CENTRE FOR NEUROSCIENCE
Prem Watsa donates $5 million to IIT-M’s brain research centre
Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT-M has developed a high-throughput histology pipeline that processes whole human brains into high-resolution digital images at a petabyte scale.
Assam CM reviews progress of Rs. 375 crore Mother & Child Hospital wing at GMCH
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited Gauhati Medical College & Hospital to review the construction of the new Mother & Child Hospital wing, costing Rs. 375 crores. This eight-floor facility aims to address the rising number of maternal and pediatric cases. During a meeting with health officials, Sarma discussed faculty recruitment and capacity expansion. He highlighted that 70% of the construction is complete, with the rest expected by April 2025. Sarma also emphasized improving healthcare access and transitioning to solar energy for hospital operations.
World Sight Day: 27 cr Indians suffer from poor eyesight; 7 ways to reduce eye strain at workplace
Spending more hours cooped up in front of the screen may wreak havoc on your eye health! Nearly 23 per cent of India's population suffers from poor eyesight as per a 2021 report.
NCBS and NIMHANS launch Rohini Nilekani Centre for Brain and Mind
The Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies (RMP) will fund CBM operations for five years, from April 2023. CBM will focus on long-term examination of environmental and genetic factors involved in brain development which underlie mental illnesses. NCBS will employ around 100 more people for this centre.
Rohini Nilekani to give Rs 100 crore for new mental health research centre
The Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies Foundation has provided a grant of INR 100 crore to the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences and the National Centre for Biological Sciences to help establish a centre for brain and mind. The centre will spend five years researching five mental illnesses, including bipolar disorder, dementia, and addiction.
500 LPM capacity Oxygen plant set up at the GMCH Guwahati's Cardiothoracic & Neuroscience Centre
Bayer has set up the oxygen plant at the CN Centre of the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), in partnership with LabourNet as part of its CSR initiative. The PSA Oxygen Plant has been designed to cater to the high demand for medical-grade oxygen at the hospital.
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NBRC team studying Covid effects on brain
The centre has sourced some brain sections of people who died due to Covid, from the brain bank of Nimhans in Bengaluru for the research work.
Amit Shah dedicates Cardiothoracic and Neuroscience Centre of the Superspecialty Hospital under GMCH
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that expressed his gratitude to the Union Home Minister for his presence at the event. "Honourable Home Minister Shri Amit Shah ji has always been a source of inspiration and support for us.
Centre striving to ensure development of border areas: Home Minister Amit Shah
The home minister said there was lack of development in the border areas, leading to migration of people, and "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is constantly striving to bring development to these areas".
One-stop centres & BPR&D planning self-defence camps for women in every district: Smriti Irani
"One-stop centres in collaboration with the Bureau of Police Research and Development are planning to organise self-defence camps for women and girls in every district," she told in her speech at the conference organised on the occasion of the International Women's Day.
Union Budget spotlight on mental health may push India Inc to act
Several mental health experts to officials across companies like Dabur, GE, Paytm, Flipkart, ABB, RPG Group, Mphasis, Genpact and Accenture told ET that they expect to see more time and money being pumped into safeguarding mental health of the Indian workforce in the coming months.
Build empathy, evaluate your senior’s approach: Ways to deal with a boss that demands too much out of you
Many of us have come across various types of dysfunctional bosses, especially in uncertain times such as this.
SPJIMR sets up Centre for Wisdom in Leadership (CWIL) to create future ready leaders
CWIL intends to conduct research projects which are relevant to address contemporary world problems, from a wisdom perspective. The approach will be multi-disciplinary and drawn from the most pertinent findings in neurosciences, philosophy, developmental and organizational psychology, spirituality, ethics, sustainability, economics and sociology and leadership.
Efforts being made to study impact of vaccines, diagnostics on UK variant of virus: DBT secy Renu Swarup
She said the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (INSACOG), formed to ascertain the status of new variants of the virus through genome sequencing, will also focus on samples from clusters where the infection level of coronavirus is high. "We are also making an effort now to study what is the impact of these vaccines and the diagnostics on this UK variant," Swarup told a press briefing.
What happens when novel coronavirus enters your brain? Here are the symptoms to watch out for
The highest levels of viral RNA were found in the olfactory mucous membrane.
Allot more centres in TN for PG medical entrance test, K Palaniswami urges PM Modi
The test is for admission to MD, MS, DM, MCh in Institutes of National Importance for medical education including the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) at New Delhi.
Without prioritising human factor, digital transformation tools will never be enough: Arianna Huffington
Even in the midst of constant change and uncertainty that’s going to define our future, it’s possible for companies not just to withstand the shocks, but to flourish and grow.
US-based startup offers fire safety tech to Indian hospitals
The three-year-old startup has implemented and evaluated the system at the Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata (I-NK) for the last couple of months, Pal claimed.
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise expands to Kerala with super-speciality hospital
The Apollo Adlux Hospital, scheduled to begin operations in four to six months.
SC concerned over abuse of minors at shelter homes, asks Centre about action taken
The bench comprising justices S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta, asked Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand, who was appearing for the Centre as to what action has been taken in these cases.
Deakin University, NIMHANS sign MoU to expand studies on neurodevelopment
The centre will be situated within NIMHANS and is a sister institute of the Deakin Child Study Centre based in Australia (DCSC).
How neuroscience can help global companies bridge the gap with Indian customers
As of now, the complete neuroscience toolkit includes an EEG to measure electrical brain activity and core biometric indicators such as heart rate and skin response.
Hospitals maturity cycle takes four to five years: Dr Ashutosh Raghuvanshi
MD & Group CEO, Narayana Healthcare says that hospitals have a typical maturity cycle of about four to five years when they start throwing a steady profit.
SP Jain School to set up neuro-marketing centre at Singapore Campus
This will aim to provide researchers with modern scientific tools and practical know-how to better understand consumers’ emotional response.
Creativity may share genetic roots with schizophrenia
Previous studies have identified a link between creativity and psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder, but it has remained unclear whether this association is due to common genes.
PM Narendra Modi shows interest in how stem cell research can treat brain diseases
Keen to understand how stem cells could help treat untraceable brain diseases, the PM spent nearly an hour interacting with researchers.
President Pranab Mukherjee for socio-economic medical system for poor
"Demographic change from youthful to an older population has taken place on account of increased life expectancy and reduced fertility.
Arun Jaitley kept in special isolation facility at AIIMS
Union Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has been kept in a special isolation facility at the Cardiothoracic and Neurosciences Centre .
Kris Gopalakrishnan's trust Pratiksha donates Rs 225 crore for brain research in Bangalore
Pratiksha Trust, a charitable trust founded by Infosys executive vice chairman Kris Gopalakrishnan, has donated Rs 225 crore to set up a brain research centre in Bangalore.
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