INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE & ALLIED SCIENCES (INMAS)

March 12, 2019

With 90 % of gravely wounded security personnel succumbing to injuries within a few hours, INMAS – DRDO’s medical laboratory – has come up with a range of 'combat casualty drugs' that can extend the golden hour till the trooper is shifted to hospital.

Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS)?

Parent Body: INMAS is a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Established in: 1961.
Location: New Delhi.
Mandate:
- This multidisciplinary laboratory is engaged in R&D activities in the field of Radiation, Imaging Sciences, CBRN technologies, Nuclear medicine research and responding to nuclear accidents and explosions.
- Since 1960s it offers a two-year diploma in radiation medicine, making it the first formal training program in nuclear medicine in the world.
- A major development in the recent past has been the establishment of NMR, PET-Cyclotron facility that has contributed towards development of technologies for enhancing combat efficiency besides providing clinical research to the Armed forces.