Dr Pradnya D Yadav, Senior Scientist at the Indian Council of Medical Research – National Institute of Virology, has been appointed the Director In-charge of the National Institute of One Health, Nagpur.
ICMR is creating Biosafety Infrastructure in different parts of the country, under the PM-ABHIM programme, with specialised, dedicated and continuous scientific monitoring.
National Institute of One Health, Nagpur with BSL-3 and BSL-4 labs is being established with a ‘Multi-institutional One Health’ approach, where several departments of the Government of India will be working on collaborative mode.
Dr Pradnya Yadav in addition to her present assignment as Scientist-F, ICMR-NIV, Pune will work as the Director in charge of NIOH, Nagpur, informs Jagdish Rajesh, Assistant Director General (Admn), ICMR.