Why in the news? The Union Minister of State for Science & Technology stated that the Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) Programme is becoming increasingly popular among young startups and innovators. Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Programme What is it?:  The Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Programme is a … Continue reading →

Why in the news? The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) has been chosen as one of the four national next-generation sequencing (NGS) hubs under the Metagenomic Syndromic Surveillance Programme of the National ‘One Health Mission’. Metagenomics What is it?: … Continue reading →