Govt opens Biotechnology Centre at Arunachal’s remote Kimin town

Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) (MoS -IC)) for Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, recently inaugurated a new Biotechnology Centre for Northeast tribals in remote area of Arunachal Pradesh at Kimin. The Centre for Bio-resources and Sustainable Development will greatly help in improving the socio-economic status of tribal people in the State. The Centre aims at conservation and sustainable utilisation of the local bio-resources using biotechnological tools and is ably supported by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology. Dr Jitendra Singh has dedicated DBT funded Skill Vigyan Programme in Biotechnology to the state of Arunachal Pradesh. The programme is the focused endeavour towards building synergies with Skill Vigyan and Accelerate Vigyan initiatives of the government as it aims at facilitating development of career paths for young graduates in Life Sciences/ Biotechnology by skilling them through hands on practices for creating quality job opportunities as well as Entrepreneurship Developments including capacity building of young faculty members in the key STI domains.