The Association of Biotech Lead Industries along with Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) have entered into an agreement to provide critical inputs on various aspects of biotechnology like technical knowledge, Interactions with the private biotech industry, inputs for policy making, dissemination of schemes through workshops and seminars etc.
BIRAC is a public sector ‘Not-for-Profit Company’ set up by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. It is meant to promote and nurture innovation research and growth of the biotech industries through gap filling interventions that facilitate high risk research, innovation and product development.