BIRAC’s goal is to support development by de-risking and accelerating product development

Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), established by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, is playing a catalysmic role in building an innovative ecosystem in India. To encourage research and development in biotech, pharma and diagnostics, BIRAC has launched several programmes and is encouraging academic institutions partner them in these programmes. Dr Shirshendu Mukherjee, Mission Director,  Programme Management Unit, under BIRAC shares more details with Usha Sharma

Give us an update on Biotechnology Industry Partnership Programme (BIPP)

The Biotechnology Industry Partnership Programme (BIPP) supports the development of appropriate technologies in the context of recognised national priorities and was launched on December 5, 2008. BIPP partners with industries (Small, Medium or Large) to support high risk, nationally and socially relevant transformational technology/ process development on a cost sharing basis for path-breaking research in frontier futuristic technology areas having major economic potential and making the Indian industry globally competitive. The uniqueness of this scheme is that it is for “Break through research” which enables product and process development and is patentable, with IP ownership rights resting with industry. The key feature of this programme is to provide support for product evaluation and validation for limited and large scale field trial for agriculture products and clinical trials (Phase I, II, III) for health care products.

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Published by Dr. Prasanth Manohar, Ph.D.,

Early career researcher in the field of Microbiology. Phage biologist, Author, Editor and Scientific writer. Expertise is in bacteriophage biology & genetics, Phage Therapy, ssRNA phages, Phage lysis systems, Single-cell analysis, protein antibiotics, and Antibiotic Resistance.