10 month, non-residential , week end, Biopreneur program launched at EDI,Ahmedabad

A 10 month, non-residential Biopreneur program was launched at EDI,Ahmedabad on 28th Feb 2011. This activity is supported by Dept of Science and Technology, Government of India under Innovation Cluster program implemented by Foundation for MSME Clusters. DST of Gujarat govt is supporting this  under Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission.The program is intended for persons with strong entrepreneurial disposition, comfortable with new technologies and capable of raising investment of about Rs 500 lakhs. The participants would be receiving a bundle of consultancy services from technology selection to regulatory approvals. Course fee is Rs 45,000/- and commences in May 2011. Contact: Ms Nidhi Shah, Biopreneur Cell, EDI, 9979275056.

Biotechnews

Biotech News brought out by DBT in Volume III, no 4, August 2008, covered several success stories of Bioventures. It also carried articles on government funding mechanisms like TePP,SBIRI,NMITLI. Download copy from:
http://www.biotechnews.in/

Most of the information on supported projects is otherwise not in public domain and that makes this issue a collectors volume.

Biopreneur-E Magazine

First issue of Biopreneur- a quarterly E Magazine is now available for download.
URL: http://www.biopreneur.org/images/E_mag_Biopreneur.pdf
The initial issue contains basic information for transition of researcher into an entrepreneur and useful information o patent protection, business plan tips, Bio-business in India and Asia.