India’s first Centre for Biopolymer Science and Technology was inaugurated at Kochi in Kerala state, jointly by Union Fertilisers and Chemicals Minister and State Chief Minister. This Centre is a unit of the Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology at Chennai, and will be conducting MSc in Biopolymer Science and doctoral programmes in the area of Biopolymer Science and Technology in collaboration with the Cochin University of Science and Technology.
The capital outlay of Rs 30 crore for setting up the centre would be shared equally between the Central and State Governments.