Events
Participation in 6th Global Knowledge Summit in New Delhi
This Department was an official State-partner of the 6th. Global Knowledge Millennium Summit, 2009 – “Bio Nano for Sustainable Agriculture”, organized by ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industries of India) in New Delhi on 13th. & 14th. of February, 2009. Many researchers, university teachers, and even agri-biotech farmers from West Bengal attended the said summit. In the said summit, a stall was allotted to the Government of West Bengal and it was decorated with the information about the biodiversity and investment opportunities in West Bengal.
Participation in the "Bangalore Bio" conference in Bangalore
In June, 2009, the Department participated in a 3(three) day-long (held on 18th, 19th & 20th) International seminar, “Bangalore Bio", 2009 in Bangalore, Karnataka. It is perhaps the biggest of its kind held in India. Hundreds of biotech companies, investors and scientists from India and abroad participated in the said conference. It has been made possible by the Department to arrange meetings of 4 (four) biotech-based companies and so also the functionaries of ABLE (Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises) with the Hon’ble Minister-in-Charge and all of them showed much interest in coming to West Bengal as they feel the talent-pool in West Bengal is of a very high quality in case of biotechnology. The follow up actions are being taken.
Participation in the day-long Conference on "Bio-pharma Hub: Advantage West Bengal"
On April 20, 2010, this Department as the official partner with ASSOCHAM participated in the day-long conference on “Bio-pharma Hub” at Hotel Taj Bengal, Kolkata. The MIC, Dr. Debesh Das delivered the key-note address describing in detail about how the Government of West Bengal has been getting ready to usher in a new era in modern healthcare and pharmaceutical biotechnology as well as genomics. Many a scholars and industry representatives from all over India participated in the event making it a grand success.