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Synopsis
The world’s image of India is
rapidly advancing in the new millennium.
Poised at the threshold of global economic
and technological leadership, brand India is
becoming an empowered mantra.
While India’s technical pool
and computer capabilities are well known
throughout the world, its comparative
emergence as a power in Biotechnology,
through several inherent advantages, is only
just being revealed and understood in world
capitals.
LIFE ENCODED
(Documentary; duration: 30 minutes) is a
succinct film that maps the changing
contours of Biotechnology in India. It
documents the Indian initiative in various
fields of Biotech and captures the endless
applications of this “Science of the
Century”. It highlights current best
practices and efforts in the oil industry,
sericulture, in brain research, vaccines,
traditional medicine, rice, human health and
gene discovery, among others.
The film’s feel and new-age
quality of editing are reflective of the new
frontiers of Biotech in India. Its script
and presentation, splicing relevant images
from research and industry with interviews
of current biotech titans in India,
highlights not only the Indian achievement,
but also the enthusiasm this innovative
industry exudes. |