Anurag visits CSIR-IHBT

Palampur, March 1

Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur today visited the CSIR-Himalayan Institute of Biotechnology. Anurag arrived in the institute in the afternoon and spent time with scientists, students and others.

He held meetings with scientists of different departments who apprised him of various research, teaching and education activities being carried out by the CSIR-IHBT.

Dr Sanjay Kumar, Director, IHBT, took the minister to different farms and labs. Then, he presented a brief account of major activities and achievements of the institute. He said during the pandemic, the CSIR-IHBT had contributed by establishing a testing facility and also initiated genome sequencing of Covid-19 strains. — OC