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1 Department of Biotechnology R E C E N T S U C C E S S E S

2 KEY AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS Policy Impact Research and Development Human Resources International Collaborations The North-East Region Innovation and Enterprise

3 01 National Biotechnology Development Strategy Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB) Act, 2016 establishes RCB an institution of education, training and research POLICY INITIATIVES

4 SCIENCE IN SERVICE OF SOCIETY: SWASTH BHARAT Vaccine Grand Challenge Programme Stem Cell Research Herbal drugs Multi-institutional National Programme on pre-term birth launched Bio-engineering for Health and India Bio-design makes new advances New technology to address anaemia

5 CABINET CLEARS MAJOR NEW BIOPHARMA THRUST New 1500 Cr. Biopharma Mission will develop capabilities in cutting edge Vaccine Drug and Med Tech development

6 INDIA A LEADER IN GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST EPIDEMICS INDIA CHAIR OF THE COALITION OF EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS INNOVATIONS

7 SCIENCE IN SERVICE OF SOCIETY: KRISHI VIGYAN New programme for Brucellosis-free villages- Biotech-KISAN scheme announced: Impacting Farmers Lives through Science Decoding the Wheat Genome Multi-locational field trials of transgenic silkworm resistant to viral disease Four Virtual India-UK Joint Centres in Agricultural Nitrogen set up

8 BIOTECH-KRISHI INNOVATION SCIENCE APPLICATION NETWORK (KISAN) NGOs, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, Scientists. All Agro-Climatic Zones A major component focuses on women and farmers. Fellowship for women farmers.

9 DECODING THE CHICK-PEA & WHEAT GENOMES Wheat strains being developed Chick-pea: High yielding lines obtained Field trials ongoing

10 SCIENCE IN SERVICE OF SOCIETY: SWACHH BHARAT - WASTE TO ENERGY Decentralized wastewater treatment for Crops Biotech for cleaning of Barapullah drain Sanitation Commercialisation of technology for clean energy from agricultural waste Mission Innovation

11 Applying Biotech to clean flowing sewage

12 HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Star College Scheme A Origami Microscope for all: Schools, Colleges, Citizen Scientists BioCARE grants get women back to science careers India gets access to major programmes by joining EMBO Smart India Hackathon: Lakhs participate Enhancing re-entry Fellowship: Ramalingaswami and WT-DBT India Alliance

13 STAR COLLEGE SCHEME Total Proposals Received Strengthenin g Component Star Status College

14 FOLDSCOPE TAKES STUDENTS TO THE MICRO-WORLD

15 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION Major New Collaborations with UK, Finland, Sweden, Japan, US Nobel Prize Series India 2017 get the best to our students Med-tech, Oral Cancer Screening, Post-harvest Biotech, Industrial Waste Treatment

16 NOBEL EXHIBITION AND 9 LAUREATES TO COME EACH YEAR TO INDIA: FIRST IN 2017

17 THE NORTH-EAST 10% of the DBT budget has been earmarked for biotechnology based developments in NER DBT-NER Centre for Advanced Animal Diagnostics and Services on Animal Health and Diseases (ADSAHD) set up Unit of Excellence in Biotechnology (U-Excel) for mid-career scientists 12 units of excellence have been established during Biotechnology Labs in Senior Secondary schools (BLiSS) established in 88 schools

18 THE NORTH-EAST Overseas Associate ship Scientists promotes capacity building in cutting edge areas. More than 110 scientists have availed this associate ship 21 Healthcare labs provide advanced diagnostic services at medical institutes across North East India DBT s Twinning Programme supports more than 480 collaborative projects between NER and the Rest of India

19 21 Health-care Labs in the NE

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21 START-UP INDIA: THE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSISTANCE COUNCIL CATAPULTS INDIAN BIOTECH TO A NEW LEVEL

22 Science Central for India T H A N K Y O U