RONO HILLS, 5 Oct: A three-day consultative site meeting-cum-workshop, organised by the ICMR-AITS project team of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) here, in collaboration with AIIMS Guwahati, got underway on Monday.

The programme was led by RGU AITS's Dr Tarun Mene and AIIMS Guwahati's Dr Ramdas Ransing.

A total of 12 project staffers from the Assam and Arunachal sites, including co-principal investigators Dr Amit Kumar, Dr Kakali Goswami and Dr Dharmeshwari Lourembam attended the programme.

Addressing the participants, Dr Mene highlighted the vital role of such interaction for the growth of theproject, while Dr Ransing presented a brief overview of the workshop.

The training sought to generate a platform for consultative meeting for exchange of knowledge between the two project sites, with the aim of sharing field experiences, challenges among the two sites and the way forward, including identification of research ideas by the respective groups for publication purposes.

The first day's programme concluded with the formulation of tentative research areas, along with a strategic roadmap for the upcoming phase of the project. The programme also included a feedback session, during which members shared their experiences and expressed appreciation for the collaborative platform.