Here is the Position Paper Prepared at the Last April Biotech Conference held in Dhaka
Many of us are both BAPTC&B as well as GNOBB members. For the convenience of those who have not joined GNOBB, and yet eager to know about the position paper ; i.e. recommendations that were prepared at the concluding session of the last April conference held in Dhaka, we request them to press the link shown here in highlighted blue font. You may also like to browse another nice website launched to mark the historic occasion where biotech scientists from home and abroad met for a three-day-conference, held from 6th through 8th of April this year at the ICDDR,B auditorium. Another characteristic feature of this conference was that non-government organizations, pharmaceutical industries, news media covering radio, television and Newspaper not only attended the conference but also financially supported it with liberal donations. There was also an enthusiastic response for the government in as much as three advisers in charge of Health, S&T and Agriculture respectively graced different sessions as Chief Guests. In other words the conference proved to be an unprecedented success both in terms of quality of oral and poster presentation and a huge turnout of scientists until the last session where there was an in-depth discussion on national biotech policy. Since the conference received support of advisors from Health, Agriculture and S&T Ministries, it was presumed that the recommendations which laid an emphasis and utmost importance on the creation of the National Commission of Biotechnology (as an independent unit under the umbrella of the PM) on the pattern of Pakistan and India would be accepted without reservation. The lofty idea that worked behind the tireless exercise has been to reap the benefit of this fast developing science without being bogged down by the administrative red tape. Although not confirmed, it has come to our knowledge that out of three, only the Ministry of Health has favorably responded to the recommendations.
