Dr. Harsh Vardhan released online herbarium

Q.  CSIR-NBRI Herbarium Online has been launched on which website:
- Published on 22 Apr 16

a. CSIR
b. NBRI
c. CSIR-NBRI
d. UGC

ANSWER: CSIR-NBRI
 
Union Minister for Science & Technology & Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, launched the "CSIR-NBRI Herbarium Online" on the CSIR-NBRI website (www.nbri.res.in), thus making One Hundred Thousand Herbarium collections accessible worldwide.
  • He also released a flyer "CSIR-NBRI HERBARIUM ONLINE" on the occasion.
  • The Minister took keen interest in reviewing the detailed features of the new website like Mechanism to enter specimen label data, taxonomic upgradation data, descriptors, GPS Data & Specimen Images & Video Images and Link to Genomics Data and GIS Maps.
  • Digitization of One Lakh specimens of higher plants has been completed thus making it a unique database of India in terms of Data Profile. This database has a future potential of linking the other 95 Herbaria of India.

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