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| abbreviation = DBT
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| leader_title = [[Minister of Science and Technology (India)|Minister of Science and Technology]]
| leader_name = [[Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1956)|Dr Jitendra Singh]]
| leader_title2 = Secretary
| leader_name2 = Dr. Renu Swarup
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The '''Department of Biotechnology''' ('''DBT''') is an [[Government of India|Indian government]] department, under the [[Ministry of Science and Technology (India)|Ministry of Science and Technology]] responsible for administrating development and commercialisation in the field of modern biology and [[biotechnology]] in India. It was set up in 1986.<ref name="dbtindia1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dbtindia.nic.in |title=DBT - Department of Biotechnology |publisher=Dbtindia.nic.in |access-date=2010-09-01}}</ref>

== Leadership ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Designation
! Department
|-
| Dr. Jitendra Singh
| Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge)
| Ministry of Science and Technology & Earth Sciences
|-
| Dr. Renu Swarup
| Secretary
| Department of Biotechnology
|-
| Abhinav Gupta
| PS to Hon. Minister of Science & Technology
| Minister’s Office
|}

== Institutes ==
;Autonomous Institutes

* Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, [[Mohali]]
* [[Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics]], [[Hyderabad]]
* [[National Institute of Animal Biotechnology]], [[Hyderabad]]
* [[National Institute of Biomedical Genomics]], [[Kalyani, West Bengal|Kalyani]]
* [[National Centre for Cell Science]], [[Pune]]
* [[National Brain Research Centre]], [[Manesar]]
* [[Kalam Institute of Health Technology]], [[Visakhapatnam]]
* [[Regional Centre for Biotechnology]], [[Faridabad]]
* [[Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
* [[National Institute of Immunology, India|National Institute of Immunology]] [[Delhi]]
* [http://www.nipgr.res.in National Institute of Plant Genome Research] [[Delhi]]
* [[Translational Health Science and Technology Institute]], [[Faridabad]]
* [https://www.ils.res.in/ Institute of Life Sciences], [[Bhubaneswar]]
* [https://ibsd.gov.in/ibsd/home/index.php/ Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development] [[Imphal]]
* National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, [[Mohali]]

'''New institutes'''

* National Immunogenicity and Biologics Evaluation Center<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 September 2020|title=Department of Biotechnology supported GCLP Facility for Viral Immunogenicity Testing now open for operations|url=http://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1651639|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-05|website=pib.gov.in|publisher=Ministry of Science & Technology}}</ref>
;Public Sector Undertakings
*[[Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation|Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited]], [[Bulandshahr]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100920165331/http://dbtindia.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=132 Indian Vaccine Corporation Limited] [[Delhi]]
*[[Biotech Consortium India Limited]], [[New Delhi]]
*Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), to strategically empower emerging biotech companies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) - India|url=https://www.echocommunity.org/resources/9f185e6c-bfbe-4671-996d-0b28577b4af1|access-date=2020-03-28|website=ECHOcommunity|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2020-03-24|title=Pune’s MyLab gets approval for COVID-19 diagnostic kit|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/punes-mylab-gets-approval-for-covid-19-diagnostic-kit/article31151858.ece|access-date=2020-03-28|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Website of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council {{!}} National Portal of India|url=https://www.india.gov.in/official-website-biotechnology-industry-research-assistance-council|access-date=2020-03-28|website=www.india.gov.in}}</ref>

==National Biotechnology Development Strategy==
In December 2015, the Department of Biotechnology launched the National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015–2020 programme. The stated aim of the programme is to intensify research in the fields of vaccines, humane genome, infectious and chronic diseases, crop science, animal agriculture and aqua culture, food and nutrition, environmental management and technologies for clean energy. The mission, through stakeholders in the biotechnology and technology domains is backed with significant investments to create new products, creating a strong infrastructure for research and development, commercialization, and empowering human resources scientifically and technologically.<ref>{{cite web|date=30 December 2015|title=Govt launches national biotechnology programme|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/govt-launches-national-biotechnology-programme/article8045706.ece|access-date=18 January 2016|website=The Hindu}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Maharaj Kishan Bhan]]

== References ==
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{{Union ministries of India|state=collapsed}}
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[[Category:Ministry of Science and Technology (India)]]
[[Category:Biotechnology organizations]]
[[Category:Biotechnology in India]]
[[Category:1986 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1986]]

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>Kr.saurabh10 at 07:20, 26 August 2021