CSIR-IICT’s Kilo Lab facility dedicated to nation
Hyderabad: CSIR Director General and DSIR Secretary, Dr Shekhar C Mande on Saturday virtually dedicated the Kilo Lab facility named after Acharya PC Ray at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Moulali Complex, Hyderabad, to the nation. The facility has been created as a part of CSIR-Agro Mission to cater the needs of key […]
Hyderabad: CSIR Director General and DSIR Secretary, Dr Shekhar C Mande on Saturday virtually dedicated the Kilo Lab facility named after Acharya PC Ray at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Moulali Complex, Hyderabad, to the nation.
The facility has been created as a part of CSIR-Agro Mission to cater the needs of key stakeholders of the agricultural sector. The state-of-the-art facility will be used for process development and scale up of the agro-chemicals.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Mande said the Kilo Lab would be of immense utility for the industries.“The present facility is another contribution from the CSIR-IICT, which is known for its role in providing various solutions to fight the current pandemic and importantly developing an adjuvant for Covaxin,” he said.
Department of Science and Technology Secretary, Dr Srivari Chandrasekhar said with the focus on scaling up the research from laboratory scale or bench scale to pilot scale, the CSIR-IICT procured the equipment with the intent to help the industry with operations at higher scale for efficient adaptability for commercial scale.
In his address, CSIR-IICT Director, Dr VM Tiwari said the CSIR-IICT played a major role in drug repurposing in the current pandemic. “The lab made use of indigenous raw materials to repurpose drugs. Once again, the CSIR-IICT can play a major role in R&D towards development of new technologies in the agro-chemical sector, wherein the technology can be environment-friendly using indigenous raw materials,” Dr Tiwari added.
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