Sarjan Biotech was
established in 2005 at Village Gada, Ta.Bhuj, Dist. Kutch and
started construction of Tissue Culture Laboratory with a capacity of
10,00,000 plants per annum. The company entered the market with
Banana var. Grand naine (G-9) tissue culture plants in 2006. Results
obtained encouraged the company to expand the production capacity to
20,00,000 in 2007 and now the production capacity of the company in
its ultra modern laboratory is 50,00,000 per annum. Beside Banana,
company is also producing tissue culture plants of Roses, Stevia,
Gerbera, Anthurium, Parwal, etc. The company has further expanded
the product range with the help of experts and equipped itself for
production of Guava, Citrus (Kagdi Lime) and Strawberry. It has
initiated ambitious programme of Date Palm tissue culture for which
the material (off-shoots) from the best Date Palm trees of Kutch
have been procured.
The laboratory building covers the area of 8000 sq.ft. consisting of
Media preparation room, hot room, store room, office block, washing
room, media storage room, culture (growth) rooms, inoculation rooms,
control room, R.O. room, etc. It is equipped with automatic bottle
washing machine, auto media dispersing machine, pH meter, high
precision electronic analytical balance, EC/TDS meter, R.O. plant (R.O.
water available in each room through separate cock) + quartz
distillation unit, laminar air flow cabinets (20), timers for
temperature as well as photoperiod, autoclaves (4 big + 2 small)
installed with boiler. The growth rooms and inoculation rooms are
fitted with FRP panels and double walled with glass wool between the
walls which maintained atmosphere of these room constant and optimum
for best response. The entire block is provided with positive air
pressure modules which maintain aseptic conditions in growth and
inoculation rooms. The power supply is through 24 hrs electricity
line supported with three generators in case of power failures. The
company has its own bore well and water harvesting system.
In all 40 operators are working on two seaters 20 laminar air flow
cabinets. The operations are monitored through CTV cameras installed
everywhere. Stick hygienic conditions are maintained by all the
operators. There are three technician looking after all the
operations of the laboratory beside preparing the media. There are
few operators quarters near the laboratory building. The residential
bunglow of Managing Director, Mr. Harish P. Nagda is also in the
laboratory premises.
The company has huge complex of modern poly houses (10,000 sq..ft.)
equipped with auto controls for humidity and temperature and net
houses (60,000 sq.ft.). The company also has at its disposal
agricultural land of 20 acres for raising mother plants. The company
has tie-up for marketing with Unnati Agro Pvt. Ltd. and also
established linkage for secondary hardening of banana tissue culture
plants in banana growing areas etc.



