A three-day mega event will kick off from Thursday here with an aim to showcase India’s potential in bio-tech sector to the world as well as to chart out an actionable roadmap to catapult the industry on the global map.
Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will inaugurate the Global Bio-India Summit, 2019 that will witness academia, innovators, researchers, start-ups, medium & large companies coming together on the same platform which will facilitate acceleration of the innovation ecosystem in the country.
Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology & Chairperson BIRAC, said, “Global Bio-India Summit is being organized for the first time in India. Biotechnology is recognized as the sunrise sector- a key driver for contributing to India’s USD 5 Trillion economy target by 2025.”
More than 25 countries besides 11 States from India are participating in the event which is being held at Aero City in association with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE) and Invest India. Various MoUs will be signed while there would be several interesting events such as “NanoBioteck-2019” and Nano for Agri-2019” which will cover most recent research and developments in their respective fields, said Dr Manish Diwan from BIRAC.
