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Rs 1.4bn approved for Arid University to set up NCIB
The CDWP has approved a funding of Rs 1439.775 million for NCIB for pilot manufacturing of bio-products using synthetic biology and metabolic
The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved a funding of Rs 1439.775 million for National Center of Industrial Biotechnology (NCIB) for pilot manufacturing of bio-products using synthetic biology and metabolic engineering technologies at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi.
This was decided in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Jehanzeb Khan. Senior officials from federal and provincial governments participated in the meeting.
The establishment of this national center is well positioned to develop a national facility that can provide direct value addition to natural products isolated from plants and those derived from microbial origin. The NCIB mission is to develop state-of-art technology infrastructure with the capability to conduct leading edge research for value-addition and bridge the academic and industry linkage by scaling the innovations to pilot scale studies transforming to knowledge based economy.
The PMAS-AAUR plans to establish NCIB with the quantifiable objectives of establishment of national-level integrated bio-separations infrastructure, sustainable quality biomass production through integrated controlled climatic environment, smart digital farms, production of market-based biotechnology products and human resource development based on cross-disciplinary synergies.
Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Qamar Zaman said it is an unprecedented collaborative effort in which different universities, industries and other stakeholders will actively participate and Arid University will act as nucleus. He said the project will be a revolution in the field of industrial biotechnology, digital agriculture, tissue culture, hydroponics system and center is unique and first in country.
The vice chancellor’s vision is to develop academia, industry and government linkages for improving agricultural system. A series of international workshops on academia government and industrial linkages were conducted at the university during the last six months. This collaboration will help train highly qualified personnel and produce exportable agricultural products to generate revenue in coming years. It will also help farming community for sustainable agriculture in Pakistan.
