Women’s Leadership in STEM Entrepreneurship, launched collaboratively by the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), an enterprise under the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, Grand Challenges India, and WomenLift Health, is a part-time leadership development programme designed to strengthen the power and influence of …
The North Eastern Region (NER) of India is home to an extraordinary diversity of mushrooms with immense cultural, culinary, medicinal, and economic value. From traditional uses in food and medicine to new possibilities in biotechnology, nutraceuticals, and sustainable livelihoods, mushrooms of the Northeast offer vast untapped potential. Mushroom offers a …
The North East Region of India is a treasure house of plant, animal and microbial resources. The biodiversity of the region includes not only tropical and sub-tropical biota but those of temperate and alpine regions due to its altitudinal gradient. The Himalayan Bio-resource Mission, a flagship initiative of the Department …