IIHSS :: Indian Institute of Human and Social Sciences

Nowadays, research in the field of biology with special reference to virology, cancer biology, genetics, molecular biology, pharmacology and biotechnology depends on information technology entirely from experimentation to the publication of the results in a very integrated manner. Up to date detailed public databases of DNA sequences and protein sequences, macromolecular structure, cell signaling, pathway organization and biological network analysis, have been established to optimize scientific exploitation of the explosion of data within biology. Indian Institute of Human and Social Sciences directs its research chiefly towards topics related to the illumination of the functional view of complex biological mechanisms of human life in terms of bio-molecular level.
Since its inception, Indian Institute of Human and Social Sciences (IIHSS) has identified itself both as institute for academic excellence and service institution. As a service institution, IIHSS has a vision of just, humane, and equitable society where the underprivileged (poor and oppressed) assume their rightful place. Presently IIHSS with its partner organizations conducted different social service works viz., health awareness drives with special reference to mental health, relief work to different places of Burdwan, Purulia and Bankura districts and medical assistance to needful peoples.

Services to the Society
From its inception in 2014, the organization has been successfully carrying out various social service activities such as, Relief, Educational support to children and youth, Women Empowerment through education, Health and awareness programs, Environmental Protection, and other developmental and rights based programs for the poor and the down trodden.
By 2020 World Health Organization (WHO) declared that Stress of a human mind is single major problem which affects the society most. And only for this reason every human being (Students/Teachers) cannot able to deliver his/her 100% energy to the present study or work, resulting poor performance which again generates stressful moment.

We need to realize that any stress condition related to the work place or personal life is not a stand-alone stress that we can think off but it requires strong support of our present mind set, values and principles. This is where character building and mind programming exercise becomes pivotal in shaping the students/teachers mental health along with professional accomplishment and excellence.

These are exciting times for biology.
Since many organisms share a common evolutionary history with humans and hence common features and systems, the basic end of medical research these days shades into basic biology.
The great challenge and opportunity for biological science as we move into the 21st century is to understand biological systems in all their complexity while preserving and exploiting biological systems in a sustainable fashion. The tools for dealing with this complexity will require the adaptation and application of emerging technologies.

Among the many new tools that are or will be needed, some of those having highest priority are:

• Bioinformatics
• Computational biology
• Functional imaging tools using biosensors and biomarkers
• Transformation and transient expression technologies
• Nanotechnologies

Biology is at a crossroads. The biological sciences have lagged other sciences such as physics and chemistry in the large-scale application of advanced technology to research problems. Over the past 20 years, however, technology has increasingly demonstrated its potential to catalyze revolutionary breakthroughs in the biological sciences.
Areas tackled in the most fundamental parts of medical research include cellular and molecular biology, medical genetics, immunology, neuroscience and psychology.
The increased longevity of humans over the past century can be significantly attributed to advances resulting from medical research. Among the major benefits of medical research have been vaccines for measles and polio, insulin treatment for diabetes, classes of antibiotics for treating a host of maladies, medication for high blood pressure, improved treatments for AIDS, statins and other treatments for atherosclerosis, new surgical techniques such as microsurgery, and increasingly successful treatments for cancer. New, beneficial tests and treatments are expected as a result of the Human Genome Project. Many challenges remain, however, including the appearance of antibiotic resistance and the obesity epidemic.