
CFTRI, KSOU hold meet on ‘Gut-Brain-Health’ connections
The Hindu
It was organised in connection with KSOU silver jubilee celebrations
The two-day International Conference on “Gut-Brain-Health: Connections” jointly organised by CSIR-CFTRI and the Karnataka State Open University here concluded on Friday. The conference was organised to explore how gut microbiota influences our mind and health and vice versa.
The conference was organised as a part of the silver jubilee celebrations of Karnataka State Open University, Mysuru.
KSOU Vice-Chancellor S. Vidyashankar inaugurated the conference at the assembly hall of CFTRI on Thursday in the presence of Sridevi Annapurna Singh, Director, CSIR-CFTRI; Prakash Halami, Chief Scientist and Professor-AcSIR Microbiology and Fermentation Technology Department, CSIR-CFTRI; Niranjan Raj S., Director-CIQA-KSOU; and Panduranga Narasimha Rao, Science Coordinator, KSOU.

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