PIB News Update: Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science & Technology, Health and Family Welfare and Earth Sciences has informed that The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has supported the following Biotechnology parks in various states:
- Biotech Park, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- Tidco Centre for Life Sciences (TICEL) Biotech Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- The Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Biotechnology Incubation Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana
- Biotech Park Technology Incubation Centre, Guwahati, Assam
- Biotechnology Incubation Centre, Cochin, Kerala
- Biotechnology Park, Bangalore, Karnataka
- Industrial Biotechnology Parks (IBTPs), Jammu & Kashmir
- Chhattisgarh Biotech Park
These Biotechnology Parks offer facilities to Scientists, and Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) for technology incubation, technology demonstration and pilot plant studies for accelerated commercial development of Biotechnology and helps to translate research into products and services by providing necessary infrastructure support.
The Department of Biotechnology received following proposals from various State Governments to establish such Parks during the last three years including current year. The details are given below:
| S.N. | Year | Proposal received from State Governments | Present status |
| 1 | 2016-17 | Establishment of two Industrial Biotechnology Parks (IBTPs) in the State of Jammu & Kashmir
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Sanctioned in June 2018 |
| 2 | 2017-18 | Establishment of Biotech Park in Raipur, Chhattisgarh
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Sanctioned in July 2018 |
| 3 | 2018-19 |
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Under consideration |
| 4 | 2019-20 |
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Under consideration |