The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is an

Indian government The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...

department, under the Ministry of Science and Technology responsible for administrating development and commercialisation in the field of modern biology and

biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used ...

in India. It was set up in 1986.

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;Autonomous Institutes * Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali *

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, Kalyani * National Centre for Cell Science,

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* National Brain Research Centre,

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* Kalam Institute of Health Technology,

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* Regional Centre for Biotechnology,

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* National Institute of Immunology

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National Institute of Plant Genome Research

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Institute of Life Sciences

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Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development

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* National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali
Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem)
New institutes * National Immunogenicity and Biologics Evaluation Center ;Public Sector Undertakings * Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited,

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Indian Vaccine Corporation Limited

* Biotech Consortium India Limited,

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*Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), to strategically empower emerging biotech companies. Supported laboratories
NIMHANS-IOB Laboratory
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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 aqua culture, 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.

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* {{Authority control Ministry of Science and Technology (India) Biotechnology organizations Biotechnology in India 1986 establishments in Kerala Government agencies established in 1986

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National Biotechnology Development Strategy

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