Date: 2025-05-05Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) announced a joint call for Proposals on Bio-AI for establishing मूलांकुर hubs under BioE3 Policy for Biomanufacturing
Summary:
In May 2025, the Ministry of Science and Technology's Department of Biotechnology (DBT) along with the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), announced a joint call for proposals on Bio AI. This initiative is part of expanding the BioE3 policy aimed at fostering high-performance biomanufacturing across India, following its approval by the Union Cabinet in August 2024 under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chairmanship.
The overarching goal is to establish hubs under the BioE3 framework for biomanufacturing through an integrated approach combining AI and biology. These BioAI hubs will facilitate research and development within academia and industry sectors, focusing on health, agriculture, and environmental challenges. The initiative seeks multidisciplinary teams with expertise in synthetic biology, artificial intelligence (AIML), and computational techniques to address complex biological issues using data-driven and innovative methodologies.
Specifically, the DBT-BIRAC joint call targets areas like Biomolecular Design, Sustainable Agriculture, Synthetic Biology, Ayurveda, and Genome Diagnostics. Invitations are extended for problem statements that can be resolved through interdisciplinary research initiatives, aiming at comprehensive solutions projected to yield outcomes in these targeted fields under the domain of advanced biotechnology.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Science Technology Department of Biotechnology DBT: A governmental body responsible for science and technology, including biotechnology management.
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC): An organization that assists in the research and development of biotechnologies.
Bio AI: A policy call for proposals focusing on establishing bio-tech hubs using artificial intelligence.
BiE3 Policy (BioE3 Biotechnology for Economy, Environment, Employment Policy): A national biotechnology strategy endorsing high-performance biomanufacturing in India.
Department of Biotechnology DBT: Responsible for biotechnology research and development policies within the country's science ministry.
Union Cabinet: A body that advises on national policy and legislation, chaired by the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi: The current Head of Government of India who chairs government councils like the Union Cabinet.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council
(BIRAC) announced a joint call for Proposals on Bio-
AI for establishing hubs under BioE3 Policy for
Biomanufacturing
Posted On: 05 MAY 2025 4:57PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Cabinet approved the BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment, & Employment) Policy,
in August 2024, for ‘Fostering High-Performance Biomanufacturing’ across the country. Subsequently, The
Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved continuation of the two umbrella
schemes of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), merged as one scheme-‘Biotechnology Research Innovation
and Entrepreneurship Development (Bio- RIDE)’ with a new component namely Biomanufacturing and
Biofoundry. With in the ambit of “High -Performance Biomanufacturing”, establishment of Bio-AI hubs for
building of data driven and cutting edge paradigms in the areas of Health, Agriculture and Environment.
Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) have
issued a Joint Call for Proposals on Bio-AI for establishing hubs under BioE3 Policy for Biomanufacturing.
Bio-AI hubs are proposed to be established across academia and industry to provide critical and novel
research leads impacting Health, Agriculture and Environment through conglomeration of AI and Biology.
The Letter of Intent (LoI) for Bio-AI is uniquely designed to utilize AI in Biology for solving key biological
challenges in Biomolecular Design, Sustainable Agriculture, Synthetic Biology, Ayurveda and Genome
Diagnostics. Therefore, the problem statements in these domains as well as possible research solutions are
invited from multi-disciplinary teams with research expertise across fields of synthetic biology, AI/ML and
Computation to address complex biological research challenges. The problem statements are to be addressed
by data-driven, cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary programmatic research initiatives for projected outcomes.
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