Department Of Biotechnology

Department of Biotechnology
Abbreviation	DBT
Formation	1986; 38 years ago
Type	Government organisation
Headquarters	New Delhi
Region served	India
Minister of Science and Technology	Jitendra Singh
Secretary	Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale
Affiliations	Ministry of Science and Technology (India)
Website	dbtindia.gov.in

Short description: Department of Government of India for Biotechnology

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is an Indian government department, under the Ministry of Science and Technology responsible for administrating development and commercialisation in the field of modern biology and biotechnology in India. It was set up in 1986.^[1]

Leadership

Name	Designation	Department
Dr. Jitendra Singh	Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Ministry of Science and Technology & Earth Sciences
Dr. Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale	Secretary	Department of Biotechnology
Abhinav Gupta	PS to Hon. Minister of Science & Technology	Minister’s Office

Institutes

Autonomous Institutes

Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali
Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad
National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad
National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani
National Centre for Cell Science, Pune
National Brain Research Centre, Manesar
Kalam Institute of Health Technology, Visakhapatnam
Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram
National Institute of Immunology Delhi
National Institute of Plant Genome Research Delhi
Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad
Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar
Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development Imphal
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali
Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem)

New institutes

National Immunogenicity and Biologics Evaluation Center^[2]

Public Sector Undertakings

Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited, Bulandshahr
Indian Vaccine Corporation Limited Delhi
Biotech Consortium India Limited, New Delhi
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), to strategically empower emerging biotech companies.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Supported laboratories

NIMHANS-IOB Laboratory, the Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB) and NIMHANS collaborative laboratory

National Biotechnology Development Strategy

In December 2015, the Department of Biotechnology launched the National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015–2020 programme. The stated aim of the programme is to intensify research in the fields of vaccines, humane genome, infectious and chronic diseases, crop science, animal agriculture and aquaculture, food and nutrition, environmental management and technologies for clean energy. The mission, through stakeholders in the biotechnology and technology domains is backed with significant investments to create new products, creating a strong infrastructure for research and development, commercialization, and empowering human resources scientifically and technologically.^[6]

References

↑ "DBT - Department of Biotechnology". Dbtindia.nic.in. http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/.
↑ "Department of Biotechnology supported GCLP Facility for Viral Immunogenicity Testing now open for operations". Ministry of Science & Technology. 5 September 2020. http://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1651639.
↑ "Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) - India" (in en). https://www.echocommunity.org/resources/9f185e6c-bfbe-4671-996d-0b28577b4af1.
↑ "Pune’s MyLab gets approval for COVID-19 diagnostic kit" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 2020-03-24. ISSN 0971-751X. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/punes-mylab-gets-approval-for-covid-19-diagnostic-kit/article31151858.ece.
↑ "Website of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council | National Portal of India". https://www.india.gov.in/official-website-biotechnology-industry-research-assistance-council.
↑ "Govt launches national biotechnology programme". 30 December 2015. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/govt-launches-national-biotechnology-programme/article8045706.ece.

External links

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[dbtindia1-1] "DBT - Department of Biotechnology". Dbtindia.nic.in. http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/.

[2] "Department of Biotechnology supported GCLP Facility for Viral Immunogenicity Testing now open for operations". Ministry of Science & Technology. 5 September 2020. http://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1651639.

[3] "Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) - India" (in en). https://www.echocommunity.org/resources/9f185e6c-bfbe-4671-996d-0b28577b4af1.

[4] "Pune’s MyLab gets approval for COVID-19 diagnostic kit" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 2020-03-24. ISSN 0971-751X. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/punes-mylab-gets-approval-for-covid-19-diagnostic-kit/article31151858.ece.

[5] "Website of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council | National Portal of India". https://www.india.gov.in/official-website-biotechnology-industry-research-assistance-council.

[6] "Govt launches national biotechnology programme". 30 December 2015. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/govt-launches-national-biotechnology-programme/article8045706.ece.