Role of Bio-Incubator in Healthcare industry & Uniqueness of BBB

Jun 18
17:38

2020

Nasim Ansari

Nasim Ansari

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Bio-incubation allows harnessing of the entrepreneurial potential of startups by providing access to infrastructure as well as mentoring and networking platforms that the start-ups could use during their fledgling days. Bio-Incubator is the establishment that provides necessary infrastructure and incubation facilities to young startups related with Biotechnology or Biology domain.

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Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has developed and supported 51 Bio-incubators throughout the nation under BioNEST (Bioincubators Nurturing Entrepreneurship for Scaling Technologies) scheme. BioNEST was launched by BIRAC with a vision to foster the biotech innovation ecosystem in the country.

Bio-incubators offer a wide range of solutions to startups such as incubation space,Role of Bio-Incubator in Healthcare industry & Uniqueness of BBB Articles high end instrumentation, scientific and business mentoring and last but not the least, access to networks and communities which are essential for a nascent biotech startup to grow. 

Top Bio-incubators are located in Biotech Science Clusters. One such Biotech Science Cluster is located in Faridabad (Delhi-NCR) The cluster is known as NCR Biotech Science Cluster. The campus is aesthetically designed with infrastructure spread over 200 acre of land. The campus is situated in pollution free zone. 

The NCR Biotech Science Cluster (NCR-BSC) has been established in Faridabad within the National Capital Region to foster biotech innovation through sharing of recourses and expertise of the various member institutions of the cluster. One of the largest Bio-incubator of NCR region which is known as BSC Bio NEST Bio-Incubator (BBB) is located within the cluster. Uniquely designed technology incubation facility of BBB supports all kinds of startups related with healthcare and biotechnology. 

BBB is funded by BIRAC under the BioNEST scheme, managed and operated by Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB) which is recognised as an institute of national importance by the Parliament of India and is a Category II centre under the auspices of UNESCO. 

BBB provides excellent incubation infrastructure, spread across 35000 sq. ft. covered area which includes Lab Space, Office Space, Professional Business Suites, Culture Facility and Instrumentation Facility. BBB is a new age Bio-Incubator with modern infrastructure, starte-of-the art laboratories with cutting edge technology. 

BBB is the only Bio-Incubator in NCR region which is dedicated to support healthcare based startups. Incubation support of BBB is the first of its kind in Haryana focusing on innovations in biotechnology related areas. BBB support the young startups by providing globally competitive incubation services which is dedicated towards its vision and mission to foster the growth and establishment of Biotech / Healthcare based statups. 

BBB has been successful in creating a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in Delhi-NCR since its inception.  Incubatees of BBB get all kind of critical services which are required for young startups to move on the fast-track to success. 

BBB Unique facilities are mentioned below;

 

  • Incubation Facility- Wet labs. Dry Labs

 

  • Instrumentation Facility- Central Instrumentation Facility & Advance Technology Platform Centre

 

  • Meeting Rooms, Video Conferencing Rooms, Seminar Rooms

 

  • Access to pool of Scientist from NCR Biotech Science Cluster

 

  • Small Animal Facility

 

  • Establishment of Country 1st India Biological Data Centre (IBDC) by DBT

 

  • IP, Technical & Business Support

 

  • Mentoring Support

 

  • Outsourcing Facility- Like Recruitment. Affiliate Marketing for startups

 

Incubatees have access to the Advanced Technology Platform Centre (ATPC), which is the state-of-the-art advanced instrumentation facility which has cutting-edge technologies and instrumentation facilities to provide deep insight in biological processes and provide the best opportunity to commercialize their discoveries. Facilities available at ATPC are Flow Cytometry, Mass Spectrometry, Optical Microscopy, Electron Microscopy, Mass Spectrometry, Genomics, Molecular Interactions, Protein Purification etc. In addition, startups also have access to the pool of expert faculties on the premise for collaboration. ATPC is located within the same building 

Incubatees of BBB can also get access to Small Animal Facility (SAF) to conduct animal studies in collaboration with cluster faculty. 

In addition to this, DBT has established Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC) within the NCR Biotech Science cluster. IBDC will help the innovator to gather more useful information to find the solution of complex biological problems. 

BBB has supported more than 20 startups in different domain of healthcare and biotechnology. Currently some BBB Incubatee companies are trying to find out innovative solution for COVID-19. 

BBB has signed several MoUs and have collaborations with reputed hospitals, incubators and accelerators to further guide the young Innovator. BBB has recently signed an MoU with Medanta city, PadUp Venture & DITECH (Haryana Government) to strengthen the network. 

So, if you are looking for Bio-Incubator support for healthcare based startups then BSC BioNEST Bio-Incubator (BBB) is best option for you. 

For more information about BBB, please visit http://bbb.rcb.res.in

For Video tour, please click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myQZgyy27D