Animal research facility opened at JNU to enhance quality of investigations in biomedical research

The lab will also be beneficial in collaborative research projects at JNU. JNU has developed this state-of-the-art animal research facility which will enhance the quality and spectrum of investigations in the area of biomedical research at JNU.

A new 'state-of-the-art' animal research facility has been inaugurated at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. As per the statement released by the JNU,the facility is supported by the National Facility project from the Drugs & Pharmaceutical Research Programme (DPRP), Department of Science and Technology.
"This facility has been developed by M/s Labinnovision in order to meet the requirement of advanced research utilizing athymic/immunocompromised mice and transgenic animals. This facility will be useful to serve the ongoing research projects involving pre-clinical animal models at JNU," it said.
The lab will also be beneficial in collaborative research projects at JNU. "JNU has developed this state-of-the-art animal research facility which will enhance the quality and spectrum of investigations in the area of biomedical research at JNU. It will further provide training and exposure on how to handle and ethically use the valuable laboratory animals to research scholars and young scientists working in various areas of life sciences and systems medicine," vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said in the statement. 

Meanwhile, the JNU and the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India signed a pact to initiate their new association in an academic activity. Under this collaboration, the university has given recognition to a new programme of MA in Audit and Accounts. Reports suggest that the programme will be offered by the CAG's premier training institute, National Academy for Audit and Accounts, Shimla (NAAA).

Last year, the NAAA had applied to the Jawaharlal Nehru University for recognising this course offered to the CAG's newly-inducted officers during their mandatory two-year training, which the university examined and approved through its statutory bodies, Academic Council and Executive Council.

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