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A spirometer, a FibroScan and a blood draw: those were the stations at a five-day health screening run by CSIR-IIIM, and the data is meant for research rather than treatment.
What it is
Phenome India – CSIR Health Cohort Knowledge Base (PI-CHeCK) is a nationwide programme across 37 CSIR laboratories. Greater Kashmir reports that it aims to build a health database, using AI and machine learning, to find diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and support precision medicine for Indians. It is coordinated nationally by Dr Shantanu Sengupta, Scientist-G at CSIR-IGIB, the principal investigator.
What happened in Jammu and Srinagar
The screening began at CSIR-IIIM Jammu on October 25 and ended at the institute's Srinagar branch laboratory on October 29. Sixty volunteers took part, including serving employees, pensioners and their spouses; the report does not describe it as open to the public. Tests covered lung health (oscillometry and spirometry), FibroScan, kidney and liver function, blood biochemistry and pathological investigations, and biological samples were collected for future research. Dr Zabeer Ahmed, Director of CSIR-IIIM Jammu, was chief guest at the concluding programme in Srinagar, where certificates were given to volunteers. The Srinagar leg was coordinated by Dr Fayaz A. Malik.
Why a student should care
For biotech and life-science students in Jammu, it shows what large-scale health-data research looks like in practice, run partly from a Jammu institute. The photo with this article is from the concluding programme at the Srinagar laboratory.
Source: Greater Kashmir, October 30, 2026.
