Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

At present in India, there are six major agencies responsible for financing and supporting research in the realm of biotechnology apart from other sciences. They are:

1. Department of Science and Technology (DST)
2. Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
3. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
4. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
5. Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR)
6. University Grants Commission (UGC)

• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), DST, DBT are part of Ministry of Science and Technology while ICMR is with Ministry of Health, ICAR with Ministry of Agriculture and UGC with Ministry of Human Resource and Development. DSIR is the funding agency for CSIR and both of them independently fund biotechnology related research programmes.

Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is a department, under the Ministry of Science and Technology responsible for administrating development and commercialization in the field of modern biology and biotechnology in India. It was set up in 1986.