'Entrepreneurs are made, not born'

Special |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Jun, 2013

Entrepreneurship is in blood" is a myth I believed in for years. I did not have it. I came from a family of renowned musicians of Indian classical music, my father Pt. Kiran Deshpande being...Read more

DBT fulfills promise, hikes IYBA Fellowship amount by 40%

Special |  News | By Rahul Koul Koul | 0 Comment | 03 Jun, 2015

The Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA) fellowship pertaining to non-regular Awardees has been revised from ₹40,000 per month to ₹75,000 per month with effect from 1st...Read more

Boasting of multi-disciplinary curriculum

Special |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 Feb, 2013

Biotech Private Schools No 1 The department of biotechnology and bioinformatics at Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT), Solan offers four-year BTech programs in biotechnology...Read more

6. Jaipur National University, Jaipur

Special |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 May, 2013

The integrated programs in biotechnology, microbial technology and bioinformatics have been formulated at the SLS, Jaipur National University, to provide a broad-based curriculum with inter...Read more

Hot Start-ups: Enabling global clinical trials in India

Special |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 Apr, 2016

Little did he know that his broken knee would lead him along the path to his ultimate destiny - the birth of his Kolkata-based start-up Indoriv Clinical. After recovering from his physical...Read more

Part 2: Can't afford complacency to set in: Dr Renu Swarup

Special |  Interviews | By Rahul Koul Koul | 0 Comment | 20 Jun, 2015

Much enthused on the completion of successful three years of BIRAC, its MD, Dr Renu Swarup doesn't want the organisation to get complacent due to achievements. She wants the momentum to con...Read more

Healthy workforce a prerequisite for India to achieve NDA's ambitious goals: Ms Poonam Muttreja

Special |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Mar, 2016

The allocation for health in this budget has been increased by 22% over the previous year's budget estimate to Rs 39,533 crores. "This is a very significant move given that last year, the a...Read more

Global Hep B therapeutics market value to grow slowly to $3.5 bn by 2021

Special |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Oct, 2015

The value of the global Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) therapeutics market will increase modestly over the next 6 years, from almost $3 billion in 2014 to $3.5 billion by 2021, representing a Comp...Read more

Scientific Research and Entrepreneurship does not go hand in hand: Dr AV Rama Rao

Special |  Interviews | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Apr, 2016

Dr Alla Venkata Rama Rao (Dr AV Rama Rao) need no introduction. Rama Rao is the only Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA) who has trained 112 Ph.D. students, published more t...Read more

“I am smitten with biotechnology�

Special |  Views | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Apr, 2013

"In the game of science, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose. All that matters is if you actually go beyond your abilities," said Dr Watson, when he was asked regarding his feelings o...Read more

“There is gender parity in biotech industry�

Special |  Interviews | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Jul, 2013

Q: Why did you pursue biotechnology as a career choice? A: Biotechnology-based research is currently being used extensively to assist in the development of technologies, therapeutics and v...Read more

10 events that changed Indian biotech

Special |  Views | 0 Comment | 25 Apr, 2013

Over the last decade a number of events have shaped the Indian biotech industry by having far-reaching effects on not just the companies or entities involved, but on the entire biotech spac...Read more

Top BT Schools in India: BioSpectrum Survey 2013

Special |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 May, 2013

The BioSpectrum Top 20 Biotech Schools includes institutions offering BTech, Masters and PhD courses. The study was conducted during February-March 2013. The ranking is based on measurable ...Read more

"I want to understand and explore complexity of life"

Special |  Views | 0 Comment | 16 Apr, 2013

Biotechnology is an interdisciplinary course and it is a vast field which offers many career objectives. It is the field of study that introduced cloning and scientific methods for genetic ...Read more

Top 20 Series-Rank 14-Mahyco-Defying the odds

Special |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Oct, 2015

Organization: Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Pvt Ltd (Mahyco) MD: Mr. Rajendra Barwale Bioscience Revenue: Rs 423 crore     Bt cotton business during 2014-15 was quite challenging forMa...Read more

Einstein proved right, yet again!

Special |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Feb, 2016

In a breakthrough discovery, researchers have announced the detection of gravitational waves, as predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago. Physicists have concluded that the detected grav...Read more

Single-use micro scale bioreactor enables higher productivity

Special |  Views | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 May, 2016

Worldwide sales of biologic drugs including monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), fusion proteins and therapeutic enzymes now exceeds $120 billion per year. These therapies cost more than small mol...Read more

India becoming an important part of global biotech industry: FIICC

Special |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 Jun, 2015

"These two companies together hold 65 percent of Israeli Life Sciences industry including medical devices, drug discovery and development," pointed Mr David Keynan, vice-chairman, Federatio...Read more