India's bioeconomy valued at $150 bn, innovation holds key to global leadership: BIRAC MDIndia's biotechnology sector, valued at USD 150 billion, is expanding, yet innovation and product development potential remain untapped. BI...
20 Oct, 2024, 12.09 PM IST
Bio-E3 policy will usher in bio-revolution in India: Jitendra SinghThe government's Bio-E3 policy aims to position India as a global bio-economy leader, similar to the IT revolution in the West. Launched la...
12 Sep, 2024, 05.16 PM IST
Budget 2024: Startup community seeks diversification to smaller cities, tax incentivesEncouraging entrepreneurship in smaller cities can yield solutions tailored to niche sectoral or geographical challenges.
31 Jan, 2024, 03.25 PM IST
Karnataka IT minister meets US envoy to discuss collaboration in anti-narcoticsCollaborative engagements in the areas of enforcement, regulatory frameworks, transparency through effective IT systems, and building of ro...
15 Nov, 2022, 08.57 AM IST
PM Modi and French President Macron to address 25th edition of Bengaluru Tech SummitAs part of the landmark 25th year celebrations, BTS 2022 will witness the unveiling of the Silver Jubilee Commemoration Plaque of Bengaluru...
08 Nov, 2022, 07.01 PM IST
IIT-Guwahati inaugurates three-day North East Research Conclave 2022The Conclave is hosting around 5,000 eminent personalities from the North-East as well as other parts of India. The participants hail from ...
20 May, 2022, 07.50 PM IST
View: How Department of Biotechnology coordinated India's Covid-19 fightFrom its initial mandate to identify priority development areas in biotechnology, it has been instrumental in creating an academic ecosyste...
12 Jun, 2021, 12.08 PM IST
Covid-19 expanded biotech scope: Biocon Chief“This year has seen a surge in the number of bio-IT, bio-medtech companies and biotech companies … this is the most sought-after sector and...
21 Dec, 2020, 06.47 AM IST
Twelve entrepreneurs emerge winners in NBEC 2019NBEC, organised by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), nationwide platform for bio-entrepreneurs across India to show...
15 Dec, 2019, 12.09 PM IST
C-CAMP launches third edition of National Biotech entrepreneurship contestThis year's competition was unveiled by Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, and Manish Diwan, Head, SPED, BIRAC.
01 Aug, 2019, 10.50 PM IST
Agritech, biotech and consumer sectors: What is in store for startupsVarious startups are leveraging cutting-edge technologies to revolutionise the way businesses are being carried out across all sectors.
01 Jun, 2019, 11.46 AM IST
Government’s biotech innovation centre to be set up in Bengaluru's C-CAMPThe centre will be engaged in biotechnology entrepreneurship awareness programmes, creating a national biotechnology entrepreneurship chall...
02 Mar, 2017, 08.44 AM IST
- Wearable brain scanner among healthcare innovations
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) A low-cost, brain-scanning device for detecting neurological emergencies swiftly, a biochip integrated with smart ph...
12 Jan, 2017, 10.00 PM IST
Academic institutes should be hotbed for entrepreneurship: Infosys co-founder S GopalakrishnanKris, as Gopalakrishnan is popularly called, added that there are very few examples, where one sees research being converted into startups.
14 Feb, 2016, 11.38 AM IST
- Government should support startups with loan guarantees: Romesh Wadhwani
Romesh Wadhwani became one of the richest Indians in the US in 2000 when he sold his software firm Aspect Development for an all-stock deal...
06 Jun, 2012, 11.46 AM IST
How to usher in vaccinnovation in IndiaThe challenge is to build on India's recent successes in vaccine research to reach the global cutting edge in producing vaccines for killer...
30 Jan, 2012, 02.22 AM IST
- The perfect time to make it big
India is the flavour of the season for the international business world. After the IT boom, now it’s the turn of the biotech sector. The la...
16 Oct, 2007, 12.00 AM IST