9 Biotechnology parks operative in states, providing support to scientists, SMEs

New Delhi: There are 9 Biotechnology parks in various states, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science & Technology, Health and Family Welfare and Earth Sciences through a written reply in the Lok Sabha stated

Further providing details, he said that the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has supported the following Bio-Technology/ S&T Parks in various states:

• Biotech Park, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
• Tidco Centre for Life Sciences (TICEL) Biotech Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• The Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Biotechnology Incubation Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana
• Biotech Park Technology Incubation Centre, Guwahati, Assam
• Biotechnology Incubation Centre, Cochin, Kerala
• Biotechnology Park, Bangalore, Karnataka
• Industrial Biotechnology Parks (IBTPs), Jammu & Kashmir
• Chhattisgarh Biotech Park

" These Biotechnology Parks offer facilities to Scientists, and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) for technology incubation, technology demonstration and pilot plant studies for accelerated commercial development of Biotechnology and helps to translate research into products and services by providing necessary infrastructure support," he said

He further informed that the Department of Biotechnology received the following proposals from various State Governments to establish such Parks during the last three years including the current year. The details are given below: