SOME BIOTECHNOLOGY PARKS TO BE SET UP IN INDIA UNDER GOVERNMENT POLICIES IN VARIOUS STATES

**PARKS TO BE SET UP IN TAMIL NADU UNDER GOVERNMENT POLICIES
(i) Biotechnology Incubator Park near Chennai
(ii) Women’s Biotechnology Park, Kelambakkam
(iii) Medicinal Plants Biotechnology Park
(iv) Marine Biotechnology Park
(v) Bioinformatics and Genomics Centre..

**POLICY OF KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY PARKS
Karnataka Cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal for setting up a biotech park on a 106-acre plot at the Electronic City at an approximate cost of Rs 103 crore, in a move to give a fillip to the sector on 4th june (sunday),2006
Project deals on two parts---1) part A 2)part B
Part A deals with construction of infrastructure and part B deals with construction of biotech incubation centre.

A 100-acre biotech park, named Helix, in bangalore (karnataka) was set up in 2005.

**PARKS TO BE SET UP IN GUJARAT UNDER GOVERNMENT POLICIES
The Joint Venture has been mandated by Gujarat Government through a global tender to develop a state of art Bio Technology Park at Savli, Vadodara about 14 kms. From Vadodara Airport and 8 kms. Away from National Highway.
The Bio Technology Park envisages creation of state of art, infrastructure suitable for the Bio Technology Industry covering a wide range of activities as listed in Annexure “A”. Apart from state of art infrastructure as listed in Annexure “B”, we are also building a state of art incubation centre measuring over 86,000 sq. ft. The incubation centre will have all the facilities that will enable technocrats, startup companies and other entrepreneurs to avail these facilities in order to standardize and scale-up processes and thereafter, set up their own enterprise in the park. The incubation center will be ready in the year 2008.
Apart from the incubation centre, the layout of the park will include developed plots of various sizes ranging from 8,000 sq. mtr. To 2,00,000 sq. mtr.