largest market in Asia-
Pacific region and
makes up for two per
cent of global market
share, despite still
being a sunrise sector
in India. Unlike the
newfound trending
craze of online and
virtual technologies,
Biotechnology might
have a comparatively
longer incubation
period, but high
return values
during invention
harvesting. India is
the largest producer
of Recombinant
Hepatitis-B vaccine.
Bharat Biotech
became the global
leaders to develop and
file the first patent
for vaccines for the
epidemic outbreak of
Zika virus. The fuel
scene is expecting a
major revamp, thanks
to Biofuel innovations.
Sea6 Technologies
is the leading Indian
player, fulfilling
biomass demand by
using oceanic marine
flora (seaweeds) to
compensate for the
insufficient land
biomass for Biofuel
production. With
animal testing being
banned in Europe,
other countries are
expected to follow
lead, thus paving
way for lab-grown
tissues and their
complementing
technologies to be
employed for testing
purposes.
The point being, there
is no dearth of talent,
or opportunities in a
country like ours. The
challenge remains at
channelizing the same
at the foundation
level, to supplement
the bigger picture in
the years to come.
The sector would be
run successfully in
the coming times by
budding researchers
who have been led to
believe in this dream.
The future is at our
doorsteps, we just
have to be ready and
prepared to receive it.
Adarsh Raj is an
undergraduate
student of
biotechnology,
based in
Chandigarh. He
is also the Editor
of Print Editions
for the PU Mirror-
Panjab University’s
independent
student run
newspaper. He was
the national winner
of ‘Voice for BT’,
a public speaking
competition
organized by
Novozymes in 2016,
presenting his talks
on ‘Biofuels’ and
‘Mitigating food
and nutritional
challenges via
Biotech’.
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