GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2548
TO BE ANSWERED ON 18-03-2008

ADVANCED COMPUTING AND AYURVEDA RESEARCH CENTRE

2548. SHRI SUBRATA BOSE:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Advanced Computing Research Centre and Ayurveda Research Centre have achieved the envisaged objectives;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether Government is considering to widen the scope of projects under the Integrated Long Term Programme (ILTP);

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES
(KAPIL SIBAL)

(a) & (b): Yes Sir, Russian Indian Centre for Advanced Computing Research (RICACR) has been successfully working on joint projects related to fundamental and applied matters of algorithmic support for high-efficiency computers of parallel architectural design; development of software products; numeric modelling and researching in the field of continuum mechanics; physics; high-power shock detonation wave physics; ecology; geology and geophysics; processing of seismic data; weather forecasting and climate modelling; economics; satellite computer technologies; remote probing). Russian Indian Centre for Ayurvedic Research (RICAR) is working towards providing necessary research and development base for undertaking studies including those on the pharmacokinetics of ayurvedic drugs, including toxicity studies and development of improved processes for the formulation of standardized Ayurvedic drugs. Presently one major project on "Genotype-phenotype correlation based on the principles of ayurveda with special focus on prakriti" is being implemented.

(c) to (e): Presently, there is no proposal to widen the scope of these Centres. Since these are project based activities, new proposals are to be considered as and when received from scientific communities of two countries for joint work.