The Academy was established five years ago and is working steadily to attain the following objectives:
To develop educational strategies for quick dissemination of new developments in medicine, biomedicine and biotechnology to students.
We are in ‘Knowledge Century’. However, knowledge-explosion is not matched by the corresponding updating of teaching curricula resulting in progressively increasing gap between what is taught and what is known, this in turn adversely affects research, the mother of new knowledge. To bridge this gap the Academy has evolved a strategy of mobile information and technology workshops for quick dissemination of new knowledge taking it to students’ doorsteps. This ever expanding activity encompases all new developments; the current focus is on human genetics, oncology and regenerative medicine. Seven short term laboratory technology modules are also offered to facilitate development of human resources for biotechnology industry.
To develop service cum research programs in the rural sector for prevention of congenital/genetic disorders
The main theme of this rural based project, which was launched a few months ago, is
- to develop field based strategies for prevention of four common human congenital / genetic disorders namely thalassemia, Down syndrome, Neural tube defect and congenital thyroid deficiency,
- molecular epidemiology of b-thalassemia carriers in the teenage rural population and
- documentation of malformation
To provide R & D support, contractual research and tailor made training facilities, to small and medium level biotechnology industry in the region
For this purpose, the academy is in touch with the bio-industries