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North Eastern State - Bioinformatics Infrastructure
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NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY,
SHILLONG, MEGHALAYA. |
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The Bioinformatics Centre (BIC)
at North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), setup and funded
by DBT, GOI under the BTISnet program started functioning
from November 1999 with a view to catering to the needs
of the scientific community in the far-flung northeastern
region of the country and to augmenting their research activities
through information inputs. |
- Information node of BTISnet: part of the National
Bioinformation Network and functions as an information
base in various areas of Biosciences and Biodiversity
for the entire north-east ever since its inception.
- Identified for the first phase of Bio-Resource Information
Centre (BRICs) and portal development under Indian Biodiversity
Information Network (IBIN), DBT.
- Nodal centre of North East Bioinformatics Network
(NEBInet).
- Nodal centre for operating DBT-sponsored Online Access
Facility of Library Resources (OAFLR): for 36 Secondary
and Senior Secondary Schools in NER through 8 BIF-BTBI
Coordinators.
- Identified as one of the 18 nodal Centres in NER
to operate and monitor DBT e-Library Consortium (DeLCON)
facility (that comprises 917 selective Journals and
SCOPUS database).
- DBT-sponsored Bioinformatics National Certification
Examination Centre (BINC): one of the nine Examination
Centres, 2008 onwards.
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Major research activities
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Coordinator |
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Prof. Pramod Tandon
Bioinformatics Centre
North-Eastern Hill University
Shillong 793 022
Phone: (0364) 255 0150/ 272 2312/272 1241/ 272
1242/272 2214/ 272 2244
Fax: (0364) 255 0150/ 255 0300
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Deputy Co-ordinator |
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Prof. Veena Tandon |
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