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| Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka, lighting the lamp at the inauguration of Bangalore INDIA BIO 2014, India’s biggest Biotech show on Feb 10th 2014 at Lalit Ashok, Bangalore. Seen in the photograph are the other dignitaries – from left Ian Felton – Deputy High Commissioner, British Deputy High Commission, Bangalore, World Food Prize Laureate 2013, Em Prof Dr Marc Van Montagu – Founder & Chairman, Institute of Plant Biotechnology Outreach (IPBO), Belgium, Nobel Laureate 2012 Professor Sir John Gurdon, Kt DPhil DSc FRS – Distinguished Group Leader, The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK, Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw – Chairperson, Karnataka Vision Group on Biotechnology; Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon Limited, SR Patil – Minister for Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology and Planning & Statistics, Government of Karnataka, K Govindaraj – Member of Legislative Council, General Secretary, KPCC and Roshan Baig – Hon’ble Minister for Infrastructure Development, Information & Haj, Govt. of Karnataka. |
A 3d movie about the new BioTech Incubator center was the high point of the inaugural ceremony of the 14th edition of Bangalore India Bio, at Bangalore. The event was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah in the presence of S R Patil, Minister for Information Technology, Bio-Technology and Science and Technology, Nobel Laureate Prof Sir John Gurdon, World Food Prize Laureate Em Prof Dr Marc Van Montagu, Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Secretary, Department of Bio Technology, Roshan Baig, Minister for Infrastructure Development, Information & Haj, Govt. of Karnataka, K Govindaraj, Member of Legislative Council, General Secretary, KPCC, Kaushik Mukherjee, Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Dr Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairperson, Vision Group on Biotechnology and Chairperson and Managing Director, Biocon; Srivatsa, Secretary to Government, Department of Information Technology, Bio Technology and Science and Technology.
The chief minister in his inaugural address said, “The State is home to about 52 per cent of the core Biotech companies in the country. In the past decade, Karnataka State Government has taken proactive Policy initiatives, which have significantly contributed to the growth of the sector. The first Biotech Policy in the country was announced by Karnataka in 2001. The Policy, to a large extent, has achieved the objectives. Keeping in view the changing needs of the Biotech Sector, State Government revised and announced ‘Millennium Biotech Policy version 2’ in December 2009.”
Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Secretary, Department of Bio Technology said, “Science and technology are the tools to tackle the socioeconomic problems of the country. Vaccines are essential and should be free from western activitism and wrong morale. True benefit of universal immunisation needs effective communication.”
All the dignitaries spoke about the future of biotechnology and the emergence of Bangalore as the biotech hub of the world.
EH News Bureau
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