4th call for proposals in the area of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology

The Department of Biotechnology under Ministry of Science and technology, Government of India is calling for proposals in the thrust areas like
1. Nanotechnology in Medicine and
2. Nanotechnology in Agriculture
The last date for receipt of filled in applications is 20th April, 2009
The proposal should include
a) Title
b) Preliminary proof
c) Major objectives
d) Milestones
e) Expected deliverables/Outcomes
f) Expertise in form of publications in high impact factor journals
g) Budget
h) Projects in hand
More details available at www.dbtindia.nic.in

Tata Nano Standard Version Priced at Rs. 1 lakh ex-factory

Tata Motors today announced that the Tata Nano Standard version (BS2) will be priced at Rs.1 lakh ex Factory Pantnagar (excluding transportation charges and VAT) thereby delivering on the promise made at the unveiling of the car at the Auto Expo in New Delhi last year on January 10th 2008.
The Company announced the price at the launch ceremony in Mumbai this evening in the presence of Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group and Tata Motors.
The sale of application forms and acceptance of booking will start from April 9th 2009 till the end of day April 25th 2009. The application forms will be available at a price of Rs. 300, with a range of offers from select associate Tata Group companies. The application forms will be available at over 30,000 locations in about 1,000 cities through Tata Motors Passenger Car dealerships, State Bank of India and its branches, its subsidiaries and associates, other preferred financiers, and outlets of Westside, Croma, ‘World of Titan’ and Tata Indicom exclusive stores.
Source: http://www.tatamotors.com/our_world/press_releases.php?ID=432&action=Pull

VACANCIES IN NATIONAL AGRI-FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTIUTE (NABI) and BIOPROCESSING UNIT (BPU)

BPU Positions
Senior Manager (Administration & Finance)
Manager (Finance)
Manager (Administration)
Unit Engineer
NABI Positions
Institute Engineer
Assistant Engineer
Manager (Administration.)
Manager (Finance)
Administrative & Finance Officer
Store Purchase Officer
Computer Operator

The terms and conditions for the above posts can be get from http://dbtindia.nic.in/news_management/PressreleaseDetails.asp?PressId=77&button=Edit

Scenario of Biotechnology in India

Biotechnology is a very old technology in the world and more specifically used by Indians since the olden times, the very good classical example is IDLY. (The fermentation and sterilization Process). I will wriet the technology behind IDLY in next writing.

In India the field of Biotechnology is not opened widely, but it seems there are possibilities of bright future for the field. The main reason behind this is

1. Not enough qualified professionals

2. Qualified persons are opting to go abroad

3. Funds inadequacy

4. Lack of basic infrasturucture (viz., research labs, research papers lacking in universities and colleges)

India has enormous potential to become No.1 in biotechnology, but these barriers are in front of that. So as to overcome this the Indian government is offering numerous schemes, in this case the scenario is there is no awareness among the researchers to utilise the funds. Eventhough they are having good knowledge in the subject they are lagging in "how to utilise the funds". We can see either in DBT website or DST website or any other funding agency website, many applications for funding has been rejected due to inadequate datas.

So as to overcome these problems suitable awareness has to be made, so that all can be utilize all opportunities.