BIRAC new partnerships for health and agriculture innovation

Q.  Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has recently announced partnerships with various agencies. Which of the following is correctly matched?

1) Horticulture - Spain
2) Knowledge innovation chain - Finland
3) Social innovators – TISS, India
- Published on 22 Mar 16

a. 2, 3
b. 1, 2
c. 1, 3
d. All of the above

ANSWER: 2, 3
 
  • The Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), a not-for-profit undertaking under the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), has announced a string of partnerships with domestic and international organizations to support, fund and scale up technologies with focus on health and agriculture.
  • With UK’s Nesta, BIRAC will collaborate to create an India-focused seed fund to incentivize innovators to help solve the problem of global antibiotic resistance.
  • Tekes, the Finnish funding agency, will help improve competitiveness of Indian and Finnish industries by collaborating in the knowledge innovation chain.
  • Horticulture Innovation Australia will be part of a joint funding programme to support innovative technologies for sustainable horticulture at a global level.
  • TISS will mentor BIRAC’s social innovators.

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