A three-day workshop on ‘Basics of Bioinformatics’ organised by the Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society (CHIPS) commenced on Thursday at the State Data Centre here.
The workshop is being attended by a total of 33 students from Medical Science, Agriculture Science, Botany, Biotechnology and Zoology streams. Addressing the workshop, CHIPS CEO AN Parial said that there are ample opportunities available for study and conducting research in all the science streams. The workshop had been organised to train students of various streams, he said.
Additional Secretary in the Biotechnology Department Dr P K Patra said that Bioinformatics occupies a significant place in the domain of research. Various research data suggests that Bioinformatics had been very useful in the area of conducting research, he said. Dr Patra said that the experts from Raipur-based Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Indira Gandhi Agriculture University and the National Institute of Technology are providing guidance and training to the students in the workshop.