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This paper describes and analyzes a series of complementary policy initiatives in India to adapt and commercialize existing global biotechnologies to meet local needs in healthcare, agriculture, industry and the environment in a more affordable manner. This evolving approach has been implemented through six complementary elements, namely (1) translational research; (2) technology access through global consortia; (3) commercialization supported by public-private partnerships, broadly interpreted; (4) skills development; (5) regulation; and (6) institutional governance, including special purpose vehicles, for effective project management. The paper focuses on two public-private partnership initiatives, the Small Business Innovation Research Initiative and the Biotechnology Industry Partnership Program, which together have allocated more than USD 70 million in public funding to almost 150 projects, contributing to a total public-private investment of more than USD 170 million over the past five years. The authors' key recommendation, to ensure effective resource use and better policy impact, is for these innovation-support initiatives to adopt more continuous monitoring with quicker feedback from learning to implementation, and more rigorous impact evaluation including approaches that allow the results of firms benefiting from support to be compared with an appropriate group of firms not benefiting from support.

Adaptation --- Agricultural Knowledge & Information Systems --- Agricultural Research --- Country Studies --- E-Business --- Finance and Financial Sector Development --- Growth --- ICT Policy and Strategies --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Poverty Reduction --- Rural Development Knowledge & Information Systems --- Technology