{"id":360218,"date":"2026-04-07T14:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=360218"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:36:21","slug":"bionest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bionest\/","title":{"rendered":"BioNEST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union Minister for Science and Technology inaugurated the BIRAC-BioNEST Incubation Centre at &#8220;Central Food Technology &amp; Research Institute&#8221; (CFTRI).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>About BioNEST<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_360219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360219\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-360219\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot_7-4-2026_13421_www.birac_.nic_.in_.jpeg?resize=270%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot_7-4-2026_13421_www.birac_.nic_.in_.jpeg?resize=270%2C300&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot_7-4-2026_13421_www.birac_.nic_.in_.jpeg?resize=768%2C853&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot_7-4-2026_13421_www.birac_.nic_.in_.jpeg?w=801&amp;ssl=1 801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: BIRAC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BioNEST (Bioincubators Nurturing Entrepreneurship for Scaling Technologies)<\/strong> is a <\/span><b>dedicated scheme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to create <strong>globally competent bio-incubation facilities<\/strong> across the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Launched by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was launched by the <\/span><b>Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Aim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It aims to<\/span><b> provide a viable mechanism for licensing new technologies to upcoming biotech or pharma companies,\u00a0 start new local ventures and achieve early-stage value <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enhancement of the technology <\/span><b>with minimum financial inputs.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Mandate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> BioNEST bioincubators are mandated <\/span><b>to provide incubation space to entrepreneurs and Startups<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along with <strong>shared access<\/strong> to high-end infrastructure, specialised and advanced equipment, business mentorship, IP, legal and regulatory guidance, and networking opportunities.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Eligibility: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides <\/span>support<strong> to establish bio-incubators<\/strong> either as a<b> standalone entity or as a part of academia.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Status of development:<\/strong> Through Bio-NEST, BIRAC has <strong>upported 73 bio-incubators, c<\/strong>reating a <strong>cumulative area of 1045470 sq. ft.<\/strong> for budding\u00a0entrepreneurs.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of March 2026, the BioNEST facility has supported <\/span><b>26 startups<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including physical and hybrid incubates as well as graduated ventures.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About BIRAC-BioNEST Incubation Centre<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Launched at:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span>BIRAC-BioNEST Incubation Centre has been inaugurated at the <b>Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a state-of-the-art facility aimed <\/span><b>at strengthening the institute\u2019s incubation ecosystem and bridging laboratory research<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with commercial applications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been designed with <\/span><b>dedicated incubation suites and shared infrastructure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to support food and biotechnology startups.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The startups at the centre operate in emerging domains such as <\/span><b>nutraceuticals, precision fermentation, probiotics and postbiotics, CRISPR-based technologies, and botanicals<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The centre focuses on<\/span><b> boosting food startups <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by enabling <\/span><b>advanced research, scale-up validation, and regulatory facilitation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, thereby helping convert scientific ideas into market-ready solutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Union Minister for Science and Technology inaugurated the BIRAC-BioNEST Incubation Centre at &#8220;Central Food Technology &amp; Research Institute&#8221; (CFTRI). About BioNEST BioNEST (Bioincubators Nurturing Entrepreneurship for Scaling Technologies) is a dedicated scheme to create globally competent bio-incubation facilities across the country.\u00a0 Launched by: It was launched by the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).\u00a0&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bionest\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BioNEST<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,1738,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-360218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}