A foundation through integration
The Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (RIBB) was founded in the year 2011, with a vision of ‘Empowering Nepal through the sustainable use of biodiversity: Inspiring innovation, transforming lives’. The mission statement of the institute is ‘To advance the fields of bioscience, engineering, innovation and education by collaborating with academic and other research organizations to conduct high quality research in a world-class academic and professional environment’. The goal is to ‘form a consortium of committed, highly trained and competitive young investigators seeking to obtain collaborative and multidisciplinary research careers in the field of life science, technology and engineering’.