Capacity-building and refresher training for ground health workers (ASHA workers) designed in Kannada language and English. ASHA work is crucial and plays a central role in community level public health surveillance, their contributions in disease-surveillance, data entry, vector-monitoring for diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, malaria, infectious and non-infectious diseases, fever reporting, aligning with APSI’s outreach efforts for knowledge sharing, education and awareness at grass-root levels along with training health technicians, municipal organization personnel
The 2nd cohort training workshop IMPACT 2025 (Integrated Monitoring of Pathogen and AMR from Clinical WasTewater), jointly organized by Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) was successfully conducted from May 12–14, 2025, at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, with NCBS and APSI as knowledge partners.
APSI-India is proud to be a knowledge partner for the ongoing #IMPACT2025 hands-on training workshop, organized by Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Centre for Biological Sciences as knowledge partner.
he AMR Workshop held in Shimoga marked the grand finale of the AMR Frontline Workshop series conducted across Karnataka, bringing together experts, clinicians, and medical students to raise awareness and strategize effectively against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Around 100 final year students attended the workshop . Dr. Mansi Malik (Tata Instititute for Genetics and Society – TIGS) highlighted innovations such as low-cost dengue testing kits and fever panels targeting Staphylococcus species. Dr. Shivkumar (Subbaih Institiute of Medical Sciences, Shimoga) emphasized the importance of clinical judgment over lab reports, advocating for rational antibiotic use based on patient history, including prior multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infections and hospitalizations.
APSI-India is proud to take part in the World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2025, New Delhi. Aruna Panda, Program Director, APSI-India presented the case studies and ongoing environmental surveillance work towards strengthening timely mitigation strategies for public health.
A high-level stakeholder meeting was organized by APSI on April 24th, 2025 at the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi. Key stakeholders from the NITI Aayog, Principal Scientific Adviser’s (PSA) Office, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Department of Biotechnology and Indian Council of Medical Research attended the convening. APSI leadership appraised the attendees about ongoing activities of the consortium in disease surveillance.
Organized by National Centre for Biological Sciences NCBS, Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India TIGS with BeST - Bengaluru Science and Technology Cluster as outreach partner and ground partners Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum VITM, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Molecular Solutions Care Health, Precision Health Platform, Swasti and @Dept of Health and Family welfare Karnataka
As part of its ongoing mission to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Superheroes against Superbugs (SaS) conducted impactful AMR Frontline Workshops at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar (March 27, 2025) and BR Ambedkar Medical College (April 8, 2025), Bengaluru. The Kolar workshop featured insightful sessions by Dr. Dhanasekharan (CSIR – NCL), who emphasised the molecular mechanisms of AMR, including genetic mutations and the impact of antibiotic misuse. He highlighted the value of low-cost sequencing and environmental surveillance, such as testing hospital wastewater.
A four-day workshop was organized by Ashoka University and CSIR-IGIB, New Delhi from 7-10 April 2025. Participants from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)'s Epidemic Intelligence Service Programme were provided hands-on training techniques of various processes of wastewater surveillance of pathogens of public health concern.
The 3rd cohort training for health workers was conducted for Yelahanka zone for 84 personnels, including ASHA workers, health officers and medical inspectors from public health departments. The training module for capacity building included expert lectures on disease epidemiology, entymology, reporting, prevention and innovative novel technologies for disease surveillance, outreach methods for raising awareness and education for community members to mitigate disease outbreaks, timely diagnosis and reduce antimicrobial resistance, AMR burden
The Superhero against Superbugs workshop conducted at Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya was an insightful day of activities and learning for fourth year medical students and postgraduates. The workshop aimed to train future clinicians on practices and myths about Antimicrobial Resistance. The day was kicked off with an ice-breaker ‘Taboo’ game which introduced the participants to terminologies related to AMR. This was followed by a talk by Dr Mansi Malik, a scientist at the TATA institute of Genetics and Society, Bengaluru who spoke about her work with Bengaluru’s municipal corporation on molecular surveillance of dengue serotypes during the outbreak in the city.
The Rockefeller Foundation-APSI-India, with National Centre for Biological Sciences and Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India partnered with ACCESS Health International, Global Learning Collaborative (GLC4HSR) and its various partners for the GLC4HSR Annual Conclave 2025, March 11th and 12th, at the Indian National Science Academy - INSA, New Delhi, "Collaborative Learning to Coordinated Action: Policy and Practice for Resilient Health Systems." The 2 day conclave brought together global leaders, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners committed to strengthening health systems resilience, featuring experts who offered critical insights into the evolving challenges and opportunities for strengthening health systems.
The 3rd Hands-on training workshop was organized at NCBS campus, March 4-6, 2025, this time for nominated health personnel from Govt of Karnataka and BBMP: microbiologists, clinicians, health technicians and staff on 'Molecular approaches for pathogens and AMR surveillance'. The organizing partners were National Centre for Biological Sciences| Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India with outreach partner, BeST - Bengaluru Science and Technology Cluster and ground partners ARTPARK| Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)| Department of Health and Family Welfare Services - Govt. of Karnataka| IDSP and AMR wings, Biome Environmental Solutions Pvt - India, and BWSSB Sewage Treatment Plant
Bringing a close to the ongoing Science and Community-One Health series, a collaboration between National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India and Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum, National Council of Science Museums- @Ministry of Culture, Govt of India, under the aegis of The Rockefeller Foundation-APSI-India, and to the International travelling exhibition, 'Vaccines-Injecting hope', we invited the community, families, staff from the institutes on Feb 28, 2025.
The 6th program of the 'Science and Community: One Health Initiative' was a collaborative effort between National Centre for Biological Sciences, NCBS , Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India and Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum as part of the "Vaccines: Injecting Hope" international travelling exhibition, on Feb 25, 2025. The 5th program was merged with the 2 nd cohort ASHA training program, ‘Samartha tarabeti’ under the aegis of The Rockefeller Foundation-APSI-India outreach, for education and dialog.
APSI-India , #Bangalore team participated in the day-long workshop, getting hands-on training and exposure to problem solving, collective team efforts in strategically devising approaches for community access of antibiotics, aspects of zoonotic diseases, infection control and prevention, AMR policy and surveillance methods.
The 2nd cohort training was conducted at VITM, co-organized by NCBS, TIGS with BeST Cluster as outreach partner and various ground partners. through the endeavor ‘Samartha tarabeti’ under the aegis of The Rockefeller Foundation-APSI-India outreach, in collaboration with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Department of Health and Family Welfare Services - Govt. of Karnataka. This program was merged with the 5 th program of the ‘Science and Community-One Health series’ for community education and dialog.
Overview: The Public health surveillance and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Education workshop for research students designed for education, effective awareness and intervention strategies through engaging learning models, expert talks, interactive games, breakout sessions and detailed understanding of the collaborative approaches by scientists, clinicians, community members, public health authorities and government bodies. The one-day program covered concepts of pathogens, community-level pathogen surveillance and novel technologies, infection prevention and control, AMR stewardship and antibiotic policy programs, public health actionable programs, AMR surveillance, AMR mitigation and safe practices. The program is organized by the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Tata Institutive for Genetics and Society (TIGS), under the aegis of the Alliance for Pathogens Surveillance Innovation (APSI)-supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, along with APSI’s outreach partner, Superheroes against superbugs (SaS).
We successfully completed the first cohort training of ASHA workers through #APSI's #outreach program, 'Samartha tarabeti' on Jan 28. Training 150 nominated ASHA workers from across two zones in #Bangalore, this program was organized with partners National Centre for Biological Sciences |Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India with BeST - Bengaluru Science and Technology Cluster as outreach partner under the The Rockefeller Foundation -APSI-India #Bangalore outreach, with support of ground partners Molecular Solutions Care Health, Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Precision Health Platform and Department of Health and Family Welfare Services - Govt. of Karnataka
As part of the Science and Community-One Health series, we partnered with VITM and Directorate of Education, Govt of Puducherry, along with their ground partners during the Southern India Science Fest, Jan 21-25, 2025 which had participation from across 6 southern India states. along with their organizing partners. The participants were school students from 6th to 10th grade and educators, who had won at district level, city-level and at state levels. They had assembled for the final competition, displaying models and working principals on a wide range of scientific topics, including public health, environmental health, and STEM subjects.
We wrapped up the 4th program of the 'Science and Community-One Health Series', on Jan 19, 2025. The expert lecture 'Emerging and re-emerging zoonotic viral diseases' was by Dr. ASHOK MUNIVENKATAPPA, Scientist, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Bangalore Unit. The engaging talk brough together college students from life science background and faculties/teachers, understanding the concepts of pathogens, and role of community members to spread the awareness and participate to mitigate the disease-spread.
In continuation with the ‘Science and Community-One Health series', launch, the 3rd program was held at the city science museum, VITM, with organizing partners NCBS, TIGS and VITM. The expert lecture was delivered by Mr. Vishwanath S, Founder & Director, Biome Environmental Solutions Pvt - India during the interactive session, followed by Q & A sessions with the audience, exhibits and interactive curated activities.
What a great way to start the new year, 2025, and to see the success of APSI, growing in leaps and bounds. The recent most APSI Outreach program, the launch of the ‘Science and Community: One Health Series’ was conducted on December 20, 2024, at VITM. The series, with a prelaunch on Nov 12, 2024 will run through December-Feb 2025, and is a collaboration with National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India, Visvesvaraya Museum, Bangalore and @Ministry of culture, Govt of India as part of the ongoing exhibit "Vaccine-Injecting hope" at VITM. The program series is designed by Dr. Sufia Sadaf, Program Manager, Outreach, RF-APSI, NCBS and Ms. Jyoti Mehra, Curator D, VITM.
Roundtable stakeholder meeting, "Developing Blueprint for Strengthening Surveillance-Alert-Response System" at INSA, Delhi or govt public health authorities, leading scientists and directors, co-organized by ACESS health, NCBS, TIGS and RF-APSI. This meeting was a joint dialog for unified efforts towards preemptive measures and novel surveillance strategies for pathogens and AMR with public health authorities, institute directors, govt authorities, NCDC, ICMR, NHM, to discuss blueprint for Surveillance strategies via One Health approach.
Continuing the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) momentum, our AMR Frontline Workshop made its next stop in the cultural capital of Karnataka—Mysore. Hosted by Mysore Medical College on November 27, 2024, the workshop aimed to educate interns and postgraduate students through insightful talks and interactive activities. Dr. Mansi Malik, Research Scientist at TIGS, shared her lab’s pioneering work in developing indigenous RT-PCR assays for AMR pathogen detection, emphasizing the importance of the “Three As”—Assay Development, Accurate Diagnosis, and Affordable Price.
On November 23rd 2024, in a scientific session entitled “From Sewage to Strategy-Role of Wastewater Surveillance in Pathogen and AMR Surveillance” held during the 47th Annual Congress of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists Meeting: MICROCON-2024 in Pune, APSI team members presented an overview of environmental surveillance programs being conducted within the consortium. The talks highlighted the importance and role of environmental surveillance in serving as an early detecting system for predicting disease outbreaks.
To impart technical and scientific knowledge and offer rigorous scientific training for capacity-building, the Bangalore APSI team, as part of public health surveillance program, organized the 2nd capacity-building outreach workshop to train municipal corporation personnel from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, Nov 18-19, 2024, aligning with WAAW world AMR awareness week
We are excited to announce the 'Science and Community: One Health Series' program, November 2024-Feb 2025, in collaboration with National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India, Visvesvaraya Museum, Bangalore and @Ministry of culture, Govt of India as part of the ongoing exhibit "Vaccine-Injecting hope" at VITM.
In the lead-up to WorldAMR Awareness Week (WAAW), we hosted two impactful AMR Frontline workshops, equipping future healthcare professionals with the tools to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). At Sri Siddartha Medical College (SSMC) in Tumkur, over 60 final-year MBBS students engaged in thought-provoking discussions, while Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College (SABVMC) in Bangalore welcomed 130+ enthusiastic participants. The workshops featured expert insights, from Dr. Shivranjani Moharir (TIGS), who took the audience through wastewater metagenomics and emphasized the need for cross-sector collaboration and Dr. Natraj (SSMC), who urged for action and insisted everyone through his call to action “Arise, awake, or face a future without antibiotics.”
Pasteur Institute Shillong conducted an outreach programme in the form of a one day workshop on “The growing menace of antimicrobial resistance(AMR) and our role in combating and monitoring the problem” as part of the RF-APSI-India outreach initiative. The workshop was conducted on the 18th October 2024 at the Conference Hall of Pasteur Institute Shillong.
On October 14, 2024, the AMR Frontline Workshop arrived at Saptagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center (SIMSRC), Bangalore, building on the success of its inaugural session at BMCRI. Over 175 final-year MBBS students participated in this dynamic event, which featured expert-led discussions, interactive activities, and engaging games aimed at deepening their understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
On September 30, 2024, Superheroes against Superbugs (SaS) successfully launched its ‘AMR Frontline Workshop Series’ in Karnataka, by organising an all-day event for final-year medical students at the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI). Organized in collaboration with the Department of Medical Education, the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Alliance for Pathogen Surveillance Innovation (APSI India) and the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS), this workshop is first among a series of AMR awareness sessions planned for medical students in Karnataka. Over the next few months, SaS will be engaging with final year medical undergraduates from various Government and Private Medical Colleges in and around Bengaluru.
The 4th All-Cluster RF-APSI meeting was held on September 27th and 28th at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Pune. Consortium members from Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad and Bengaluru discussed standard operating procedures developed through their work in environmental and clinical surveillance to detect pathogens of public health concern.
As part of the Rockefeller Foundation-Alliance for Pathogen Surveillance Innovations (RF-APSI) outreach in Bangalore, we designed the module for Dengue Warriors Awareness & Education program for Schools and teachers and carried out a mix of subject matter experts (SME) lectures and hands-on exhibits through interactive and engaging sessions on various days.
The Rockefeller Foundation-Alliance for Pathogen Surveillance Innovations, RF-APSI-India’s Bangalore cluster conducted its first hands-on workshop, with a rigorous 3-day module (Sept 16-18, 2024), including hands-on molecular biology techniques for pathogen surveillance and AMR detection from wastewater samples and clinical samples.
Bangalore: On September 13, 2024 The Rockefeller Foundation-APSI-India in partnership with Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India Insectary team organized the Outreach activity, "Pathogen Surveillance strategies and way forward".
Ashoka University, in collaboration with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR–IGIB), organized a 2-day hands-on workshop on DNA sequencing on August 29th and 30 th at IGIB. The workshop was carried out as part of the Rockefeller Foundation-Alliance for Pathogen Surveillance Innovations-India (RF-APSI-India) program.
With the registrations opening a month prior, the 2 days antimicrobial research conference, 2024 (ARC 2024) started off on a great note on August 22, 2024, until August 23, 2024, covering latest research, policies and outreach towards better antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a global and urgent threat to public health.
The recent collaboration between the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Communications team, the theater group The Ennui Collective and the Rockefeller Foundation-Alliance for Pathogen Surveillance Innovations, RF-APSI-India led to the production of the play, ‘Manju, what’s up with you’.
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad hosted a five-day (July 29th to August 2nd, 2024) hands-on training workshop to provide a detailed understanding of the various technical approaches for wastewater surveillance The workshop was attended by faculty, staff & students from research institutes & public health laboratories conducting disease surveillance. The workshop provided end-to-end training on sample collection & processing techniques, nucleic acid- based pathogen detection including use of next generation sequencing tools for variant detection & resistome profiling. Additionally, data analysis tools used for detection of pathogens (viruses and bacteria contributing to antimicrobial resistance) were also discussed. The workshop provided a comprehensive overview of how wastewater surveillance can serve as a powerful tool to monitor as well as predict disease outbreaks and it was well-appreciated by the participants.
On Sunday, June 30, 2024, Bengaluru city launched the first series of workshops for joint dialogue between scientist-clinicians, policy makers and government officials for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance strategies and clinical approaches. The workshop, offered to clinicians and practicing physicians across Bengaluru as a Continuing Medical Education-CME, was held under the banner of the Rockefeller Foundation-Alliance for Pathogen Surveillance Innovations-India (RF-APSI-India) at the Smrithi Auditorium, Bangalore Baptist Hospital (BBH). With a full attendance of more than 150 people, the one-day workshop was the first capacity-building and dialog platform in Bengaluru under the RF-APSI- India program, to incorporate molecular diagnostic and wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for routine public health surveillance.
Pune Knowledge Cluster (PKC), a RF-APSI partner, in collaboration with the Superheroes against Superbugs (SaS), conducted a one-day workshop on raising awareness for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) at Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College (BJMC) and Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College (BVMC).
The third all cluster meeting of the RF-APSI Consortium was held at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR-NCBS), Bengaluru on May 23rd and 24th, 2024. APSI researchers, staff and students from all participating institutions including NCBS, Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS), Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK), Bengaluru, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, Pasteur Institute, Shillong, CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory, Pune Knowledge Cluster, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Ashoka University, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) and outreach partner-Chase-India, presented their ongoing work.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) stands as a critical global health concern, presenting a significant threat. Low- and middle-income nations are particularly vulnerable, facing substantial challenges to public health and causing a heavy economic burden. Recent research has shed light on the impact of networks on the transmission of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). These networks are propelled by interactions among various realms (such as human health, animal husbandry, and veterinary medicine) and other factors, including environmental influences. Recently, we conducted a workshop on WWS surveillance for AMR at Ashoka University.
The first ONLINE workshop in the AMR Frontline series, a Superheroes against Superbugs initiative funded by The Rockefeller Foundation as part of the Alliance for Pathogen Surveillance Innovations (APSI) in India, was conducted in collaboration with the Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR).
Researchers from all four clusters of Hyderabad, Pune, Delhi and Bangalore presented details of studies conducted during Phase II of the project. Discussions were focused on the importance of wastewater surveillance to detect pathogens of public health concern in India.
The third AMR Frontline Workshop, organized by Superheroes against Superbugs in collaboration with Ashoka University, was held at the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) in Greater Noida. Under the mandate of the Alliance for Pathogen Surveillance Innovations (APSI)-India supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, the event on December 13, 2023, focused on educating budding medical professionals about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
As part of the APSI project, SaS in collaboration with Ashoka University organised two medical workshops in Delhi with an aim to empower the next generation of healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and strategies to effectively combat AMR.
PKC, in collaboration with the District Malaria Office, Pune, is organizing the SAKSHAM series of workshops to empower the field workers who are responsible for the surveillance of vector-borne diseases with special emphasis on dengue and chikungunya. These workshops are being held at the taluka level to reach the Health Workers of all the 13 talukas of Pune district.
This dashboard represents the results of wastewater surveillance in a user-friendly format, providing information on viral loads of four pathogens – COVID-19, H1N1, H3N2 and Influeza-A, found in wastewater. These samples were collected from various locations across the Pune Metropolitan Region, including the Pune Municipal Corporation Region and the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Region, from Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) and open nallas and drains. The mapping of WWS results provides a pictorial and graphical representation of the viral load, making it simple for various stakeholders to interpret the data.
APSI’s Program Lead shared insights and learnings from setting up a wastewater surveillance network in India. The talk titled ‘APSI: a pan-India consortium for monitoring pathogens via wastewater surveillance‘ is available via the meeting recording (Video 1, Minutes 37:00 - 48:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn8zcFXPf40&t=3s
Awareness programmes on Infection Prevention and Control practices and its impact on Antimicrobial Resisitance (AMR) were conducted in the different District Hospitals of Meghalaya
-Focus on strengthening existing Dengue surveillance. -Tracking and reduction of disease burden. -Data on Dengue is fragmented. We will need to work with multiple groups to generate datasets. -Sampling strategy and Genomic and environmental surveillance of COVID-19, data analysis and experience of Pune through the pandemic were presented and discussed. -Dr Samuel V. Scarpino, Former Vice President of Pathogen Surveillance, presented his views on the importance of active surveillance as a continuous activity to check on the resurgence of diseases and track newer mutations, if any. -The meeting concluded with a further disease of interest, dengue.
-The meeting was hosted by PKC to understand how we can leverage the pune consortium and partners’ expertise to other infectious diseases. -Importance of data in epidemiology. -Use of serology and genomic data will support the development of diagnostic tools. -The focus diseases as per the stakeholder should be Dengue/Chikungunya, Influenza, and SARS-CoV2.
Superheroes Against Superbugs hosted "Magnetize Your Creativity 2.0" at T-hub, Hyderabad, engaging 30+ innovators in AMR awareness through a comic-inspired mural. Attendees created fridge magnets, translating understanding into art, while German crew Prosieben eyed the AMR mural for an AMR documentary.
It was an immersive event that fused the realms of scientific research and creative writing. Participants delved into enlightening conversations with AMR researchers, explored the intricate workings of labs, and used their words to convey their newfound insights on this pressing global health issue.
SaS with LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad conducted a workshop for 85 medical students on AMR awareness, and how clinicians and hospitals can contribute. The workshop included informative sessions on AMR surveillance, case study discussions with clinician experts, visits to microbiology labs, and role-play and games.
As part of APSI outreach efforts in Shillong, an AMR workshop was conducted in MATI, Shillong. It was co-organized by Pasteur Institute and the Joint Directorates of Health Services, Health and Family Welfare Department, Shillong, Meghalaya.
The moving mural on AMR created by SaS and St.Anns students was placed at different locations in Hyderabad and served as a backdrop for activities highlighting our collective responsibility in battling AMR. Enthusiastic participants channeled their creativity into crafting miniature art pieces as a take home message on AMR.
Over a dynamic two-day event, SaS collaborated with students of St. Ann's College students and a local artist to create a compelling mural, igniting conversations on AMR. Activities included an interaction with Dr. S. Shivaji (an eminent researcher on eye infections and AMR at the LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad), a quiz competition, and a skit on antibiotic resistance. This immersive approach offered a holistic view on AMR, leveraging the power of art, interaction, and education.
The first Rockefeller Foundation (RF)-India Consortium Meet was held at CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad. where scientists from all four clusters of Hyderabad, Pune, Delhi and Bangalore presented data of research and outreach activities.