New Delhi: The genome sequencing data and insights of over 10,000 Indians was officially released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an event held Thursday by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT).

In January 2025, the government of India announced the completion of the Genome India Project, which entailed sequencing the genomes of 10,000 Indians across 83 communities. The project, launched in ...

India currently has the world's second ... Indian Genome Variation Consortium. The Indian Genome Variation database (IGVdb): a project overview. Hum. Genet. 118, 1–11 (2005).

Overall goals and organization of ImmGen This project will generate, with rigorously standardized conditions, a complete compendium of genome-wide data sets showing the expression of protein ...

"Institutions in the state such as Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC) have participated in the Genome India Project where they both collected samples and carried out whole genome sequencing.

In a video statement, PM Modi noted that the genome sequencing of 10,000 individuals will play a crucial role in understanding India's diverse genetic landscape and aid in policy formulation and ...

DBT completes genomic sequencing of 10,000 TB samples in India, aiming to understand drug-resistant TB and unique genomic ...