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Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) is a research institute located in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, India, exclusively devoted to research in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. It functions as an autonomous institute under the Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India, having previously operated as an R&D centre under the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment. The centre was inaugurated on 18 November 2002 by then President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. RGCB conducts research across several focused departments, including Cancer Research, Cardiovascular Disease & Diabetes Biology, Pathogen Biology, Regenerative Biology, Plant Biotechnology & Disease Biology, Neurobiology, Reproduction Biology, and Transdisciplinary Biology. It also hosts a regional facility for Genetic Fingerprinting, offering DNA analysis for forensic investigations, paternity disputes, wildlife identification, and molecular diagnostics. RGCB has a strength of 25 scientists, 120 Ph.D. students, and around 100 research project staff. In 2008, the Government of India sanctioned Rs. 100 crores over three years, in addition to a yearly allocation of Rs. 25 crores, to help make RGCB a world-class research centre. The institute planned to expand into a second campus at Aakkulum, and began setting up a BSL4 lab in 2020. BioSpectrum magazine ranked its Bio-Technology course as second best in the country.
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