The Department of Science & Technology has set up the “BioE3-Strain Resource Centre (SRC) for Fostering High-Performance Biomanufacturing” at BRIC-NCCS, Pune. The centre’s stated purpose is to support the BioE3 Policy by enabling industry access to high-performance indigenous microbial strains with “freedom-to-operate” for commercial use.
What happened
BRIC-NCCS, Pune now hosts the BioE3-Strain Resource Centre. The government position in the release links the centre to commercial readiness outcomes: faster scale-up, regulatory compliance, and retention of economic value within India through indigenous biomanufacturing of Bio-based products.
Background and earlier position
Biomanufacturing relies on microbial strains as core industrial inputs. Industry scale-up depends not only on strain performance but also on the ability to commercialize without operational legal/IP barriers and to meet regulatory expectations for biomanufacturing.
What changed now
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