country, resulting in
over 66 products and
technologies and 120
Intellectual property
rights being generated.
“Research and innovation
has been one of the key
areas that the Prime
Minister and this
government have focused
on. BIRAC, which has
completed five years
today, stands at the cusp
of a great leap. Globally,
BIRAC has been hailed as
one of the most effective
government measures
to create an enabling
environment for research
and development to
flourish in a country.
We aim to develop India
into a global innovation
hub by 2020 and BIRAC
has paved the way to
deliver on that mandate,”
said Mr Y S Chowdary,
Minister of State for
Science and Technology
and Earth Sciences.
BIRAC supports
entrepreneurs and start-
ups at different stages
of innovation – from
the ideation stage to
managing intellectual
property rights and finally
to the commercialization
of products. Different
initiatives of BIRAC target
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