Cabinet approves post of Director of National Institute of One Health, Nagpur
To spearhead the National One Health Mission for integrated disease control and pandemic preparedness
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the proposal of the creation of one post at the level of Scientist H (in the pay level 15) as Director of the National Institute of One Health, Nagpur who will also serve as the Mission Director for the multi-Ministerial and multi-sectoral National One Health Mission for integrated disease control and pandemic preparedness, by bringing human, animal, plant and environmental sectors together.
The creation of one post of Director of the National Institute of One Health at the level of Scientist ‘H’ in the pay level 15 (Rs 1,82,000 – Rs 2,24,100) will have annual financial implications of approx Rs 35.59 lakh.
The director of the National Institute for One Health, Nagpur will serve as the mission director for the multi-ministerial and multi-sectoral National One Health Mission for integrated disease control and pandemic preparedness by bringing human, animal, plant and environmental sectors together. A programme for strengthening research and development towards integrated diseases central and pandemic preparedness for the National One Health Mission has already been approved on 01.01.2024.
Major Impact, including employment generation potential: The National One Health Mission will help India to achieve integrated disease control and pandemic preparedness by institutionalising the One Health approach. It will also leverage the ongoing/planned programs of different Ministries/Departments by fostering collaborations to address the health of humans, animals, plants and the environment holistically and sustainably.
An integrated framework in the form of a ‘National One Health Mission’ has been created with the collaboration of 13 Government Departments which will coordinate and synergise priority activities across the sectors, such as undertaking integrated and holistic R&D across sectors for early detection of epidemics/pandemics, following a ‘One Health’ approach and developing roadmap for targeted R&D for fast-tracking medical counter-measures such as vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, monoclonals and other genomic tools etc.
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