Our Correspondent
Imphal, March 15 (EMN): Union Minister, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Environment & Forests and Climate Change Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the Technology Business Incubation Centre (TBIC) at the campus of Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), a National Institute of Department of Biotechnology in Imphal on March 15 Thursday.
Speaking during the occasion Dr Harsh Vardhan said that TBIC would nurture new and small biotechnology based enterprises and help the unemployed and educated youth of northeast to survive and grow their businesses through the early stages of development.
Lauding the initiative of IBSD, he said that the initiative of institute is in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of northeast as a natural economic zone and that such initiatives would boost farmers’ income, generate jobs for the socio-economic development of the region.
Recalling his last visit at IBSD in February 2015, the minister said that he laid the foundation stone for a Technology and Skill Development Centre which is functioning well and have trained several people including women.
In his speech Prof Dinabandhu Sahoo, Director IBSD informed that in the last three years, the institute has made a high impact by having its physical presence in Gangtok, Sikkim; Shillong, Meghalaya and Aizawl, Mizoram.
Also, Prof Dinabandhu Sahoo admitted that the TBIC will provide at subsidised cost professional mentoring and advices to help new and young entrepreneurs succeed at the early stages of business development.
