Lok Sabha Question No. 1062 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Training in Bio-Technology
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH

## GOVERNMENT' OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1062 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02/03/2016

TRAINING IN BIO-TECHNOLOGT

## 1062. SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH:

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

- (a) whether training facility in bio-technology is available in India and if $0, the details of these facilities; State-wise;
- whether any centre have been established for Research and Development in Biotechnologyand So, the details thereof:
- whether the research conducted in these centres have been used in agricultural and other sectors and if So, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government is contemplating to encourage private partnership in this regard and the details of the benefits to be achieved through it?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES

(YS: CHOWDARY)

- (a Yes; Madam: The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is implementing an integrated human resource development  programme biotechnology by providing   hands On experience t0 undergraduate   science students under star college   scheme; M,Sc MM Tech: teaching   programmes in 71 universities in the   country. industrial training for B Tech MMSc MM Tech: biotech students and   finishing   schools for   bridging   skill  gaps   and enhancing employment prospects, re-training of existing faculty and scientists in advanced areas for upgrading their skills by conducting short term training courses National Agri-Food

Biotechnology Institute (NABI). Mohali, Punjab an autonomous institute of Department of Biotechnology has a training facility in area of agriculture, food and nutrition biotechnology. The Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad has one of the major mandates of undertaking training in the important  strategic  and inter-disciplinary areas in biotechnology. The   National also   undertakes   short   and term training programmes in core areas of biomedical genomics; also conduct summer and winter training schools periodically to enhance skill development Skill development facility viz , SRMDBT partnership platform for contemporary research, services and skill development in advanced life  science technologies has been initiated" at SRM University. Kanchipurum; Tamilnadu: The state wise details of facilities are available on DBT website Programes& Schemes >Programmes > Human Resource Development setup long They

- (b) & (c) Yes; Madam. DBT has established 26 Centres of Excellence in biotechnology research in the country. The specific of these Centres is t0 enhance the innovative of the institutions and investigators with  well-developed research programmes in  specific areas of biotechnology. These Centres of Excellence are carrying out research in advanced and cutting-edge sectors of biotechnology such as health;  environment energy These published research papers in various high impact factor journals of national and international repute and filed / obtained patents. Various research leads have been obtained in these programmes, which are taken forward for developing crop varieties for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance: goal ability being
- (d) Yes; Madam . Innovation research grant is provided for product development through various Public Private   Partnership schemes of  Biotechnology   Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) a Public   Sector Undertaking of DBT medium   enterprises   (SMEs). Seed   funding for   discovery research is   provided under the Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG) scheme of BIRAC BIRAC also implements Small Business to foster innovation research and product development A total of 509 R&D projects including 115 collaborative projects, 310 companies, 88 academic institutes and [70 entrepreneurs including 102 new start-ups have been supported till date. 28 affordable products/technologies,26 early stage new technologies and 45 new Intellectual Property (IP)have been generated.