siliconindia | | MAY 20194Can you remember who were the earliest biotechnolo-gists? No? To your surprise, they were the farmers who developed advanced species of plants and animals with a simple process - cross-pollenization or cross-breed-ing. Moving beyond farming, biotechnology is ready to greatly influence our lives in the coming years. From agriculture biotechnology, medical biotechnology, animal biotechnology, forest biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, environmental biotechnol-ogy, to plant biotechnology, biotechnology is the future that will help us better our health, environment and food. India being the world's largest producer of recombinant Hepatitis B vaccine, world's largest BT cotton producer, and having world's second highest number of USFDA approved plants, is poised to take the industry to a whopping $100 billion by 2025. India's Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council's (BIRAC) focus has been the creation of a biotechnology startup ecosystem in the country by providing funding to early stage ideas through grants, creation of bio-incubators at strategic locations and extend mentorship & networking opportunities to startups. With numerous comparative advantages like R&D facilities, knowledge, skills, and cost effectiveness, the Indian biotechnology industry is poised to emerge as a global key player. To achieve this, the GoI has even established the Department of Biotechnology under the Ministry of Science & Technology. No wonder, the country is a flourishing destination for the global biotechnology companies and researchers to come and explore the potential. In our current issue of siliconindia Healthcare's `10 Most Promising Biotechnology Companies ­ 2019', we have featured some of the indigenous biotechnology companies creating global products. Read to know about their unique offering and the innovations they are working on.Do let us know what you think!Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialIndia is a Breeding Ground for the Next Generation of Biotechnology Innovations Vol 02 · Issue 11 - 1 · May 11, 2019 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Associate Editor Susila Govindaraj Editorial Team Ananth.V Avinash Roy Imelda Tarzarina Srrayvinya OLM Sujith Vasudevan Trisha Pragya VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2019 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comVisualisers Mohana Krishnan Siva Sankar Group Art DirectorAshok KumarNoida Ashu Sethi Garima AnandCirculation Manager Magendran Perumal Amrit Kumar Singh Shashi Ranjan Shivanshu Tapas Mallick
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