Partner Institutes

About NABI

The institute was established in 2010 with the aim of catalyzing the transformation of Agri-food sector in India. The institute serves a s a nodal organization for knowledge generation and translation science leading to value added products based on agri-food biotech innovations. The main research focus of NABI is to harness biotechnology tools in the area of Agriculture Biotechnology, Food and Nutritional Biotechnology so as to provide sustainable and novel solutions for quality foods and nutrition. Research activities at NABI include:

I.  Agriculture Biotechnology,

II.  Food and Nutritional biotechnology

III.  Human Resource Development

IV.  Technology Transfer and Outreach

The institute has developed strong linkages with National and International Organization and Industries' and is a part of agri-food cluster in the knowledge city of Mohali along with its neighboring institutes.

Activities Under SEAN

•   Biodegradable Coating for Prevention of Post Harvest Losses of Fruits & Vegetables
•   Anthocyanin Biofortified Wheat Products

About CIAB

An autonomous institute of the department of biotechnology, Govt. of India, working with the mandate of testing, scale-up & process optimization of technologies in agri-food sector. Its R&D programs include

I.  Value addition to primary processing residue/waste for edible products

II.  Valorization of crop wastes for specialty products and chemicals

III.  Nutritionals, nutraceuticals and up gradation of value or use of primary processing bioproducts and

IV.  Biosynthetic technology/synthetic biology for low volume-high value products and industrial enzymes.

Activities Under SEAN

•   Value added products from tomato and its by-products
•   Integrated process of whey utilization

About BioNEST

BioNEST at Panjab University is supported by BIRAC with the vision focused on fostering the biotech innovation ecosystem in the country. BioNEST provides support to individuals/start-ups/MSME's/companies/entrepreneurs/researchers/faculties/scientists by providing technology building & capacity building platforms. It provides funding opportunities/seed funds/ networking platforms/incubation space/mentorship to start-ups/entrepreneurs.

Activities Under SEAN

BioNEST, Punjab University has selected 5 incubatees under dedicated call for secondary agriculture. The incubatees have been provided Infrastructure, incubation space, basic & advanced equipment facility, mentorship to manage the strategy, build a roadmap and to secure intellectual property. Academia- industry interaction has been held to facilitate idea exchange and technology transfer.