Biotechnology industrial park

• It is a special form of industrial park that specialized in biotechnology
• Biotech Park and Incubation Centers have been established at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and Shapoorji Pallonji Biotech Park, Genome Valley in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh). The other projects approved for Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala for setting up of biotech incubation / pilot plant facilities are at various stages of development
• Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has been interacting with more than 5,000 scientists per year in order to utilise the existing expertise of the universities and other national laboratories
• There has been close interaction with the State Governments particularly through State S & T Councils for developing biotechnology application projects, demonstration of proven technologies, and training of human resource in States and Union Territories
• Deep involvement of the scientific community of the country through a number of technical task forces, advisory committees and individual experts in identification, formulation, implementation and monitoring of various programmes and activities
• Initiatives have been taken to promote transgenic research in plants with emphasis on pest and disease resistance, nutritional quality, silk-worm genome analysis, molecular biology of human genetic disorders, brain research, plant genome research, development, validation and commercialisation of diagnostic kits and vaccines for communicable diseases, food biotechnology, biodiversity conservation and biotechnology based development for SC/ST, rural areas, women and for different States

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DBT- Department of Biotechnology Mandates-

•        Promote large scale use of Biotechnology

•        Support R&D and manufacturing in Biology

•        Responsibility for Autonomous Institutions

•        Promote University and Industry Interaction

•        Identify and Set up Centres of Excellence for R&D

•        Integrated Programme for Human Resource Development

•        To serve as Nodal Point for specific International Collaborations

•        Establishment of Infrastructure Facilities to support R&D and production

•        Evolve Bio Safety Guidelines, manufacture and application of cell based vaccines

•        Serve as nodal point for the collection and dissemination of information relating to biotechnology.