Positions vacant at BIRAP 1. Program Manager – Intellectual Property 2. Program Manager – Technology Transfer For detailed information, please go through http://www.birapdbt.nic.in/news_desc.php?id=2  ========================================================

Special Call for Proposal on Biosimilars under BIPP Start date for proposal submission is: 1st AUGUST 2010 Last date for submission of proposal is: 15th SEPTEMBER, 2010

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) invites proposals from Indian Companies working on Biosimilars under Biotechnology Industry Partnership Programme (BIPP), a Government partnership with industry for support on a cost sharing basis for development of novel and high risk futuristic technologies mainly for viability gap funding and enhancing existing R&D capacities. BIPP has been initiated under Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Programme (BIRAP), a unique initiative of DBT being implemented in partnership with ABLE and BCIL to nurture R&D and innovation in Biotech Industry. ======================================================

BIRAP Information Access Scheme

BIRAP Information Access Scheme (BIAS) has been introduced by BIRAP to help the entrepreneur and start up companies to facilitate access to information (in the form of market reports, studies, publications and high priced books) who may have been otherwise not in a position to access the information due to high price.