Cohort Connect 2025:
The Union Minister of State for Science & Technology launched the Phenome National Conclave on Longitudinal Cohort Studies: Cohort Connect 2025 at CSIR–IMMT, Bhubaneswar. A nationwide scientific platform under the Phenome India programme, bringing together India’s major longitudinal cohort studies to generate large-scale, India-specific health data for precision medicine, disease prediction, and public health planning. Launched In: 2025, by the Ministry of Science & Technology at CSIR–IMMT, Bhubaneswar. Aim is to examine how genes, lifestyle, behaviour, nutrition, pollution, and environment influence disease patterns in Indian populations,to create a massive longitudinal dataset for chronic and emerging diseases like diabetes, cancer, neurological disorders, and infectious disease interactions (e.g., diabetes–TB link).
