National Science Day: Science and technology growing manifold in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad, which is popularly known as an IT hub, is also making enormous gains in the realm of science and creating an eco-system for research and innovation.

Hyderabad, which rapid strides in research over the past few decades, is also recognised as India's Science City.

City-based R&D institutions like IICT, CSIR-CCMB, CDFD, and others have made significant advances in science and technology. Hyderabad is also home to a number of pharmaceutical and biotech companies, including Dr. Reddy's, Shanta, Bio, Hetero, Gland Pharma, and Bharat Biotech.

The city also houses Genome Valley, a 2,000-acre high-tech commercial hub. The genome valley is located in the suburbs of Turakapally, Shamirpet, Medchal, Uppal, Patancheru, Jeedimetla, Gachibowli, and Keesara, which are among the suburbs that are included.

The Genome Valley has evolved into a hub for biological research, education, and production. Genome Valley is now in Phase III, which is approximately 11 kilometres from Phases I and II and covers somewhat more than 2,000 acres.

Hyderabad is home to prominent scientific research organisations

Advanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group

The Advanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group (ANURAG) is a Defense Research and Development Organization laboratory (DRDO). The organisation, based in Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, is involved with the development of numerical analysis computing systems for use in other DRDO projects.

Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research

The Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), with headquarters in Hyderabad is the Department of Atomic Energy(DAE), Government of India's oldest unit. The organization's primary mission is to conduct geological exploration and locate mineral reserves essential for India's nuclear power development.

Central Forensic Science Laboratory

The Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad (CFSL, Hyderabad), founded in 1964, is one of India's seven Central Forensic Science Labs. The Central Forensic Science Laboratory works hard to provide excellent services in the scientific examination and analysis of evidence referred by central and state law enforcement agencies, and it supports the Indian Criminal Justice System.

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology

The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is a world-class research centre focused on cutting-edge fields of modern biology. The Center's goals are to perform high-quality basic research and training in frontier areas of modern biology, as well as to develop centralised national facilities for novel and modern approaches in biology's inter-disciplinary fields.

On April 1, 1977, the centre was established as a semi-autonomous centre, with the Biochemistry Division of the then Regional Research Laboratory (now the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, IICT) in Hyderabad forming its nucleus and Dr P M Bhargava as its director. CCMB moved to its present campus on November 26, 1987.

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

The Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, or CIMAP, is a cutting-edge plant research facility of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Founded in 1959 as the Central Indian Medicinal Plants Organisation (CIMPO), CIMAP directs multidisciplinary high-quality research in biological and chemical sciences while also extending technologies and services to farmers and entrepreneurs of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) through its research headquarters in Lucknow and research centres in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pantnagar, and Purara.

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is an Indian biotechnology research centre, located in Hyderabad, India, operated by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. CDFD is a Sun Microsystems centre of excellence in medical bio-informatics, supported with a strong bioinformatics facility, and is the India node of the EMBnet.

Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine

The National Research Institute of Unani Medicine for Skin Disorders (NRIUMSD), Hyderabad (Formerly the Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine (CRIUM), Hyderabad) is a decentralised Institute that works under the Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.

The institute, founded in December 1971, has achieved international reputation, particularly for its successful treatment of Bara (vitiligo), and has evolved through the years to become the country's foremost Unani medical research institute.

Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory

Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) research laboratory, is based in Hyderabad. DMRL is in charge of developing new metallic and ceramic materials, as well as related processing technologies, for a variety of vital defence applications.

Hyderabad Pharma City

Hyderabad Pharma City (HPC) is the world's largest integrated pharmaceutical cluster in Hyderabad, with a focus on Research & Development and manufacturing. Given its national and international significance, the Government of India designated the cluster as a National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ). The Park, which spans 19,000 acres, is touted as the largest of its kind industrial cluster for pharmaceutical businesses in need of manufacturing and development.

CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

The CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) is one of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research's (CSIR) oldest National Labs (CSIR). The Central Laboratory for Scientific and Industrial Research was established in 1944 by the then-princely state of Hyderabad (CLSIR). CSIR-IICT has established itself as a vibrant, inventive, and result-oriented R&D organisation over its seventy-year history.

Medical Devices Park

Medical Devices Park, Hyderabad is a 302 acre industrial park for medical equipment in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The Telangana State Government (GoTS) identified medical devices and diagnostics as priority growth industries for Hyderabad and developed the Medical Devices Park in 2017. Since its inception, the park has had an incredible response, with more than 40 businesses lining up to establish manufacturing / R&D units.

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research

The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad (NIPER Hyderabad) is a public research university in Hyderabad, India. It is one of seven schools administered by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers in India. The institute provides Master's and Doctorate degrees in pharmaceutical sciences.

National Geophysical Research Institute

The National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) is a geoscientific research organisation that was founded in 1961 as part of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India's largest R&D body. It is supported by about 200 scientists and other technical personnel, the results of whose studies are published in various journals of national and worldwide relevance.

National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research

The National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research is an Indian Biomedical research facility, and vivarium under the Indian Council of Medical Research. The new 33rd flagship institute of ICMR was founded in 2015, at Genome Valley in Hyderabad, India. The center is a state of the art Animal house and Animal sciences facility located near Turkapally, Shamirpet spread over 102 acres of land.

Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species

LaCONES is a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research lab in Hyderabad. It was established in 1998 with the assistance of the Central Zoo Authority of India, the CSIR, and the government of undivided Andhra Pradesh as India's lone research institute dedicated to wildlife conservation and preservation.

Indian Geophysical Union

The Indian Geophysical Union is the Government of India's scientific body in charge of all activities related to the Earth Science System, including seismology, magnetism, meteorology, geodesy, volcanology, oceanography, hydrology, and tectonophysics, as well as encouraging the study and research of geophysical problems and providing media for the publication of the results.

Significance of National Science day

Every February 28, India celebrates National Science Day to commemorate the day that Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman discovered the Raman effect on February 28, 1928.

Sir CV Raman discovered the Raman Effect on this date in 1928. Since then, February 28 has been designated as National Science Day. CV Raman was the first Indian and the first non-white person to receive the Nobel Prize in science for his renowned discovery in 1930.

The Raman Effect, Raman's famed discovery, experimentally established that light-quanta and molecules indeed exchange energy, which presents itself as a change in the colour of dispersed light. The Raman Effect is applied in a variety of sectors, including the medical sciences.

Raman’s celebrated discovery, the Raman Effect, experimentally demonstrated that the light-quanta and molecules do exchange energy, which manifests itself as a change in the colour of the scattered light. Today, the Raman Effect is used in many fields, including medical science.