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| Abbreviation | DBT |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1986 |
| Type | Government organisation |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
Region served | India |
| Jitendra Singh | |
Secretary | Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale |
| Affiliations | Ministry of Science and Technology (India) |
| Website | dbtindia |
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is an Indian government department, under the Ministry of Science and Technology responsible for administrating development and commercialisation in the field of modern biology and biotechnology in India. It was set up in 1986.[1]
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Leadership
| Name | Designation | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Jitendra Singh | Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) | Ministry of Science and Technology & Earth Sciences |
| Dr. Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale | Secretary | Department of Biotechnology |
| Abhinav Gupta | PS to Hon. Minister of Science & Technology | Minister’s Office |
Institutes
- Autonomous Institutes
- Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali
- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad
- National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad
- National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani
- National Centre for Cell Science, Pune
- National Brain Research Centre, Manesar
- Kalam Institute of Health Technology, Visakhapatnam
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad
- Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram
- National Institute of Immunology Delhi
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research Delhi
- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad
- Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar
- Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development Imphal
- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali
- Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem)
New institutes
- National Immunogenicity and Biologics Evaluation Center[2]
- Public Sector Undertakings
- Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited, Bulandshahr
- Indian Vaccine Corporation Limited Delhi
- Biotech Consortium India Limited, New Delhi
- Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), to strategically empower emerging biotech companies.[3][4][5]
Supported laboratories
- NIMHANS-IOB Laboratory, the Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB) and NIMHANS collaborative laboratory
National Biotechnology Development Strategy
In December 2015, the Department of Biotechnology launched the National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015–2020 programme. The stated aim of the programme is to intensify research in the fields of vaccines, humane genome, infectious and chronic diseases, crop science, animal agriculture and aquaculture, food and nutrition, environmental management and technologies for clean energy. The mission, through stakeholders in the biotechnology and technology domains is backed with significant investments to create new products, creating a strong infrastructure for research and development, commercialization, and empowering human resources scientifically and technologically.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "DBT - Department of Biotechnology". Dbtindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ "Department of Biotechnology supported GCLP Facility for Viral Immunogenicity Testing now open for operations". pib.gov.in. Ministry of Science & Technology. 5 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-06-06. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) - India". ECHOcommunity. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ^ "Pune's MyLab gets approval for COVID-19 diagnostic kit". The Hindu. 2020-03-24. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ^ "Website of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ^ "Govt launches national biotechnology programme". The Hindu. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
External links
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