Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurates BioNEST at "Central Food Technology & Research Institute" (CFTRI) Mysuru, Focus on Food Startups

• BioNEST (Bioincubators Nurturing Entrepreneurship for Scaling Technologies) centre inaugurated at CSIR–Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru to incubate food-tech startups.
• Inaugurated by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister for Science & Technology, on 04 April 2026.
• UPSC relevance: intersection of biotech innovation, food processing, startup ecosystem, CSIR–DBT institutional architecture, and lab-to-market policy push.