In an indigenous genetic mapping effort, nearly 1,000 rural youth will have their genomes sequenced by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

• The project is aims to sequence at least 10,000 Indian genomes.

• Those recruited as part of genome-sample collections are representative of the country’s population diversity.
•  In this case, the bulk of them will be college students, both men and women, and pursuing degrees in the life sciences or biology.
• The project aims to reach out to a lot of collegians, educating them about genomics and putting a system in place that allows them to access information revealed by their genome.

Genome Sequencing: Genome refers to an organism’s complete set of DNA, including all of its genes. Each genome contains all of the information required to build and maintain that organism. Genome sequencing refers to figuring out the order of the DNA nucleotides, or bases, in a genome.