Lok Sabha Question No. 2926 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-03
Subject: Biotechnology Parks
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2926 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2022

## Biotechnology Parks

2926. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY विज्ञान और प्रौद्योविकी मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Bio-Technology Park currently functioning in the country;
- (b) the achievement of each of these parks after their commissioning;
- (c) whether the Government has received proposals from several State Governments to set up such parks and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the parks proposed to be set up in near future?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

विज्ञान और प्रौद्योविकी तथा पृथ्वी विज्ञान मंत्रालय क े राज्य मंत्री ( स्वतंत्र प्रभार ) ( डॉ . वितेंद्र व ंह )

- a) The details of Bio-Technology Park currently functioning in the country are as follows:

|   S. No. | State         | Name of Bio-Technology Park                |
|----------|---------------|--------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Uttar Pradesh | Biotech Park, Lucknow                      |
|        2 | Telangana     | Biotechnology Incubation Centre, Hyderabad |

|   3. | Tamil Nadu   | Tidco Centre for Life Sciences (TICEL) Biotech Park, Chennai       |
|------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    4 | Tamil Nadu   | The Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women, Chennai                 |
|    5 | Assam        | Biotech Park Technology Incubation Centre, Guwahati                |
|    6 | Kerala       | Biotechnology Incubation Centre, Cochin                            |
|    7 | Karnataka    | Biotechnology Park, Bangalore                                      |
|    8 | Kathua (J&K) | Industrial Biotechnology Park - Inaugurated, to be functional soon |

In addition, the following Bio-Technology Parks have also been supported and are under construction/establishment:

1. Chhattisgarh Biotech Park: Presently, the Park is functioning in temporary  building  in  the  campus  of  Indira  Gandhi  Krishi Vishwavidhyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
2. Biopharma  Growth  Phase  park  and  a  common  Scale  up manufacturing facility with training provision in Genome valley, Hyderabad
3. Industrial Biotechnology Park, Handwara (J&K)
4. (b) The major achievements of each of these parks are given in Annexure-1.
5. (c)  &  (d)      Following  proposals  have  been  received  from  State Governments to set up Bio-Technology parks:

|   S.No. | State                                 | Current status of proposal                                  |
|---------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Telangana                             | Approved by the Department.                                 |
|       2 | West Bengal                           | Recommended by the Steering                                 |
|       3 | Andhra Medtech (AMTZ), Andhra Pradesh | Committee and under process in the Department. Pradesh Zone |
|       4 | Madhya Pradesh                        | Under examination.                                          |
|       5 | Manipur                               | Under examination.                                          |
|       6 | Jharkhand                             | DPR is awaited from State Government.                       |

## Achievements of Bio-Technology Parks:

Bio-Technology parks are successfully accelerating the commercialization of new technologies, assisting new enterprises to forge appropriate linkages with other stakeholder of biotechnology sector including academia, industry and Government. Several incubatees  have  been  benefitted  from  this  support.  The  major achievements of Bio-Technology parks are as follows:

|   S. No. | Name of the Bio- Technology Park                             | Achievements in brief                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Biotech Park, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                         | The park has generated employment for about 600 persons. Presently, there are 12 incubatees. More than 30,000 biosciences students have been trained.                                                                                                                     |
|        2 | Biotechnology Incubation Centre (BTIC), Hyderabad            | 11 incubatees graduated from the park and operationalized successfully. Tergene Biotech which moved out from this Park is the first Indian Company to conduct research on Polysaccharide Base/Conjugate Vaccines for Humans and developed Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine. |
|        3 | The Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women, Chennai           | Presently it houses 13 companies inclusive of 5 start-ups and three incubatees. All entrepreneurs are women.                                                                                                                                                              |
|        4 | Tidco Centre for Life Sciences (TICEL) Biotech Park, Chennai | The Park has 100% occupancy with National and International clients. The tenancy area has 74 modules available for clients to develop their own customized R&D labs of BSL2 standards, upgradeable to BSL3, in accordance with GLP standards.                             |
|        5 | Biotechnology Park, Bangalore                                | The park caters to the broad areas of Life Sciences i.e. Healthcare, Agriculture, Food & Nutrition, Industrial Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology. A total of 17 incubatees have been moved out.                                                               |

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|   6. | Biotechnology Incubation Cochin                     | Centre, Currently 28 incubatees are housed and 5 are graduated. About 25 products have been generated and marketed and around 20 products are in pipeline.                                                                                           |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    7 | Biotech Park Technology Incubation Centre, Guwahati | The Park has 8 incubatees, 18 graduated and has major infrastructure facilities for fermentation, micro-propagation, herbal extraction, bioprocessing unit. Terra Blue XT company which is now graduated out has generated more than 40 employments. |
|    8 | Chhattisgarh Biotech Park                           | Presently 6 Incubatees are housed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

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