Genome India Project
- Union government has given clearance to an ambitious gene mapping project known as the Genome India Project with an estimated worth of Rs 238 crores. The project has been described as the “first scratching of the surface of the vast genetic diversity of India”. It involves 20 leading institutions including the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru and a few IITs.
- The mega project hopes to form a grid after collecting 10,000 samples in the first phase from across India. Its aim is to ultimately build a grid of the Indian “reference genome”, to fully understand the type and nature of ....
