Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 14: A three days skill development training programme on Tissue Culture Techniques commenced at CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine here today.
About 30 participants from diverse backgrounds of Biotechnology, Life sciences, Agribusiness management and agriculture enrolled for the workshop, which was inaugurated by Dr Zabeer Ahmed, Director CSIR-IIIM Jammu.
In his inaugural address, Dr Zabeer said that tissue culture techniques have emerged as a pivotal aspect of modern biotechnology, playing a crucial role in crop improvement, pharmaceuticals, and horticulture. Recognizing the significance of this discipline in the contemporary scientific landscape, IIIM, following the NEP guidelines has taken the initiative to introduce a specialized Skill Development programme aimed at equipping individuals with the necessary skills and knowledge in tissue culture methodologies, he said.
Dr Zabeer Ahmed described the advantages of this technique in quick availability of food throughout the year, irrespective of the growing season, thus opening new opportunities to the producers and farmers.
Dr S K Bakshi, ex Chief Scientist and renowned cytogeneticist, who was the guest speaker, spoke about advantageous technique for plant propagation at a commercial scale. He also gave a lead lecture on “Development of MAPs, using Tissue Culture Techniques, for commercial utilization”. He further said that Plant propagation in vitro has the potential to be a powerful tool in both fundamental and applied biology and said that Cryopreservation of genetic resources technologies have a lot of potential and are rapidly evolving around the world.
Pertinently these hands on training and skill development series have been launched by CSIR-IIIM Jammu as part of CSIR-Integrated skill initiatives. The event was conducted under overall supervision of Er Abdul Rahim, Chief Scientist & Head RMBD & IST. Dr Srinivas Kota, Scientist, gave an overview of whole training program where as Dr Nasir Ul Rasheed, Senior Scientist, gave formal vote of thanks.
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