Foundation stone for ICMR Centre for High Altitude Medicine and Public Health Research at Keylong (Lahaul & Spiti)
The Indian Council of Medical Research will upgrade its Keylong field station into a multidisciplinary centre for high-altitude and climate-sensitive health research.
AI generatedWhat happened
The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, will lay the foundation stone of the ICMR Centre for High Altitude Medicine and Public Health Research at Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh, on 11 July 2026. The centre is being set up by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
It will upgrade ICMR’s existing field station at Keylong into a full-fledged, multidisciplinary hub for research, innovation and capacity building focused on India’s high-altitude and climate-sensitive regions.
UPSC may ask how India can build climate-resilient health systems for high-altitude, tribal and border areas through institutional research, digital delivery and inter-agency coordination.
Related dispatches
