Many top government colleges, even with good academic reputations, often lack basic biotechnology lab infrastructure, they don’t have even basic biotechnology lab equipment’s facility.
Being such a serious concern, why is it not given any attention? What according to you can be the reasons?
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Forget top government colleges, even the so-called top private universities don’t… (even if they do, they don’t work and aren’t repaired) trust me
So the few reasons I believe are:
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Many institutions, especially government ones, operate under limited budgets. More funding is often allocated toward conventional fields like engineering, medicine, or core sciences, leaving biotech labs underfunded.
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Unlike countries with strong biotech industries driving academic collaboration (like the US or Germany), India still struggles with robust industry-academia partnerships.
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Practical skills often take a backseat, so labs are maintained just enough to fulfill minimum curriculum requirements.
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In some cases, curriculum and lab facilities are outdated and don’t match what the biotech industry actually demands.
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That’s a very valid concern.
This might be due to a few key reasons: limited funding, bureaucratic delays, and a lack of priority given to practical, research-oriented education.
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Many campuses lag in standardized lab designs—things like emergency exits, safety protocols and separate zones are often missing, which hinders proper facility development.
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Top Indian biotech labs and colleges often lack basic facilities due to insufficient and delayed funding, cumbersome procurement, high equipment costs, and a shortage of skilled maintenance personnel.
This hinders cutting-edge research and development.
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I also wonder about this @Wakeeta_11. It’s surprising that even top government colleges with strong academic reputations struggle with basic biotechnology lab infrastructure. If it’s such a critical issue, why isn’t more attention given to it? And it’s the same with IITians — despite their incredible skills, many aren’t landing their dream jobs in India. A lot end up moving abroad for PhDs or jobs. Why does this gap exist, even for the best and brightest?
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Yes , I agree .
That is the sad part about biotech stream.
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This is because of the gap between policy planning and practical implementation. Without industry and academia collaboration and regular audits, such critical gaps remain unaddressed!!!
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The main reason is funding from the Government, that mostly comes to the principal investigators (faculties) who write grants to CSIR, ICMR, DBT etc. and once the budget of the research project is approved, the faculty can arrange the equipment that’s required for the research work. Likewise, if there are many faculties within that organization or university, various equipments can be arranged this way and made available to the students, research scholars, and other faculties for their respective research work. Besides, trained lab technicians are needed to take care of these precious instrumentations regarding its functionality and if any problem occurs, the repairing should be done immediately. Sometimes, the equipments are made available through the internal funding within the university as well, and for that a good leadership is needed where the value of research is understood and the higher authorty have knowledge related to the signficant equipments in this area or thorugh internal networking with the HOIs, this can be discussed and implemented.