Towards strengthening the emerging biotechnology enterprise in India, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Ministry of Science & Technology has initiated the Mission Program entitled “Industry-Academia Collaborative Mission for Accelerating Discovery Research to Early Development for Biopharmaceuticals - Innovate in India (i3) Empowering biotech entrepreneurs & accelerating inclusive innovation” (“Program”). Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) setup by DBT is the Implementing Agency of i3 Program (Program co-funded by World Bank loan).
The vision of the program is to enable and nurture an ecosystem for preparing India’s technological and product development capabilities in biopharmaceuticals including vaccines, biologics, medical devices and diagnostics to a level that will be globally competitive over the next decade.
The National Biopharma Mission announces a Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) from suitable organizations that have appropriate capability and certification to conduct trainings for ISO 13485:2016 (awareness and certification trainings)
Towards strengthening the emerging biotechnology enterprise in India, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Ministry of Science & Technology has initiated the Mission Program entitled “Industry-Academia Collaborative Mission for Accelerating Discovery Research to Early Development for Biopharmaceuticals - Innovate in India (i3) Empowering biotech entrepreneurs & accelerating inclusive innovation” (“Program”). Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) setup by DBT is the Implementing Agency of i3 Program (Program co-funded by World Bank loan).
The vision of the program is to enable and nurture an ecosystem for preparing India’s technological and product development capabilities in biopharmaceuticals including vaccines, biologics, medical devices and diagnostics to a level that will be globally competitive over the next decade.
The National Biopharma Mission announces a Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) from suitable organizations that have appropriate capability and certification to conduct trainings for ISO 13485:2016 (awareness and certification trainings)
Under the present call, proposals are invited to conduct ISO 13485:2016 training
NBM is inviting eligible organization to plan and conduct ISO 13485:2016 (Medical Devices) training programmes for the capacity building of medical device start-ups and companies. The planned training should be a high value and high impact training programme of an advanced level and shall be aimed at providing guidance and practical experience, promote skill development, optimizing auditing skills, planning, executing, reporting, monitoring the effectiveness and conformity to regulatory guidelines, in order to achieve successful QMS implementation in medical device sector.
Under the present call, proposals are invited to conduct Clinical Trials training
NBM is inviting eligible organization to conduct Clinical Trials training programmes for the capacity building in clinical trials for biopharma sector of India. Clinical trials are essential to facilitate innovation for advancing medical research, and developing new therapies. However, ensuring patient safety, regulatory compliance, and Quality Assurance, Capacity Building training have become crucial. The training should focus on ensuring adherence to regulatory standards and best practices. It is expected to be a high-value, high-impact, hands-on program aimed at enhancing stakeholders' understanding of regulatory requirements, improving the quality of clinical trials, and prioritizing patient safety.
1. Indian companies/ entities – An Indian Company/ entity is defined as one which is registered under the Indian Companies Act, 2013/ under relevant Act and minimum 51% of the share/ stakes of the Company/ entity should be held by Indian Citizens holding Indian passport [Indian Citizens do not include Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) holders].
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Non-profit organizations/ Government entities/ Institutes/ R&D Organizations – This will include Academic Research Institutes, Universities, Research Foundation, Medical Colleges and Institutes – both public and private who are valid legal entities such as Trust, Society or Corporations established under central or state statute
2.The Applicant must be registered in India with Taxation and other administrative authorities. The Applicant should also have a registered and established office in India.
3.The Applicant should not have pre-exited or terminated any contract with or by BIRAC in the last 05 years .
Proposals are required to be submitted online only. For submission of proposals, applicants need to register with BIRAC through “User Registration”. Additional information on user registration and proposal submission are available online at BIRAC website at www.birac.nic.in.
No Hard Copy to be submitted. Proposals submitted online only would be considered.
For any queries, please contact:
Dr. Chaitanya Magar, Program Officer-Device and Diagnostic, PMU- National Biopharma Mission
Email: nbm-10@birac.nic.in
Dr. Vandana Kaushal, Program Officer-Training, PMU- National Biopharma Mission
Email: nbm-011@birac.nic.in
Announcement Date: 11-12-2024
Last Submission Date: 07-01-2025 05:00 PM