In a strategy meet, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), under the Ministry of Science and Technology, government of India, brought together experts from biotechnology sector to suggest a roadmap to strengthen the department’s current programs further with an aim to achieve major social impact by 2022, the 75th anniversary of India’s independence and a $100 billion Indian biotechnology sector by 2025.
The DBT officials and other experts along with around 75 experts Directors and scientists from each of the DBT autonomous and associated institutions, discussed the current status of Research & Development, Mission Programs, HRD, Entrepreneurship Development and International Cooperation Programs of the department and ways to accelerate scientific development and reach its benefits to the people.
R&D for cutting edge technologies like genomics and big data analysis, stem cell & regenerative medicine and emerging trends in structural biology and their national reach and progress were highlighted. The department emphasized on a mechanism of rewarding promising projects of societal importance, taking them to translational stage & communicating them and also on skill development specially in the area of management of genetic disorders and genetic counseling.
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Societal impact of India’s biotech sector
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