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India’s Minister of Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh visited Imperial to meet researchers and students and strengthen ties with India. The Minister, accompanied by Professor Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, and other scientists and officials, visited Imperial’s labs and heard about Imperial's growing research collaborations with India.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission is primarily airborne, but tuberculosis disease
caused by this bacterium is in part a structural problem, requiring non-biomedical
solutions. Nutritional status, approximated by indicators such as BMI, is a widely
prevalent comorbidity and risk factor for tuberculosis disease and mortality.1,2 More
than one in five cases of tuberculosis globally are attributable to undernutrition.3
However, in many regions, such as India, the most important factor driving the tuberculosis
epidemic is undernutrition.
INDIAN COLLABORATIONS - Imperial welcomed the High Commissioner of India, His Excellency Mr Vikram K. Doraiswami, to the College to discuss deepening ties with the country.