Department of Biotechnology

Short description: Department of Government of India for Biotechnology

Department of Biotechnology

Abbreviation| DBT
Formation| 1986; 40 years ago (1986)
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

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]

## Contents

* 1 Leadership
* 2 Institutes
* 3 National Biotechnology Development Strategy
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Leadership

Name  | Designation  | Department

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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]

## See also

* Maharaj Kishan Bhan

## References

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.

## External links

* Official website

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