Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister Jitendra Singh has laid the foundation stone for a state-of-the-art current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) facility at the Akkulam campus of Biotechnology Research and Innovation Centre--Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (BRIC-RGCB) here.

He also dedicated the National Facility for Recombinant Cells & Sensors, describing it as a significant advancement in biotechnology research and development in the country, on Saturday.

Singh, who is the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Science and Technology and MoS in the Prime Minister's Office, inaugurated the annual National Science Day programme at the campus, according to an official statement.

Addressing the gathering, the minister said that as the Union government liberalised the nuclear medicine domain, national research and development institutes like BRIC-RGCB should explore interdisciplinary collaborations with the private sector.

Source: ET Healthworld - March 02,2026