Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre ties up with NABL to fast-track global accreditation for startupsThe BBC has signed an MoU with NABL to help startups get global recognition for their research. Startups at the Bangalore Bioinnovation Cen...
05 May, 2026, 08.19 PM IST
Cabinet approves 'Bio-RIDE' scheme to support cutting-edge research, development in BiotechnologyThe Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the continuation of two umbrella schemes under the Department of Biote...
18 Sep, 2024, 05.04 PM IST
Centre approves 'BioE3' policy for boosting innovation-driven support to R&DThe Union Cabinet has approved the Biotechnology for Economy, Environment, and Employment (BioE3) policy. This initiative aims to enhance r...
24 Aug, 2024, 08.23 PM IST
Bangalore Tech Summit: Karnataka unveils revised biotech policy, aims to quadruple state’s bioeconomyInformation and biotechnology minister Priyank Kharge said the new biotechnology policy would synergize with the others in the state, inclu...
29 Nov, 2023, 06.33 PM IST
New biotech startups: Maharashtra emerges on top, Telangana & Karnataka followMaharashtra is home to 966 biotech startups, the largest number in any state.
27 Jul, 2022, 03.20 PM 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
BIRAC, IAN come together to launch biotech-focused angel funding networkThe platform will facilitate the expansion of BIRAC’s empowering policies, mentoring, and market access to biotech innovators across India ...
23 Nov, 2019, 02.56 PM IST
Top US institutions to help revamp 10 state universitiesHigh-level discussions with all stakeholders were held last week in New Delhi to finalise the modalities ahead of the 2019-20 academic sess...
22 Jan, 2019, 11.47 PM IST
C-CAMP, BIRAC plan to sow their SEED in 10 startupsThe scheme — Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (SEED) — will support 8-10 life sciences startups for its first batch.
02 May, 2017, 12.44 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
Bharat Fund has Sebi's approval to get innovativeThe Rs 1,000-crore fund, which is targeting a first close of Rs 200 - Rs 300 crore by June, will invest in technology-enabled enterprises i...
09 Feb, 2017, 09.23 AM IST
EDII appointed as nodal institute for start-ups by Gujarat governmentThose with innovative ideas in the fields of agri-business, food processing, bio-technology, chemicals, plastics and manufacturing will ben...
16 Mar, 2016, 07.55 PM IST
Department of Biotechnology to participate in Bharat Innovation FundThe DBT will engage with the Bharat Fund and invest Rs 50 crore over the next 3 years mentoring startups in the healthcare, agri-tech, and ...
15 Jan, 2016, 11.00 PM IST
Now, IITs become fertile ground for faculty startupsDozens of faculty members from IITs in Bombay, Delhi, Madras, Kharagpur and Hyderabad are working on startups either by themselves or with ...
23 Jun, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
'National Biotechnology Development Strategy' being draftedThe draft policy, known as National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2, is currently under discussion with all senior experts and stakeho...
18 Mar, 2015, 06.39 PM IST
Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw receives Othmer Gold Medal 2014Mazumdar-Shaw is the third woman to receive the Othmer Gold Medal and the first Indian to make it to this prestigious group.
19 May, 2014, 07.59 PM IST
Biotech startups turn chary as AstraZeneca shuts R&D unitNearly half a dozen startups trace their roots to the 25-year-old centre that led critical research in areas such as tuberculosis and malar...
12 Feb, 2014, 03.25 AM IST