Staff Development Program on
"Managing Biotechnologies and Emerging Issues in Research and Development"
Dates: 7th to 14th February 2012
Organized by
Institute of Public Enterprise Hyderabad
No Registration Fee
About the Programme: Biotechnology is a rapidly developing multidisciplinary science having applications in several fields.
Currently biotechnology raises new challenges and hopes in everyday life. Biotechnology is also surrounded by many ethical, societal proprietary and regulatory issues. No area of technology presents more complexity than biotechnology. One reason for this is the rapid development of scientific disciplines, such as molecular biology, microbiology, cell biology, developmental biology, immunology, etc., which produce novel subject matter to be protected.
Examples include cloned genes, nucleic acid probes, transgenic and cloned animals, gene chips, monoclonal antibodies, chimeric antibodies, humanized antibodies, enzymes, and the uses of many of these novel materials in diagnostics, therapeutics and the production of still further materials. Many of the developments in intellectual property law have a unique application to biotechnology, such as the laws and regulations relating to biological deposits, sequence listings, patentability of ESTs, and the nonobviousness of biotechnology processes. However, awareness and knowledge in this area is very limited.
Hence there is every need in orienting manpower to current trends and issues surrounding biotechnology including biosafety, IPRs, bioethics etc. More so, the research and development in biotechnology is surrounded by the managerial issues viz; human resources, marketing, operations, finance, etc.
Hence, the programme is devoted to illustrate and discuss about the developments in biotechnology and the emerging issues with specific reference to R&D.
Objectives
The Programme is designed for teachers, researchers, managers, lawyers, chartered accountants and policy makers associated with biotechnology development and promotion. The Programme's main objective is to orient the various stakeholders in biotechnology with the latest trends and issues in the subject.
Course Content
The Programme will cover the following broad areas:
• Current Status of biotechnology,
• IPRs relating to biotechnology,
• Biosafety and GMOs,
• Bioethics
• Entrepreneurial Issues
• Managerial Issues (Human Resources/Marketing/ Operations/Finance)
Participants will be provided with relevant Course Material.
Who Can Participate
The course is open to teachers, researchers, lawyers, chartered accountants and industrialists involved in biotechnology development, application and management as well as to others who wish to update their knowledge in the area of biotechnology and emerging issues
Brochure : http://www.ipeindia.org/main/uploads/IPE/General/SDP%20BT%20Brocher.pdf
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