New Delhi, April 4 -- Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Saturday inaugurated the BIRAC-BioNEST Incubation Centre at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), aimed at strengthening India's food-tech startup ecosystem and accelerating the commercialisation of research.

The BioNEST Incubation Centre, set up at CSIR-CFTRI, is designed as a state-of-the-art facility with dedicated incubation suites and shared infrastructure to support food and biotechnology startups, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology.

The centre is expected to boost food startups by enabling advanced research, scale-up validation and re...