Who we are

Vivekananda Institute of Biotechnology, a branch institution of Sri Ramkrishna Ashram Nimpith under Core Support Program of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, is engaged in development, innovation, modulation and adaptation of appropriate rural technologies, and transferring the selected technologies to the farming community of the Sundarban area through training, awareness building and follow up programs since its inception in 1991. This branch was established with the objectives to access, design and develop multi skill biotechnology programs for application in the field of rural development, to build village based human resource as biotechnology entrepreneurs and create a network of these knowledge worker for the transfer of technology, and to provide service and create knowledge base in the village through network of rural entrepreneurs.

For its constant effort on unfolding mysteries of science and advancement of technologies for application at the grass root level, the Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) entrusted VIB as Technology Resource Centre for Sundarban areas, Burdwan University (West Bengal) also has recognized VIB to be the Post Graduate Research laboratory. VIB is now registered as a Scientific & Industrial Research Organization of DSIR, Ministry of Science & Technology (Government of India).