| 1. |
R&D programmes using heavy water in academic institutions & National
institutes of repute |
| 2. |
Commercial activities on development of various D-labeled compounds and APIs
(Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) |
| 3. |
Investigative studies using deuterium as a tracer in survey activities / kinetic
studies |
| The eligibility of participation in the above activities is as given below: |
| i) |
The academic institutions shall be national institutes of central / state
governments or institutions of repute and be located inside Indian territories |
| ii) |
The R&D unit should be registered in India and must fulfill the criteria of
Small Business Unit (not more than 500 employees in R&D) |
| iii) |
The academic/R&D/commercial organizations shall be willing to enter
into collaboration / agreement with HWB in the development
programme. |
| iv) |
The commercial organizations shall be having controlling shares (51%) by
resident Indians/Registered Indian companies |
| v) |
The Industry should have a well established in-house R&D unit recognized
by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) or should be
well established and registered / accredited unit in the field of synthesis
of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) with more than 10 (ten)
years experience and willing to set up dedicated lab for deuterium
chemistry. |
| vi) |
The participating companies shall have appropriate knowledgebase in the
areas related to work on deuterium compounds |
| vii) |
Heavy water Board will not be providing any financial support. However,
HWB will provide committed long term supply of heavy water by way of sale
and may take back low grade heavy water (not less than 40% isotopic purity)
generated in the process which will be subjected to certain pre-conditions |
| viii) |
Heavy Water is a material that requires application of various regulations and
controls on its issue and use. The organization entering into collaborative
work with HWB will have to comply with the regulations on use of heavy
water and deuterium as per the laws of the country and shall be accountable
to HWB for heavy water supplied and its applications. |
| ix) |
HWB retains the rights to summarily reject any of the applications without
mentioning any specific reason(s) |
| x) |
Interested Organizations are requested to submit their applications with the details of the proposed work to be taken by them in this
field, its company profile, documents of registration, solvency certificates
issued by bank copy of returns filed with income tax, sales tax, details of the
turn over for previous five years etc at the following address: |
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| |
Shri
R.V.Gupta
Director (Operation),
Heavy Water Board , Department of Atomic Energy
5th Floor, Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan,
Anushaktinagar, Mumbai-400094
Tel: +91-22-2548 6511 / 2556 7847
Fax: +91-22-2556 3360 /2556 3243
Email: rvgupta@mum.hwb.gov.in |
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