National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-2020
The cornerstone of the National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-2020 (NBDS 2015-2020) is to focus on building coherence and connectivity between disciplines and bring together variegated skills across sectors to boost synergy.
Launch four major missions in healthcare, food and nutrition, clean energy and education.
Create a technology development and translation network across India with global partnership, including 5 new clusters, 40 biotech incubators, 150 Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs), and 20 bio-connect centres.
Ensure strategic and focused investment in building the human capital by setting up a Life Sciences and Biotechnology Education Council.
Biotechnology is one of the focus sectors in the ‘Make in India Initiative’.
10 guiding principles have been determined to drive the strategy.
Building a skilled workforce and leadership
Revitalizing the knowledge environment at par with the growing bio-economy
Enhance research opportunities in basic, disciplinary and inter-disciplinary sciences
Encourage use-inspired discovery research
Focus on biotechnology tools for inclusive development
Commercialization of technology-nurturing innovation, translation capacity and entrepreneurship
Ensuring a transparent, efficient and globally leading regulatory system and communication strategy
Fostering global and national alliances
Strengthen institutional capacity and redesigned governance models
Create a matrix of measurement of processes as well as outcome
