Lok Sabha Question No. 422 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-21
Subject: Genome Sequencing Laboratories
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Thirumaa Valavan Thol

## GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 422 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2023

## GENOME SEQUENCING LABORATORIES

## 422. SHRI THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOL:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of genome sequencing laboratories functional in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of genome sequencing laboratories in Government and Private sectors, State/UTwise;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to establish more genome sequencing laboratories in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE (PROF. SATYA PAL SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) to (d):

71 laboratories are functional under Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium to monitor the genomic variations in SARS-CoV-2. The State/UTs- wise list of laboratories in government and private sector is at Annexure .

Any public or private sector laboratory can submit an Expression of Interest for joining INSACOG network and they are taken as part of consortium as per the guidelines issued by Department of Biotechnology.

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## Annexure

| Name of States / UTs   | Name of INSACOG Genome Sequencing laboratories                                             | Category               |
|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh         | Siddharth Medical College, Vijaywada                                                       | Government             |
| Assam                  | North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST), Jorhat                             | Government             |
| Assam                  | Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC-NE), Dibrugarh                                      | Government             |
| Bihar                  | Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS), Patna                                 | Government             |
| Chandigarh             | Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh                                     | Government             |
| Chhattisgarh           | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS), Raipur                                   | Government             |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli    | Shri Vinoba Bhave Civil Hospital & NAMO Medical Education &Research Institute              | Government             |
| Goa                    | North Goa Hospital, Goa                                                                    | Government             |
| Gujarat                | Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC), Gandhinagar                                  | Government             |
| Haryana                | Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad                           | Government             |
| Haryana                | Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak                                                       | Government             |
| Himachal Pradesh       | Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College, Mandi                                 | Government             |
| Jammu and Kashmir      | Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar                                     | Government             |
| Jharkhand              | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, (RIMS) Ranchi                                      | Government             |
| Karnataka              | InSTEM, Bengaluru                                                                          | Government             |
| Karnataka              | Centre for Brain Research - Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore                         | Government             |
| Karnataka              | Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Bengaluru                                 | Non Govt. Organization |
| Karnataka              | National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences Hospital (NIMHANS), Bengaluru       | Government             |
| Karnataka              | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru               | Government             |
| Karnataka              | Mysore Medical College &Research Institute                                                 | Government             |
| Karnataka              | Bangalore Medical College &Research Institute, Bengaluru                                   | Government             |
| Karnataka              | Strand Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru                                                  | Private Sector         |
| Kerala                 | Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram                           | Government             |
| Ladakh                 | Genomic Sequencing Lab, Chuchot                                                            | Government             |
| Madhya Pradesh         | Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences & Post Graduate Institute (SAIMS &PGI), Indore | Non Govt. Organization |
| Madhya Pradesh         | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal                                    | Government             |
| Madhya Pradesh         | Defence Research &Development Establishment, Gwalior                                       | Government             |
| Maharashtra            | National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune                                                   | Government             |
| Maharashtra            | National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune                                              | Government             |
| Maharashtra            | Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College (BJGMC), Pune                               | Government             |
| Maharashtra            | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune                           | Government             |
| Maharashtra            | National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune                                                 | Government             |

|               | Kasturba Hospital for infectious Diseases, Mumbai                                    | Government             |
|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|               | National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur                        | Government             |
|               | Haffkine Institute of Training &Research, Mumbai                                     | Government             |
|               | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur                              | Government             |
|               | SRL Limited, Mumbai                                                                  | Private Sector         |
| Manipur       | Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal                 | Government             |
| Meghalaya     | Pasteur Institute, Shillong                                                          | Government             |
| Mizoram       | Zoram Medical College, Mizoram                                                       | Government             |
| New Delhi     | Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi                          | Government             |
|               | National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi                                    | Government             |
|               | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS), New Delhi                          | Government             |
|               | Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi                            | Government             |
|               | Lok Nayak Hospital- Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi                              | Government             |
|               | National Institute of Immunology, Delhi                                              | Government             |
|               | CARINGdx Mahajan Imaging Pvt. Ltd., Delhi                                            | Private Sector         |
|               | Gene String Diagnostics, Delhi                                                       | Private Sector         |
| Odisha        | Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneshwar                                       | Government             |
|               | Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Bhubaneswar                                 | Government             |
| Punjab        | Government Medical College, Patiala                                                  | Government             |
| Rajasthan     | Mahatma Gandhi Medical College (MGMC), Jaipur                                        | Non Govt. Organization |
|               | Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur                                              | Government             |
|               | Dr S. N Medical College, Jodhpur                                                     | Government             |
|               | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS), Jodhpur                            | Government             |
| Sikkim        | STNM Hospital, Gangtok                                                               | Government             |
| Tamil Nadu    | National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai                      | Government             |
|               | State Public Health Laboratory, Chennai                                              | Government             |
| Telangana     | Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad                          | Government             |
|               | Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad                      | Government             |
|               | Gandhi Medical College (GMC), Secunderabad                                           | Government             |
| Tripura       | Agartala Medical College, Agartala                                                   | Government             |
| Uttar Pradesh | Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow                                      | Government             |
|               | National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow                                | Government             |
|               | King George Medical University, Lucknow                                              | Government             |
|               | Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Benaras                                          | Government             |
| Uttarakhand   | Government Doon Medical College (GDMC), Dehradun                                     | Government             |
|               | Government Medical College, Haldwani                                                 | Government             |
|               | Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Govt Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Garhwal | Government             |
| West Bengal   | National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani                           | Government             |
|               | Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata                                 | Government             |