• 9964432222
  • Mail Us
  • Appointment
  • Locate Us
  • Chat Now
  • Courses
  • Login
  • Register
Manifest IAS
JournalsOfIndia
Manifest Learning Academy
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
JournalsOfIndia
No Result
View All Result
Home Science & Tech

BioCARe

February 3, 2021
in Science & Tech
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
BioCARe
354
VIEWS
Share on WhatsAppShare on TelegramShare on Facebook
image_pdfMake PDF

In News

  • The Department of Biotechnology invites applications from women scientists for Biotechnology Career Advancement and Re-orientation Programme (BioCARe) for Women Scientists.

Ministry: Ministry of Science and Technology

Biotechnology Career Advancement and Re-orientation Programme (BioCARe)

  • In an attempt to enhance the participation of Women Scientists in Biotechnology Research, the Department of Biotechnology launched a Biotechnology Career Advancement and Re-orientation Programme (BioCARe) for women scientists in January, 2011. 
  • The programme is mainly for Career Development of employed/ unemployed women Scientists upto 55 years of age for whom it is the first extramural research grant. 

Eligibility Criteria

  • Applicants must hold M.D/M. Tech /Ph. D/M.VSc/Equivalent degree in any branch of Life Sciences. (In case of different backgrounds of the applicant, the Letter of Intents if in one of the areas mentioned in the guidelines- can be submitted).
  • Women Scientists who are employed or unemployed or are desirous of coming back after a break can get back to the mainstream by getting their first grant as the Principal Investigator. 
  • Women Scientists upto 55 years of age.
  • Note-Women Scientist who have already availed any grant as a Principal Investigator from any Government Funding Agency are not eligible to apply.

Objectives

  • The purpose is to build capacities for women Scientists employed full time in Universities and small research laboratories or unemployed women Scientists after a career break so as to help them undertake independent R&D projects.

Study areas

  • Plant & Agriculture Biotechnology
  • Compounds of Industrial / Medicinal Utility
  • Animal & Marine Biotechnology
  • Bio-Engineering, Biomaterials
  • Environmental Biotechnology / Bioenergy
  • Medical Biotechnology
  • Computational Biology

Some Success Stories

  • Out of 165 women scientists who were unemployed at the time of getting their respective BioCARe projects, 22 have got permanent employment
image_pdfMake PDF
Source: DST
Tags: PrelimsScience Reporter

Related Posts

Breast tissue density’s role in detecting breast cancer

Breast tissue density’s role in detecting breast cancer

May 1, 2023
LUPEX mission

LUPEX mission

April 29, 2023
What is the Big Catch-up initiative?

What is the Big Catch-up initiative?

April 28, 2023
Shingrix vaccine

Shingrix vaccine

April 28, 2023
India’s first digital park

India’s first digital park

April 25, 2023
TeLEOS-2 and Lumelite-4

TeLEOS-2 and Lumelite-4

April 24, 2023
The State of the World’s Children 2023

The State of the World’s Children 2023

April 24, 2023
National Quantum Mission

National Quantum Mission

April 21, 2023
First test flight of SpaceX’s big Starship

First test flight of SpaceX’s big Starship

April 17, 2023
Bengaluru to get India’s 1st 3D printed post office

Bengaluru to get India’s 1st 3D printed post office

April 14, 2023
Please login to join discussion
JournalsOfIndia

Our vision is to orient the readers to grasp the facts objectively and analyse critically. In the rush of reaching first to the readers, the websites miss the balanced opinion, which is the need of the hour. We aim to reach the readers with more crispness, preciseness and relevance. We bring the articles in UPSC way for the civil services aspirants and the Wisest Way for general readers.

Categories

  • Agriculture
  • Disaster Management
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • History
  • Law & Policy
  • Opinion
  • People in News
  • Places in News
  • Science & Tech
  • Security
  • Society
  • Sports
  • Uncategorized

Browse by Tag

AIR All India Radio BBC Business Line Business Standard dow Down to Earth DownToEarth DTE Economic Times ET FAO Financial Express GS-1 GS-2 GS-3 GS-4 Hindustan Times IE India & the world Indian express Indiatoday India today Kurukshetra Livelihoods portal LiveMint Mains News Newspaper News Paper PIB Prelims PRS India RSTV Science Reporter Survey The Hindu The India Express The Indian Express The Print the wire Times of India TOI TOPPERS Yojana

Newsletter

The most important UPSC news and events of the day.

Get Journals daily newsletter on your inbox.

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • SNIPPETS
  • ARTICLES
  • BROWSE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In