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Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) is a not-for-profit Section 8, Schedule B, Public Sector Enterprise, set up by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India as an Interface Agency to strengthen and empower the emerging Biotech enterprise to undertake strategic research and innovation, addressing nationally relevant product development needs.

Overview
Crescent Biotech Incubator for Nurturing Student Entrepreneurs
Start Date of the project: 06.06.2019
Schedule completion date: 06.06.2022
- Name of the organisation: Crescent Innovation and Incubation Council (CIIC)
- Name of the PI: Mr. M. Parvez Alam, CEO & Director, CIIC
- Focus Area: Life Sciences
- Total Incubatees supported till now: 79
- Various Startup sectors: Med-Tech, Agri-Tech, Bioenergy, Bio-Services and Biopharma
- Established 6 state-of-art facility under BioNEST-CIIC
