CSIR- NIIST Conducts Biomedical Waste Management Conclave on March 26

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
CSIR-National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), a constituent laboratory under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, will conduct a one-day Biomedical Waste Management Conclave and Stakeholders Meet on 26 March, 2024.

The conclave will start at 10.00 am in Bhattnagar Auditorium at CSIR-NIIST campus located at Pappanamcode, Thiruvananthapuram. The conclave has been envisioned to address the challenges associated with scientific management of biomedical waste and discuss new avenues in proper and safe disposal of pathogenic waste.

The inaugural session of the conclave will be presided over by Dr. N. Kalaiselvi, Hon’ble Secretary, DSIR and Director General, CSIR. The eminent guests participating in the Conclave include Dr. M Srinivas, Director, AIIMS New Delhi, Dr. Sanjay Behari, Director, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Sreekala S., Chairperson, Kerala State Pollution Control Board, Dr. Joseph Benavan, State President, Indian Medical Association, Dr. Pragya Yadav, Director-in-Charge, ICMR-NIOH and Head, BSL 4 Facility, National Institute for Virology, Pune, M. S. Faisal Khan, Mananging Director, NIMS Medicity, Thiruvananthapuram and J. Chandrababu, Regional Director, Central Pollution Control Board, Bengaluru.

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