Date: 2025-12-29Category: Press ReleaseState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Ahead of New Year, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurates the new Secretariat complex of the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC), describes it as a key milestone for future bioeconomy of India
**Executive Summary**
On December 29, 2023, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the new Secretariat complex of the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC) in New Delhi, highlighting its importance for India's future bioeconomy and India's rank of 12 in global biomanufacturing. The inauguration was followed by a comprehensive review meeting of BRIC initiatives, including its role in advancing the Department of Biotechnology’s biomanufacturing agenda under the BioE3 Policy. BRIC was envisioned as a unified institutional framework with around 14 leading institutes of India brought under a single umbrella, in November 2023.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **BRIC Inauguration and Function:**
* The BRIC Secretariat office is located on the 4th Floor, NSIC Business Park, New Delhi.
* It will function as a lean coordinating mechanism to facilitate collaboration among BRIC's 14 autonomous institutions, preserving their autonomy.
* The secretariat aims to strengthen linkages with the Department of Biotechnology, other R&D institutions, and industry.
* **BRIC Initiatives and Role:**
* BRIC is envisioned as a unified institutional framework under the Department of Biotechnology.
* It aims to ease governance and promote impactful integration.
* BRIC is set to play a defining role in driving national development through biomanufacturing and biosciences, aligning with the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.
* BRIC aims to establish BioE3 Parks, fostering collaboration between R&D hubs, start-ups, MSMEs, and large industries.
* Directors of BRIC institutions reiterated the transformative potential of biology-led and biology-inspired technologies, emphasizing the need for indigenous biological data, robust biosecurity frameworks, and sustained investment in human resource development to nurture the next generation of biotechnology leaders.
* **Government's Reform Philosophy:**
* The government has focused on simplifying systems by removing redundant rules.
* Large-scale rationalisation of service rules, abolition of outdated practices, and technology-driven transparency have helped transform governance culture.
* **Department of Biotechnology's Initiatives:**
* The Department is taking proactive measures with support from BIRAC to dismantle institutional silos.
* The initiatives aim to foster collaboration, promote innovative research, optimise resources, and develop future-oriented human resources.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and BIRAC**
* **Impact**: Enhanced collaboration and support in achieving biomanufacturing agenda under the BioE3 Policy, including plans to establish BioE3 Parks.
* **Action Required**: Continue proactive measures to dismantle institutional silos, foster collaboration, and support innovative research.
**Stakeholder: BRIC Institutions**
* **Impact**: Opportunity to collaborate more effectively, drive national development in biomanufacturing and biosciences, and contribute to the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision.
* **Action Required**: Reinforce their commitment to advancing BRIC's collective vision and positioning India as a global hub for biotechnology and biomanufacturing.
**Stakeholder: R&D Hubs, Start-ups, MSMEs, and Large Industries**
* **Impact**: Potential for smoother transition from research to pilot-scale manufacturing and commercialization within BioE3 Parks.
* **Action Required**: Explore opportunities to co-locate and collaborate within BioE3 Parks to foster innovation and commercialization.
Key Entities Referenced
Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC): An autonomous body under the Department of Biotechnology envisioned as a unified institutional framework to facilitate collaboration among institutions and strengthen linkages with the Department of Biotechnology.
Department of Biotechnology: Government department overseeing biotechnology initiatives; BRIC operates under this department.
BioE3 Policy: A policy to advance the Department's Biomanufacturing agenda.
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC): Industry arm of the Department of Biotechnology.
New Delhi: Location of the BRIC Secretariat office complex.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Ahead of New Year, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra
Singh inaugurates the new Secretariat complex
of the Biotechnology Research and Innovation
Council (BRIC), describes it as a key milestone
for future bioeconomy of India
India stands ranks 12 in biomanufacturing globally: Dr
Jitendra Singh
BRIC an autonomous body under the Department of
Biotechnology, was envisioned as a unified institutional
framework with around 14 leading institutes of India brought
under a single umbrella, in November 2023, for ease of
governance as well as ease of impactful integration rising
above silos
Minister Reviews important Initiatives undertaken by BRIC:
says BRIC to emerge as backbone of India’s
biomanufacturing ecosystem under BioE3 policy, says Dr
Jitendra Singh
प्रव तथ: 29 DEC 2025 6:35PM by PIB Delhi
Ahead of New Year, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth
Sciences and Minister of State in the PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and
Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today inaugurate the new Secretariat complex of the Biotechnology Research
and Innovation Council (BRIC), describing it as a key milestone for the future bioeconomy of India.
The BRIC Secretariat office complex is located on the 4th Floor, NSIC Business Park, New Delhi. The
Secretariat will function as a lean coordinating mechanism to facilitate collaboration among BRIC’s 14
autonomous institutions, while preserving their institutional autonomy and strengthening linkages with the
Department of Biotechnology, other R&D institutions, and industry.
Following the inauguration, the Minister chaired a comprehensive review meeting of BRIC initiatives.
Secretary, DBT and Director-General, BRIC, Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale presented an overview of BRIC’s
achievements since its inception and the progress of ongoing programmes. He highlighted BRIC’s pivotal
role in advancing the Department’s Biomanufacturing agenda under the BioE3 Policy, including plans toestablish BioE3 Parks as integrated ecosystems where R&D hubs of BRIC institutions, start-ups, MSMEs
and large industries can co-locate to enable smoother transition from research to pilot-scale manufacturing
and commercialization.
Commending BRIC’s progress, Dr Jitendra Singh said that BRIC institutes are set to play a defining role
in driving national development through biomanufacturing and biosciences, aligned with the vision of
Viksit Bharat 2047. He underlined the need for a collaborative, whole-of-government, and whole-of-
society approach to overcome structural challenges, dismantle institutional silos, and accelerate India’s
global standing in biotechnology research and innovation.
The Minister also interacted with senior officers and representatives from various departments and State
Governments during a round-table discussion, where he emphasized that the government’s reform
philosophy over the past decade has focused on simplifying systems by removing redundant rules rather
than adding new ones. He noted that large-scale rationalisation of service rules, abolition of outdated
practices, and technology-driven transparency have helped transform governance culture.
Dr Jitendra Singh acknowledged the Biotechnology department's proactive measures with support from its
industry arm BIRAC in dismantling institutional silos and fostering collaboration among stakeholders to
promote innovative research, optimise resources and develop future-oriented human resources.
Directors of BRIC institutions reiterated the transformative potential of biology-led and biology-inspired
technologies, emphasizing the need for indigenous biological data, robust biosecurity frameworks, and
sustained investment in human resource development to nurture the next generation of biotechnology
leaders. They reaffirmed their commitment to advancing BRIC’s collective vision and positioning India as
a global hub for biotechnology and biomanufacturing, with active support from the Department’s industry
interface, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).****
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