual BTISnet Coordinators meeting for
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the year 2006-07 will be held during 3 & 4 February
2007 at Bioinformatics Centre , State Council for
Science & Technology, Sikkim, Gangtok.The last
year Annual Coordinators meeting was organized at
CPCRI, Kasargod and the proceeding of the meeting
is available from the BTISnet website
(www.btisnet.gov.in)
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