Source: TH
Context:
Nearly five months after being selected, none of the 75 women scientists chosen for the DBT Biocare programme have received their promised research grants or salaries. This has left many of them unable to start projects and financially insecure.
About the Biocare Programme
- Full Form: Biotechnology Career Advancement and Re-orientation Programme (BioCARe)
- Launched in 2011 by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology.
- Aim: To support unemployed women scientists in their early careers.
- Target Group: Women scientists who are:
- Early in their research career, or
- Seeking to re-enter research after a career break (due to maternity, childcare, family reasons, etc.)
Objectives
- To empower women scientists in Biotechnology and Life Sciences.
- To re-orient and retain trained women scientists in research.
- To provide financial, infrastructural, and mentoring support for independent research.
