Lok Sabha Question No. 3104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Biotechnology Incubation Centre in Hyderabad
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Gaddam Ranjith Reddy

## Government of India Ministry of Science and Technology Department of Biotechnology

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No: 3104

To be answered on 06.12.2019

## 3104. DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- a. the aims and objectives of Biotechnology Incubation centre (BIC) in Hyderabad;
- b. the details of projects/initiatives that the BIC has taken up during the last five years and the current year, year-wise and achievements of such initiatives;
- c. whether any budgetary support has been provided to above incubation centre during the last three years;
- d. if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor with the manner in which the Government proposes to develop India as biotech hub without adequate funding; and
- e. the status of other biotech parks in the country?

## ANSWER

## Minister of Science & Technology, Health & Family Welfare and Earth Sciences

## (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- a. The Biotechnology Incubation Centre (BIC), Hyderabad aims to provide infrastructural  facilities  to  startups  and  incubatees  to  facilitate  development  and commercialization of bioprocesses and products. The objectives of BIC, Hyderabad are as under, namely:-
2. (i) To accelerate the commercialization of new technologies;
3. (ii) To nurture and mentor emerging ventures; and,
4. (iii)To  assist  new  enterprises  and  forge  appropriate  linkages  with  other  biotech companies, academia and government.
- b. To provide support to the  incubatees  of BIC  and  the  Biotech firms in the  Genome valley, an Advanced Analytical and Characterization Resource (AACR) facility has been  established  in  September  2016.  The  facility  is  running  successfully  and  an amount  of Rs.  80  Lakhs  (Approximately)  was  earned  from  September  2016  till  31 October 2019.

13 incubatees have graduated from the BIC, Hyderabad during the last 5 years and currently the same number of industries/start-ups are availing the incubator area/facility  at  BIC,  Hyderabad.  Many  of  the  graduated  incubatees  have  moved  on and set up their own facilities.

- c. & d. No budgetary support has been given to BIC, Hyderabad during the last three years.

The  Department  of  Biotechnology  sanctioned  the  BIC,  Hyderabad  project  for  a period of three years on 11.03.2004 and subsequently the support was extended upto 31.03.2008.  Creation  of  Biotech  parks  is  being  pursued  by  the  Department  of Biotechnology  to  encourage  the  State  Governments  to  come  forward  in  scale  up activities related to biotechnology sector and make India a biotech hub.

- e. Status of other Biotech parks in the country is as under, namely:-

The Department of Biotechnology in total has established nine parks in the various states  and  Union  Territories.  Details  of  ongoing  Biotechnology  Parks  aided  by Department of Biotechnology are as follows:

- i. Biotech Park Technology Incubation Centre, Guwahati, Assam
- ii. Biotechnology Incubation Centre, Cochin, Kerala
- iii. Industrial Biotechnology Parks (IBTPs), Jammu & Kashmir
- iv. Chhattisgarh Biotech Park

Following Biotech parks have been completed and are under the supervision of the State Governments, namely:-

- i. Biotech Park, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- ii. Tidco Centre for Life Sciences (TICEL) Biotech Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- iii. The Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- iv. Biotechnology Incubation Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana
- v. Biotechnology Park, Bangalore, Karnataka

The Biotechnology parks have created shared infrastructure and high end equipment facilities along with incubation space for promoting entrepreneurship development in Biotechnology sector. Several incubatees have been benefitted from this support.

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