Lok Sabha
The Department of Biotechnology provides grant-in-aid
support for research & development, and capacity building in the area of
biotechnology to universities, research institutes and not-for-profit
organizations across the country. In
addition grant-in-aid is also provided for creation of Centers of Excellence in
emerging areas. During the last 5 years
more than 2000 R&D Projects have been supported; 74 universities have been
supported for post-graduate biotechnology programmes, 60 universities and
research institutes have been provided support for bioinformatics network
centers. In addition 57 biotechnology
infrastructure facilities have been established across the country for cutting
edge basic research and process and product development.
To promote
excellence in biotechnology it is proposed to establish Centers of Excellence
in the areas of :
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Transnational
research in public health
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Stem Cell
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Marine biotechnology
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Animal biotechnology
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Nutritional
genomics and food biotechnology
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Herbal Medicine
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Molecular medicine
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Bio-materials
and devices and
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Bio-informatics
In addition centers would also be supported in other
frontier emerging areas of Biotechnology.
This
information was given by Shri Kapil Sibbal, Minister of State, Science and
Technology and Ocean Development in Lok Sabha today.
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Government supports Bio-Technology Development
