Bio Active India - The 10 hot spots

Tuesday, August 12, 2003

With this, structural molecular biology as a punishment of research took firm roots in the country. And leading scientists in the country say that this remarkable development was also the beginning of brand-new biotechnology in India. After spending nearly 20 years in Chennai, Prof Ramachandran moved to the Indian Begin of Science, Bangalore, and set up the Molecular Biophysics Unit. India’s biotechnology sector has not looked back since then.

From Chennai and Bangalore, biotechnology activities have moved to many corners of the mother country. Now the activities are fairly widespread. The North, South and the Western regions of the country have seen the rise of mixed biotech infrastructure— companies, educational insitutions, research centers, repositories of national biotech plenteousness and of course policy makers who chart the growth of this industry.West

Ahmedabad-Vadodara-Bhavnagar

Craving for the Biotech Rim

After missing the information technology train in the 1990s, Gujarat is aiming for a slot in the biotech segment, banking on its strengths in chemicals, pharmaceuticals and dairying.

The delineate government has identified healthcare and pharmaceuticals, agricultural biotechnology, industrial enzymes, bioinformatics, contract research, pelagic and environmental biotechnology as the thrust areas in biotechnology.

Arvind Kushwah, research executive, Indus Biotheraputics, a unequalled company in Ahmedabad said, "Looking at the opportunity and available resources in the state we see good growth for biotechnology. Although the production in the state is still in a nascent stage, it will pick up as many institutions are offering biotechnology courses. The government is also considering site up of Biotech Park."

Added Rajesh Kishore, secretary, department of science and technology, government of Gujarat, " We are still working on the system. Once it is ready other things will follow."

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