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Major Contributions of Professor S.H. Zaidi:
Founder director of Industrial Toxicology Research Centre
Provided technical advice to sixty different agencies
R&D work in a) Experimental pneumoconiosis, b) Toxicity of synthetic dyes, and c) Toxicity of heavy metals
Registry of toxicology was created
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Major Contributions of Dr. C.R. Krishnamurti:
Occupational health clinic at Kanpur was started
Nucleus for environmental monitoring was setup
Facility for generating toxicology data was created
Survey of edible colours was conducted in rural areas
New discipline of industrial and environmental toxicology was introduced
Established Gheru campus for the eco toxicology studies in 1983
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Major Contribution of Dr. G.B. Singh:
Occupational health clinic was further expanded with health check up of workers involved in lather tanning industries |
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Major Contributions of Dr. P.K. Ray:
Portable water analysis kit was developed
Computer facility was introduced for research proposal and separate cell was created
Central Library was introduced with journals and books
Mobile water analysis Laboratory was developed for the assessment of drinking water quality in remote areas and distributed to 17 states of the country by the then Prime Minister late Shri Chandra Shekhar Ji
A low cost water purification technology-Amrith Kumbh was developed
Bact-O-Kill was developed for disinfection of drinking water
All India coordinated project for creating baseline data of metals in water, air, and food (Integrated Environment Programme on Heavy Metals, IEPHM Phase I & II)
Participation in Ganga Action Plan and Yamna Action Plan
On line water disinfection system developed for the community usage. This system was used during Orissa cyclone
Team of scientists participated in the disaster management of Bhopal gas tragedy
Toxicity Data handbook on industrial chemical and pesticides were created
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Major Contributions of Dr. S.V. Chandra:
Environmental Impact Assessment for an export oriented Aluminium project was initiated
Health risk assessment studies in several rural and traditional occupations were conducted
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Major Contributions of Dr. R.C. Srimal:
The institute R&D work was prioritized into five major areas namely Bio modulation of Toxicology, Environmental Toxicology, Chemical Toxicology, Respiratory Toxicology and Neuro Toxicology
New methods for bio monitoring of exposure to chemicals was developed
New technology was developed to detect adulteration in edible oils
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Major Contributions of Dr. P.K. Seth:
Kit was developed to detect argemone oil contamination in edible oil
Solid state polymer based pH electrode was developed with potential of detecting Urea in milk samples
Rapid survey of more than 1100 water samples from 30 problem districts of Uttar Pradesh was conducted for the presence of pollutants/Contaminants
Pharmacopocial standards of herbal drug were developed and scientist participated in safety assessment of herbal products
Foundation stone of Animal House Facility was laid down at Gheru campus
Silver Jubilee Block at M.G. Marg campus was inaugurated
Toxicogenomics, Comet Assay and other molecular toxicology facilities were established
Prof. S.H Zaidi Oration was initiated
Pre-monsoon and Post-Monsoon Air Quality surveys of Lucknow city were introduced
CSIR-IITR scientists on a CSIR Call were deputed to Delhi to help the government in detection of argemone oil contamination in hundreds of Mustard oil tankers during dropsey epidemics
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Major Contributions of Professor Y.K. Gupta:
GLP compliant Animal House was inaugurated
Industries of Maharastra were surveyed to asses health status of workers
654 food samples of different commodities from five cities of Karnataka were analysed
Project like Industrial waste management and clean up, Comprehensive traditional knowledge digital library were initiated
Adoption of schools and colleges by CSIR lab were initiated
Environmental awareness in school children; 25000 school children were sensitised
Institute participated in ICMR task force project and analysed nearly 2000 medicinal plants samples for the present of heavy metals and persistent pesticides
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Major Contributions of Dr. C.M. Gupta:
The institute developed capability for the evaluation of allergenic potential of genetically modified crops and food
The institute developed indigenous protein and DNA based diagnostic test for genetically Modified crop and food
Project started in 2003 to carried out for the development of scientifically validated health promoter, based on traditional knowledge
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Major Contributions of Dr. Ashwani Kumar:
ITRC was named as "Indian Institute of Toxicology Research" in 2008
New model of Indian earthworm, towards acute toxicity testing of xenobiotics was established
CSIR-IITR continued market basket survey in various parts of the country to monitor adulteration in food stuffs
Individually ventilated cage system was introduced in animal house
CSIR-IITR participated in All India Network projects on monitoring of pesticide residues in food
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Major Contributions of Dr. K.C. Gupta:
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) certification was acquired by CSIR-IITR which become the first CSIR lab to have this facility for the toxicity testing of chemicals/products and analysed
Sediment samples were collected from Gomti River
Institute developed and validated various alternate to animal models
CSIR-IITR was awarded New Indigo project under the FP7 programme of European Union
Courses for PhD students of biological and chemical sciences under the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) were introduced
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Major Contribution of Dr. C.S. Nautiyal:
CSIR-IITR contributed to various national mission programmes like National Dinking water Mission, Ganga Action Plan, Clean Gomti mission etc.
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