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Biotech Consortium India Limited (BCIL) is a public limited company, promoted by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India and set up by All India Financial Institutions including IDBI, ICICI, IFCI, UTI and IFCI Venture Capital Funds Limited.
BCIL was incorporated under the Companies Act 1956(Now Company Act, 2013) in 1990 with government in advisory role, development banks as major funding agency.
It is a nodal agency for providing business support services to facilitate accelerated commercialization of biotech products and processes.
The company was inaugurated in 1990 by the then Prime Minister of India, Hon’ble Shri Chandra Shekhar, in presence of the Finance Minister, Shri. Yashwant Sinha and Dr. Manju Sharma, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology.
Read MoreLaunch of the New Public Portal For "Conference, Travel, Exhibition and Popular Lectures (CTEP)
Launch of the New Public Portal For "Conference, Travel, Exhibition and Popular Lectures (CTEP) of Department of Biotechnology, (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, being managed by Biotech Consortium India Limited (BCIL) by Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, DBT on 14th June, 2018.
WHAT'S NEW
Technology Transfer Office (TTO) at BCIL successfully transferred a promising technology “A process for the development of Bio-polymer based edible coating materials from agricultural and food processing by-products" developed at the BRIC- National Agri-Food Biomanufacturing Institute (BRIC-NABI), Mohali. This technology offers coating formulation based on polysaccharides from agricultural and food processing by-products to extend the post-harvest quality of different varieties of fruits and vegetables by 30-45 days under ambient storage.
BCIL and IISER Bhopal executed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) in the areas of innovation management and technology transfer. Together we aim to drive forward the future of research commercialization and industry partnerships. The MoA was executed by Dr. Purnima Sharma, Managing Director, BCIL and Dr. Chandan Sahi, Dean, Research & Development, IISER Bhopal in the presence of Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, Chairman, BCIL, Prof. Gobardhan Das, Director, IISER Bhopal, Dr.
TTO@BCIL organized a Webinar on “Basics & Nuances of Technology Transfer – Successful case studies in the Indian IP ecosystem” from 3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on 22nd August, 2025 (IST). This webinar featured a presentation by Mr. Hitesh Dhankher, Senior IP Analyst, Honeywell followed by an interactive QnA session with participants.