BIRAC rolls out special call on BIC for NE
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, March 23 2023:
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India rolled out special call on Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG) exclusively for the Northeast region which is being implemented by BIRAC regional Centre-BRTC established at KIIT technology Business incubator, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar.
The special call attracted 185 applications from NE region with 75 innovative start-ups of NE pitching to the jury panel consisting of experts across India from academia, research organizations, industries & investors.
The meeting with the applicants is being held at Manipur Technology Innovation-Hub (MTI-Hub), which is established under the aegis of Department of Information Technology (DIT).
Head of SPED, BIRAC Dr Manish Diwan, congratulated BIRAC-BRTC centre at KIIT-TBI and MTI-Hub for creating an enabling ecosystem and providing the platform to the budding entrepreneurs of the region.
He also announced that from the current BIG-NER call, 25 start ups will be supported by providing up to Rs 50 lakh each grant funding and mentioned that BIRAC and DBT are keen to extend all possible support in building vibrancy in Biotech and life science-based start-up ecosystem in the North East region.