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CSIR-CFTRI’s Incubation Ecosystem successful Mysuru nurtures galore nutrient start-ups and entrepreneurs. Significantly, the incubated companies person filed 12 patents truthful far.
On Friday, the BIRAC-BioNEST Incubation Centre was launched connected the CFTRI field by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh. He interacted with the representatives of start-ups and besides witnessed nutrient innovations implemented with CFTRI’s support.
BIRAC-BioNEST has been developed to nurture entrepreneurial endowment successful nutrient bioprocessing and biotechnology research. The installation supports precocious research, scale-up, and efficacy studies pertaining to nutrient bioprocessing and biotechnology. It facilitates startups successful converting innovative concepts into commercially viable technologies, according to CFTRI.
The Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), which functions nether the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, has supported the initiative.
The CFTRI’s incubation centre has truthful acold supported 26 start-ups, including 12 carnal incubatees, 11 hybrid incubatees, and 3 graduated ventures. Many of these start-ups person successfully launched and commercialised products, reflecting the Centre’s absorption connected marketplace readiness.
“The start-ups person been operating successful cutting-edge domains similar CRISPR technology, nutraceuticals, precision fermentation, probiotics and postbiotics, and botanicals, with accent connected future-ready, biotech innovations,” a CFTRI merchandise stated.
The CFTRI said that the Indian Army has shown involvement successful the incubated innovations during immoderate high-profile visits successful 2025 and 2026.
With the institute conducting astir 30-35 grooming programmes each year, it projected to upgrade its infrastructure and truthful came up with the connection of gathering a hostel installation for the payment of the participants, including farmers, FPOs, SHGs, clump representatives, and truthful on. This task has been taken up nether the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), which empowers States to make agriculture and allied sectors by promoting entrepreneurship, the enactment said.
During his visit, the Minister performed the bhoomi puja for the hostel installation connected the M.G. Halli campus, meant for farmers and SHGs sponsored nether the Centre’s RKVY project.
The Minister besides visited the Centre of Excellence connected Millets and took portion successful a radical photograph with the CFTRI unit successful the backdrop of the iconic palace building.
The projected hostel analyzable consists of a schoolroom (50 participants), twin-sharing accommodation, room and eating facilities, and different amenities. According to CFTRI, “The hostel installation volition beryllium acceptable successful a twelvemonth and is expected to fortify the institute’s accomplishment improvement initiatives to enactment the needs of the Indian nutrient industry, and besides the government’s ‘Skill India’ initiatives successful the country of nutrient processing.”
