Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday launched the Biotech Incubation Centre and the Agri-Business Incubation and Production Centre of the Indira Gandhi Agricultural University to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Baghel announced on the occasion that the Incubation Centre would be named after Netaji.
Speaking from his office, Baghel laid the foundation stone of the Centre, to be built at a cost of Rs 30 crores, and inaugurated the newly constructed Agri-Business Incubation and Production Centre worth Rs 2 crores.
He also named the brainstorming centre in the office of the State Planning Commission after Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the library after Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, a 30-person auditorium after Jawaharlal Nehru and an 80-person hall after Mahatma Gandhi.
The Chief Minister called for opening incubation and production centres in all the universities of the state.
He said that all educational institutions should work towards developing entrepreneurial skills in youngsters. Laboratory facilities for research, technical guidance and support for business networking, financial and credit support facilities will be provided in the incubation centre.
The Chief Minister also launched the offices of 24 companies started in the centre by young entrepreneurs. These startups have got a grant of Rs 2 crores for industry and business and have already done business of around Rs 10 crores.
The programme was chaired by Minister for Planning Amarjeet Bhagat and those present included Director General of Police D.M. Avasthi and Indira Gandhi Agriculture University Vice Chancellor Dr. S. K. Patil.
A Biotech Incubation Centre is being developed at the Indira Gandhi Agricultural University campus at the cost of Rs 30 crore in the first phase of establishing a biotechnology park.
This centre will be established in two years at a cost of Rs 13.5 million. It will be equipped with all the necessary facilities including state-of-the-art laboratory, and equipment worth Rs 16 crores. All the infrastructure would be of BS4 standards.
The Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission, Ajay Singh, threw light on the works done by his office in the last two years.