biotechnology

India’s groundbreaking rice innovation is changing the way we think about farming. With higher yields and reduced water use, this genome-edited crop could transform agriculture for good.

Ezhil Subbian, founder of String Bio, leverages biotechnology to solve the problem of sustainable food production by employing methane as a resource.

Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the founder of the country's leading biotechnology enterprise Biocon, has strived to bring more women into the field while providing accessible medicines to all.

The material is both biodegradable and reduces bacterial colonies by 99.99 per cent when compared with an ordinary wrapper.

“The smile that I see on the faces of my children after my class and the fact that they don’t feel like leaving, that’s my highest award,” says Remya Iyer, who would travel 70 km everyday to teach despite raising two young kids.

The village lad from Bengal had little education and no money but he was propelled by a passion that made him take a leap of faith that few would dare! #TrueGrit #BeatingTheOdds

Did you know that this Indian-American scientific legend constructed the world's first synthetic gene? #HarGobindKhorana #Science

A pioneering IISc professor, Lakshmi Sita's lab at IISc attracted visitors such as Prince Charles and Ratan Tata.

Here is a collection of 15 such stories that gives a glimpse of important developments reported by Indian scientists during the year.

"Nowadays, most of the milk we consume is contaminated with urea, detergent, soda and so on. They are added to increase the stability and the colour."