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Grand Challenges India (GCI) is the flagship partnership of Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which was started in 2012, with the aim to encourage Indian innovation and research to develop affordable and sustainable solutions to improve health and well- being in India and across the globe.

GCI was launched with the aim of directing funding and research to address some of the greatest public health challenges that India faces today. GCI is committed to seeking and rewarding established researchers, young entrepreneurs and innovators from both academia and industry.

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GCI has expanded both as an idea and as a collaboration as India transitions from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals, with our themes and ways of working adapting to meet the ever-changing demands of public health research in India.

GCI aims to invest in a range of approaches and turn them into real solutions that will have a long-term influence on the health and well-being of the general population.