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Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, Punjab, an autonomous institution of Department of  Science and Technology, Government of India, has been established under the umbrella of NANO MISSION, initiated by DST to boost research and development in the field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in India. INST started its activities on 3rd January 2013, the date on which its first Director was appointed.

The origins of the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer ( ACTREC) are rooted in the Indian Cancer Research Centre (ICRC), which was established in 1952 in Parel,  Mumbai, under the purview of the Ministry of Health, Government of India.

The facility is affiliated with National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi (NIPGR) and serve to facilitate genotyping services with private service providers and then advanced these, in a focused way, to meet the goal of food and nutritional security through genomics led breeding. The fundamental principle is relatively simple create and charter an entity with express purpose of serving crop or plant varietal genotyping and characterization in India. It will also help to overcome legal hurdles in Material Transfer, IPR protection, etc.