Posts Tagged ‘India’

Biotechnology in Countries Starting with “I” – Part 14: India

PM Modi at India Science Congress (2020)

Earlier this month, I wrote here about the flowering of Israel’s innovative biotechnology sector over the past ten years following adoption of important IP reforms.  Now  I am returning to India, to consider the revolutionary mind shift on the key role of effective intellectual property (IP)  for creation of social and economic value.  Like Israel’s transition from a […]


Biotech in Bangalore: hype and hope

This is a guest post by Ian Scoones, STEPS Centre, University of Sussex, UK A decade ago, biotechnology was being hyped as the next big thing. Building on the successes of the IT sector, BT (biotech) was, it was argued, going to provide a platform for growth, innovation, job creation and more. So what happened […]


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