The Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Sc & Tech, Govt of India supports research, its applications and education in the Life Sciences and Biotechnology.
Dr Rajesh Gokhale has been appointed as the Secretary,
@DBTIndia
. He succeeds Dr
@RenuSwarup
, who retires on Oct 31, 2021. We thank Dr Swarup for her immense contribution to the biotech sector & look forward to working under the leadership of Dr
@rajesh_gokhale
.
@DrJitendraSingh
2021 was an eventful year for
@DBTIndia
for many reasons. Here are some of the achievements and success stories of the Department during the year.
Press Release:
@DrJitendraSingh
@rajesh_gokhale
@DBTIndia
announces the launch of first Indian Biological Data Centre
#IBDC
at Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad. A national facility to store, manage , archive and distribute all kind of biological data.
@drharshvardhan
@RenuSwarup
@NICMeity
📢Exciting News for Fellows working under DBT-RA & DBT-JRF Program
@DBTIndia
has considered and adopted the
@IndiaDST
O.M. No. DST/PCPM/Z-06/2022 Revision of Emoluments applicable wef 1st January 2023
More details
@DrJitendraSingh
@rajesh_gokhale
Our humble tributes to
@NobelPrize
-winning biochemist Prof Har Gobind Khorana on his 100th birth anniversary.
In his memory, the Department awards outstanding young scientists pursuing research in frontier areas of Biotechnology. In the last 5 years, 52 awards have been given.
.
@DBTIndia
's AI
@DBT_ILS
, Bhubaneswar achieved the milestone of
#COVID19
testing figure of 50,000 today through dedicated efforts of scientists & scholars. It is significantly contributing to augmenting testing efforts in
#Odisha
.
#DBTFightsCOVID
The Department of
#Biotechnology
congratulates
@DrJitendraSingh
, Hon’ble Minister for Science & Technology (IC) for taking over the charge. We look forward to taking our key initiatives and activities to the next level under your able guidance and leadership.
@RenuSwarup
Inviting applications for the Young Professionals programme
The programme aims to provide a unique opportunity to work and get exposure to various programmes & activities of the
@DBTIndia
.
Deadline: Dec 20, 2020
More info:
@drharshvardhan
@RenuSwarup
The next
#COVID19
wave will be effectively controlled if more people get vaccinated & most importantly, people follow Covid-appropriate behaviour, especially till a substantial part of our population gets vaccinated.: Dr N K Arora, Co Chair, INSACOG
@DrJitendraSingh
@RenuSwarup
A team of scientists from
@ILS_BBSR
, a
@DBTIndia
AI have developed novel antibodies against Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) for the first time to be used as a sensitive and specific tool for CHIKV research. These antibodies have now been commercialized.
Meet our
@India_Alliance
Senior Fellow in Basic Biomedical Research 2020👇
Dr Mahak Sharma, who works at
@IiserMohali
, studies the molecular mechanisms regulating the trafficking towards late endosomes and lysosomes.
@drharshvardhan
@RenuSwarup
📢
@DBTIndia
cordially invites you to join a Webinar on Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-19 to highlight the importance of Genome Sequencing in Public Health Relevance.
⏲️Tomorrow, 11.30 am-1 pm
📺To join:
@drharshvardhan
@RenuSwarup
New year greetings to the Hon’ble Minister of Science & Technology,
@DrJitendraSingh
by Dr
@rajesh_gokhale
, Secretary,
@DBTIndia
, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.
.
@THSTIFaridabad
has identified and developed synthetic peptide-based
#vaccine
candidates targeting SARS-CoV2 spike domain B cell and T cell epitopes with a potential to elicit an immune response that could block viral invasion.
#DBTFightsCOVID
#COVID19India
Heartiest congratulations to our Secretary Department,
@Dr
. Renu Swarup on being awarded P Sheel memorial Award by NASI and elected Fellow of NASI 2018.
#DBT
#Biotechnology
#LifeSciences
📢Applications invited from Indian citizens for filling up the posts of Scientist ‘C’ on direct recruitment basis in the
@DBTIndia
📅Deadline: November 15, 2021
🔗More information:
@DrJitendraSingh
@RenuSwarup
📢 Announcing the Ramalingaswami Re-entry
#Fellowship
2020-2021 for the Indian Nationals to pursue their R&D interests in Indian institutions. 🔬🧬
⏲️ Last Date: October 31, 2020
🔗 For more information:
@drharshvardhan
@RenuSwarup
Press Release: DBT provides seed funding for Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd.’s novel mRNA based
#COVID19
Vaccine candidate-HGCO19. The
#vaccine
is likely to go to Clinical Trial before the year ends.
#DBTFightsCOVID
The 11th Conclave of the
@DBTIndia
-Ramalingaswami Re-entry
#Fellowship
will be inaugurated by Dr
@RenuSwarup
, Secretary, DBT on December 14, 2020.
The four-day-long Conclave, to be held during December 14– 17, 2020, is being organised by DBT and
@unescorcb
.
@drharshvardhan
Scientific fraternity mourns the demise of a great leader, architect of translational biotechnology & profound academician, Former Secretary of
@DBTIndia
Prof. MK Bhan, who transformed the the biotechnology sector in the country.
@drharshvardhan
@RenuSwarup
We would love to see our
#startups
grow bigger and not just serve our own country, but the world. Our ambition is that
#India
is going to be self-reliant not just for India, but for the world. And we are confident of doing it.: Dr
@RenuSwarup
, at
#NBEC2020
Grand Finale
In an R&D project supported by
@DBTIndia
, a new basmati variety, called Pusa 1718 an improved version of the iconic Pusa 1121 is set to sustain India's aromatic & long-grained rice exports through higher yield & the ability to fight bacterial blight disease
@IndiaDST
@RenuSwarup
A tribute by the scientific community on 14th February 2020 to a great mentor, paediatrician, a clinician scientist pioneer
#Rotavac
, excellent science administrator, great visionary & Humanist
#Remembering
Dr. M. K Bhan
#JoinUs
#India
International Centre
@drharshvardhan
CEPI awards up to US $14.1 million to consortium of IVI and Bharat Biotech to advance development of Chikungunya vaccine in collaboration with
@DBTIndia
Ind-CEPI.
@drharshvardhan
@RenuSwarup
.
📢 Inviting the applications for Tata Innovation Fellowship 2020-21
➡️Fellowship recognizes scientists with an outstanding track record in Biological Sciences/Biotechnology
🗓️Last date: November 15, 2020
ℹ️For more info:
@drharshvardhan
@RenuSwarup
On the occasion of Prof MK Bhan’s birth anniversary,
@RenuSwarup
, Secy, DBT will launch a
#Fellowship
Program to encourage young
#researchers
to continue their postdoctoral research in India.
Today, 11 am
To Join:
"India has about 30 vaccine candidates for
#Covid19
, about 5 of which are on the advanced stage, and 2 of them (Bharat Biotech and Zydus-Cadilla) are on the trial stage," reveals
@RenuSwarup
in an interview to
@pallavabagla
#DBTFightsCOVID
.Hon'ble Union Minister
@DrJitendraSingh
launched “Biological Research Regulatory Approval Portal (BioRRAP), a Single National Portal for Biotech researchers and Start-Ups today.
@Rajesh_gokhale
📢Indian Immunologicals Limited to start production of drug substance for Covaxin under Mission
#COVID
Suraksha
➡️IIL is expected to produce the drug substance for about 10-15 million doses/ month
🔗Press Release:
@PMOIndia
@drharshvardhan
@RenuSwarup
Congratulations to Dr. Bharati Pandey, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, former awardee of
@DBTIndia
BioCARe program of DBT on being conferred “Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum Early Career Award” by Borlaug Global Rust.
@drharshvardhan
@RenuSwarup
I congratulate DBT-IOC Centre for the development and scale-up of CO2 to high-value lipids
#technology
with
@LanzaTech
. This
#technology
not only captures CO2 but converts it into valuable products:
@renuswarup
at Global Media Interaction Meet on Circular Economy-CO2 Valorization
.
@DrJitendraSingh
, Union Ministry of S&T announced 75 "Amrit" Grants for Biotech Initiatives involving Startups, Industry, academia and research bodies in integrated collaboration.
@rajesh_gokhale
#JaiAnusandhan
.
@DBT_ILS
has become the fourth lab in India to establish the in-vitro culture facility for coronavirus. The cultures taken are from patient sources using vero cells and about 17 virus cultures have been established from swab samples with varying virus loads.
#DBTFightsCOVID
.
@drharshvardhan
, Hon’ble Minister for Ministry of Science & Technology announced the successful completion of first Pan India 1000 Genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2, and launched network of 5 DBT
#COVID19
BioRepositories.
@PMOIndia
@NITIAayog
@RenuSwarup
📢
@DrJitendraSingh
, Hon’ble MoS (IC) S&T undertook a two-day comprehensive review of 14 Autonomous Institutions of the
@DBTIndia
on achievements and way forward
🔗 Press Release:
@rajesh_gokhale
A comprehensive review from
@DBT_NBRC
scientists on
#SARSCoV2
epidemiological characteristics, its clinical symptoms, molecular virology, immunopathology, treatment regimens currently employed & their outcomes
#DBTFightsCorona
Prof K VijayRaghavan PSA GoI at celebration of 10 years of DBT-WELLCOME Trust India Alliance partnership said that real credit of this fellowship should go to Dr Bhan, who started this partnership.
@PrinSciAdvGoI
@rashtrapatibhvn
@India_Alliance
@DBTIndia
I call 2020 a year of science because during COVID situation, in spite of many hardships, every scientist in every laboratory rose to the occasion to search for innovative solutions to fight the pandemic.:
@drharshvardhan
@RenuSwarup
The National Cell Repository at
@DBT_NCCS_Pune
has been facilitating COVID-related research at other organizations by supplying cell cultures. So far, it has supplied 19 cell cultures to 12 organizations across India.
#DBTFightsCOVID
#COVID19