Bengaluru, June 5: The two incubators supported by the Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S & T, GoK, have bagged the top most two rankings at the national level in the prestigious Biospectrum annual survey for bio incubators under the public sector category.
Dr.C.N.Ashwath Narayan, Minister for IT/BT and S&T, said on Saturday, that while the Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (BBC) stood first, C-Camp (Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms) attained the second rank.
These two initiatives of the department of IT/BT are supported through the department’s nodal agency KITS (Karnataka Innovative Technological Society). In addition to this, The Manipal bio incubator, which is also incubated through KITS has secured the fifth ranking in the private sector category.
“This time 40 bio incubators across the country were included in the survey. The survey reflects the quality of services provided to startups, the IPs filed, investments brought, etc” Minister stated. Further, he opined, the top rankings achieved at the national level by the institutions led by the state government establish the fact that Karnataka had been the frontrunner in creating the ecosystem needed for startups, with a focus on bio and health sciences.
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