North India's first Industrial Biotech Park inaugurated at Kathua in J&K
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Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated North India's first Biotech Park in Kathua Valley Industrial Area of Jammu and Kashmir.
Biotech Park, Kathua will have facilities like herbal extraction, fermentation, analytical laboratory, distillation, micro-propagation, plant tissue culture apart from provision of technology incubation, training and skill development.
This biotech park will conduct research on biodiversity, medicinal and aromatic plants of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal, Punjab and Haryana will also benefit from this biotech park.
The Industrial Biotech Park in Kathua will enable scientists to tackle the challenges of climate change and enabling infrastructure will spur a new wave of innovation.
Nine Biotechnology Parks supported by Department of Biotechnology in different states
Name of the Biotechnology Park | State/UT |
Biotech Park, Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
Biotechnology Incubation Centre, Hyderabad | Telangana |
TIDCO Centre for Life Science Biotech Park, Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
Biotech Park Technology Incubation Centre, Guwahati | Assam |
Biotechnology Incubation Centre, Cochin | Kerala |
Biotechnology Park, Bangalore | Karnataka |
Industrial Biodiversity Park | Jammu and Kashmir |
Chhattisgarh Biotech Park | Chhattisgarh |
Golden Jubilee Biotech Park, Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
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