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• Collaborating with Taj Hotels and Resorts to design a TATA INSTITUTE FOR
short-term course in culinary training, for which
exploratory design talks and model creation are ongoing. GENETICS AND
SOCIETY (TIGS)
• Facilitating the construction of the Indian Institute
of Skills, Mumbai, which is being designed to be
built within the National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) OVERVIEW
in Chunabhatti, Mumbai. The architectural design
The Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS),
for the campus and pre-construction activities have
been completed. founded in 2017, is a non-profit research institute that
aspires to develop solutions to address challenges in
• Working on the architectural plans for the construction human health and agriculture. A unique initiative of Tata
of the Indian Institute of Skills, Ahmedabad, which is Trusts, TIGS supports the application of cutting-edge
coming up in Nasmed, Gandhinagar. science and technology to genetics and genomics. It also
works to resolve the significant challenges that impede
GOING FORWARD the achievement of health equity and nutrition security for
all of India’s population. The work done at TIGS aims to
• Continuing training in Factory Automation and prevent infectious diseases, improve access to a ordable
developing and o ering other relevant courses in and quality diagnostics and therapeutics for rare genetic
Advanced Manufacturing, such as Robotics, and in disorders, foster health equity, and achieve nutrition
culinary skills in Maharashtra and Gujarat. security through sustainable models for agriculture.
Research programmes undertaken by TIGS cover the
• Architectural design preparation for IIS Ahmedabad
following areas:
and pre-construction activities to be completed.
Onboarding a construction partner for various i. Infectious Diseases: The Infectious Diseases programme
studies vectors, pathogens, and their relationship to
pre-construction activities, including compliance and
regulatory approvals, is on the anvil. humans and the environment. The programme
disentangles how vectors, such as
• Apart from the main campus, IIS also plans to mosquitoes, interact with and adapt
have training centres across Maharashtra to their environment, which helps
and Gujarat as part of a hub and devise strategies for their
spoke model to provide trainings control. It also employs
in the Advanced Manufacturing,
environmental surveillance
Electric Vehicles, Electronics, and to understand the
Hospitality sectors.
prevalence of disease-
causing pathogens in a
CHALLENGES community. This has been
FACED of immense relevance in the
ongoing COV pandemic. Pivoting
Due to the pandemic, some project- to the need created by
related activities have been delayed. multiple waves of infections,
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