Chhattisgarh Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey said on Thursday that the Biotech Incubation Center (BIC) will play an important role in further promoting biotechnology in the state.
He said the BIC will expand the integrated plans and programmes for biotechnology and lead to the development of related industries.
He said this while chairing a meeting of the Governing Committee of Chhattisgarh Biotechnology Advanced Society held at Seeds Corporation Office in Raipur here.
Choubey directed the officials of Agriculture Department, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV), Horticulture and Biotech Society to work with the BIC so that this center becomes known across the country.
In order to encourage biotechnology and innovation in the state, BIC has been set up in the first phase of the Biotechnology Park project in partnership with the central and state governments, IGKV officials said.
They said it is the first BIC in central India. The BIC costs `30 crores and its building will cost `13.50 crores. The building will come up in two acres of the University campus and it will be named after Subhash Chandra Bose.