CSIR signed MoU with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

February 22, 2021
Current Context: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed an MoU with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
CSIR signed MoU with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • They have entered into an agreement to uplift the health development activities and promote health research in India.
  • Both organisations will work to identify scientific and technological opportunities which can be used in the health sector.
  • They will focus on developing and testing new preventions, therapies and interventions which will help to tackle health issues in India and in other nations.
  • They will perform research on genetic diseases that impact infant and neonatal mortality; new diagnostics and devices for infectious disease and environmental surveillance; development of cost-effective processes for drug, vaccines, biologics, and diagnostics manufacturing; novel microbiome-directed foods; the socio-economic impact of science and technological tools; and other areas of health and development.
  • Static Part: 
    • HQ of CSIR: New Delhi
    • HQ of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Washington DC, US

Question: 

Q.1 Which organisation from India signed MoU with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to uplift the health development activities and promote health research?
a. AIIMS
b. Serum Institute of India
c. CSIR
d. None of the above

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