Delhi University mulling to set up nanomedical institute: Reports

The document also stated that INMS will be involved in collaborating with scientists and public health experts to address medical challenges across the world.

Delhi University is mulling to set up an Institute of Nanomedical Sciences (INMS) to facilitate research on diseases like cancer, sickle cell disease and diabetes. As per the reports, the proposal to set up INMS will come up during the meeting of the Executive Council (EC) scheduled to be conducted on December 17.

The proposal was also had come up during a meeting of the Academic Council and was passed despite opposition from some members. According to the documents sent to EC members, INMS will be mission-driven and bring together researchers in medicine, computation, biology and chemistry from Delhi University, Wayne State School of Medicine and medical schools in the national capital.

The document also stated that INMS will be involved in collaborating with scientists and public health experts to address medical challenges across the world. It will work to build and sustain international consortia to spread discovery in areas including cancer, sickle cell disease, diabetes and kidney researches, etc., as reported by an English Daily.

"INMS will empower a revolution in biomedicine to accelerate the pace at which the world conquers disease," it said.

The document states that members of the governing body of INMS will include the secretary of the Department of Science and Technology, DRDO secretary, the secretary of Education Ministry and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, among others. It will also include international experts from the field of nanomedicine.

The job of the governing body will be to constitute an international advisory board to advise INMS on matters of special research and its members may be those who are leaders in their fields and not connected with DU, including one or two Nobel laureates, it said. 

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