Kasturba Medical College signs MoU with CSIR-CDRI for research work on Antimicrobial Resistance
Udupi: Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) -CDRI (Central Drug Research Institute), Lucknow, to enter in a private-public partnership for developing research work on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of antimicrobials (drugs used to treat infections). There will be collaborative research on co-develop molecular characterization and point-of-care diagnostics for multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) pathogens.
A team from Kasturba Medical College in Manipal led by Dr Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Assistant Dean and Professor of Microbiology, and Dr. Vandana KE, Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology, represented the CSIR-CDRI Lucknow at this prestigious event. On the program's last day, Dr. N. Kalaiselvi, Director General of the CSIR and Secretary of the Government of India, graciously attended as the program's principal guest, reports Daijiworld.
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