A MULTISECTORAL
RESEARCH & INNOVATION CONVENING
Join us at i3 Summit Vimarsh, a pioneering event by BFI, uniting key stakeholders to advance India’s R&D and innovation through collaboration and translational research.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ESTEEMED PRESENCE!
A gathering to ignite collaboration across
Healthcare, Biomedical Research, And Emerging Tech.
Who’s Attending?
Join 300+ key stakeholders from
across the innovation landscape:
Research
institutions
Startups &incubators
Government agencies, policymakers, and regulators
⁠Medical colleges and hospitals
Funding agencies, CSR agencies, and industry leaders
Social welfare organisations
Key Highlights
Access Unmatched Funding
Tap into opportunities from a ₹1500 crore biomedical innovation pool to scale your ideas.
Connect with Powerhouses
Network with industry leaders, top scientists, doctors, NGOs, and funders to collaborate and shape transformative healthcare solutions.
Engage with Top Journalists
Participate in dialogues exploring strategies to elevate science in mainstream media.
Pitching Session
Pitch your healthcare innovation and compete for Interconnect fellowship.
Who You’ll Meet
Shri Nitin Gadkari Ji
Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India
Padma Shri Prof. (Dr.) Balram Bhargava
Former Director General, Indian Council of MedicalResearch (ICMR)
Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman
CEO, AnusandhanNational Research Foundation (ANRF)
Dr. Jitendra Kumar
Managing Director, Biotechnology IndustryResearch Assistance Council (BIRAC)
Prof. Vijay Chandru
Co-founder, Strand Life Sciences; Co-founder and Chairman, CrisprBits
Prof. Shinjini Bhatnagar
ICMR CG Pandit National Chair
Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao
Vice Chancellor, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani
Dr. Anant Bhan
Senior Advisor, BFI,
Global Health Researcher and Adjunct Professor
at Yenepoya, Deemed to be University
Dr. Anil Wali
CEO, BITS BioCyTiH Foundation
Dr. Ashish Lele
Director, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL)
Prof. (Dr.) Balvir S Tomar
Chancellor, NIMS University, Chairman of the NIMS Global Group
Ms. Cynthia McCaffrey
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) India Representative
Ms. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay
Chairman & Managing Director,IKP Knowledge Park
Prof. Deepu Philip
Professor in Charge, Startup Incubation andInnovation Centre, IIT – Kanpur
Dr. Geetha Manjunath
CEO and CTO, Niramai Health Analytix
Ms. Laina Emmanuel
Co-founder and CEO,BrainSightAI
Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran
Executive Director and Practice Head, LKS
Dr. Nikhil Agarwal
Managing Director, Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi
Mr. Pallava Bagla
Science Editor, NDTV
Sh. Piyush Mishra
COO, Startup Incubation and
Innovation Centre, IIT – Kanpur
Dr. Premila Mohan (TBC)
Program Director, Partnership for Accelerated Innovation and Research at ANRF
Dr. Premnath Venugopalan
Founding Director, Venture Center
Dr. Radha Rangarajan
Director, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI)
Dr. Ramjee Pallela
COO, Atal Incubation Centre – Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (AIC-CCMB)
Dr. R K Shandil
Director and CSO, Foundation for Neglected Disease Research (FNDR)
Padma Shri Dr. Ravi Kannan
Director, Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre
Mr. Sanjiv Mittal
IAS (Retd) Senior Advisor, BFI, Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Dr Sanjay Behari
Director, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology
Dr. Satya Prakash Dash
Senior Advisor, BFI, President of Strategy, Partnerships & Acceleration, Bigtec
Dr. Shirshendu Mukherjee
MD, Wadhwani Foundation
Dr. Souvik Maiti
Director, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
Dr. Shridhar Narayanan
CEO, Foundation for Neglected Disease Research (FNDR)
Dr. Sridhar Ramanathan
CEO, IKP EDEN & Senior Vice President,IKP Knowledge Park
Prof. Sunil Bhand
Senior Professor, BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Mr. Swapan Bhattacharya
Managing Director,
TCG Lifesciences
Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed
Director and CEO, Centre for Cellular andMolecular Platforms
(C-CAMP)
Dr. Vinay Nandicoori
Director, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)
Dr. Viswanadham Duppatla
Vice President,
IKP Knowledge Park
Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
Thinker and Mentor, Member - NEC, Former MP, Rajya Sabha
Padmashri
Prof. Dr Balram Bhargava
Former Director General, Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR)
Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Anusandhan
National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Mittal
IAS(Retd)
Senior Advisor, Blockchain For Impact (BFI);
Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of
Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Shirshendu Mukherjee
MD, Wadhwani Foundation
Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran
Executive Director and Practice Head, LKS
Dr.Ashish lele
Director, CSIR-NCL
Dr. Radha Rangarajan
Director, CSIR-CDRI
Dr. G. Karthikeyan
Executive Director, THSTI
Dr. Anant Bhan
Senior Advisor, Blockchain For Impact (BFI);
Global Health Researcher and Adjunct Professor
at Yenepoya, Deemed to be University
Dr. Nikhil Agarwal
Managing Director, Foundation for Innovation and
Technology Transfer (FITT)
Dr. Geetha Manjunath
CEO and CTO, Niramai Health Analytix
Mr. Neeraj Jain
Country Director – India, Director Growth
Operations – Asia, Middle East & Europe, PATH
Dr. Souvik Maiti
Director, CSIR-IGIB, Delhi
Dr. Anil Wali
CEO, BITS BioCyTiH Foundation
Prof Deepu Philip
Professor in Charge, Startup Incubation and
Innovation Centre, IIT – Kanpur
Dr. Nalam Madhusudhana Rao
CEO, Atal Incubation Centre-Centre for Cellular
and Molecular Biology (AIC-CCMB)
Dr. Viswanadham Duppatla
Vice President, IKP Knowledge Park
Ms. Shilpy Kochhar
Head Business Development & Communication,
BIRAC
Ms. Shreya Malik
Program Head – Life Sciences, Wadhwani
Innovation Network, Wadhwani Foundation
Ms. Naghma Saher
Senior Consulting Editor, NDTV
Mr. Pallava Bagla
Science editor, NDTV
Padmashri
Prof. Dr Balram Bhargava
Former Director General, Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR)
Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Anusandhan
National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Dr. Premila Mohan (TBC)
Program Director, Partnerships for Accelerated
Innovation and Research (PAIR) at Anusandhan
National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Mittal
IAS(Retd)
Senior Advisor, Blockchain For Impact (BFI);
Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of
Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Shirshendu Mukherjee
MD, Wadhwani Foundation
Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran
Executive Director and Practice Head, LKS
Dr.Ashish lele
Director, CSIR-NCL
Dr. Radha Rangarajan
Director, CSIR-CDRI
Dr. G. Karthikeyan
Executive Director, THSTI
Dr. Anant Bhan
Senior Advisor, Blockchain For Impact (BFI);
Global Health Researcher and Adjunct Professor
at Yenepoya, Deemed to be University
Dr. Nikhil Agarwal
Managing Director, Foundation for Innovation and
Technology Transfer (FITT)
Dr. Geetha Manjunath
CEO and CTO, Niramai Health Analytix
Mr. Neeraj Jain
Country Director – India, Director Growth
Operations – Asia, Middle East & Europe, PATH
Dr. Souvik Maiti
Director, CSIR-IGIB, Delhi
Dr. Jitendra Kumar
Managing Director, Biotechnology Industry
Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)
Prof. Ramgopal Rao
Vice Chancellor, Birla Institute of Technology and
Science (BITS) Pilani
Ms. Shilpa Nag (IAS)
Deputy Commissioner, Chamarajanagar district,
Karnataka
Dr. Vijay Chandru
Co-founder and Chairman,CrisprBits
Ms. Cynthia McCaffrey
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) India
Representative
Ms. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay
Chairman & Managing Director,
IKP Knowledge Park.
Dr. Vinay Nandicoori
Director, CSIR-CCMB
Dr. Satya Prakash Dash
Senior Advisor, Blockchain For Impact (BFI);
President of Strategy, Partnerships & Acceleration,
Bigtech; Founding and Former Head of Strategy,
BIRAC
Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director,
Centrefor Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP)
Dr. Premnath Venugopalan
Founding Director, Venture Center
Dr. Anand Anandkumar
CEO and Managing Director, Bugworks
Ms. Laina Emmanuel
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
BrainSightAI
Prof. Sunil Bhand
Senior Professor, BITS Pilani
KK Birla Goa Campus
Dr. R K Shandil
Director, FNDR
Sh. Piyush Mishra
Chief Operating Officer, Startup Incubation and
Innovation Centre, IIT – Kanpur
Dr. Ramjee Pallela
Chief Operating Officer, AIC-CCMB
Dr. Sridhar Ramanathan
CEO, IKP EDEN & Senior Vice President,
IKP Knowledge Park
Mr. Ankit Saxena
Director, DS Centre of Entrepreneurship
Foundation for Innovation and Technology
Transfer (FITT)
Ms. Shivanshi Kapoor
Program Manager – Strategy, Partnerships and
Communications, PATH
Dr. Manbeena Chawla
Executive Editor, BioSpectrum India & Asia
Mr. Amitabh Sinha
Deputy Editor, The Indian Express
Dr. Nidhi Thakur
Team Lead- One Health Mission PMU, Office of
the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government
of India
Dr. Jitendra Kumar
Managing Director, Biotechnology Industry
Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)
Prof. Ramgopal Rao
Vice Chancellor, Birla Institute of Technology and
Science (BITS) Pilani
Dr. Sindura Ganapathi
Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor
Ms. Shilpa Nag (IAS)
Deputy Commissioner, Chamarajanagar district,
Karnataka
Dr. Vijay Chandru
Co-founder and Chairman,CrisprBits
Ms. Cynthia McCaffrey
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) India
Representative
Ms. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay
Chairman & Managing Director, IKP Knowledge Park.
Dr. Vinay Nandicoori
Director, CSIR-CCMB
Dr. Satya Prakash Dash
Senior Advisor, Blockchain For Impact (BFI);
President of Strategy, Partnerships & Acceleration,
Bigtech; Founding and Former Head of Strategy,
BIRAC
Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director, Centre
for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP)
Dr. Premnath Venugopalan
Founding Director, Venture Center
Dr. Anand Anandkumar
CEO and Managing Director, Bugworks
Ms. Laina Emmanuel
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
BrainSightAI
Prof. Sunil Bhand
Senior Professor, BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus
Padmashri
Prof. Dr Balram Bhargava
Former Director General, Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR)
Dr. Jitendra Kumar
Managing Director, Biotechnology Industry
Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)
Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Anusandhan
National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Prof. Ramgopal Rao
Vice Chancellor, Birla Institute of Technology and
Science (BITS) Pilani
Dr. Premila Mohan (TBC)
Program Director, Partnerships for Accelerated
Innovation and Research (PAIR) at Anusandhan
National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Dr. Sindura Ganapathi
Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Mittal
IAS(Retd)
Senior Advisor, Blockchain For Impact (BFI);
Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of
Uttar Pradesh
Ms. Shilpa Nag (IAS)
Deputy Commissioner, Chamarajanagar district,
Karnataka
Dr. Shirshendu Mukherjee
MD, Wadhwani Foundation
Dr. Vijay Chandru
Co-founder and Chairman,CrisprBits
Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran
Executive Director and Practice Head, LKS
Ms. Cynthia McCaffrey
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) India
Representative
Dr.Ashish lele
Director, CSIR-NCL
Ms. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay
Chairman & Managing Director, IKP Knowledge Park.
Dr. Radha Rangarajan
Director, CSIR-CDRI
Dr. Vinay Nandicoori
Director, CSIR-CCMB
Dr. G. Karthikeyan
Executive Director, THSTI
Dr. Satya Prakash Dash
Senior Advisor, Blockchain For Impact (BFI);
President of Strategy, Partnerships & Acceleration,
Bigtech; Founding and Former Head of Strategy,
BIRAC
Dr. Anant Bhan
Senior Advisor, Blockchain For Impact (BFI);
Global Health Researcher and Adjunct Professor
at Yenepoya, Deemed to be University
Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director, Centre
for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP)
Dr. Nikhil Agarwal
Managing Director, Foundation for Innovation and
Technology Transfer (FITT)
Dr. Premnath Venugopalan
Founding Director, Venture Center
Dr. Geetha Manjunath
CEO and CTO, Niramai Health Analytix
Dr. Anand Anandkumar
CEO and Managing Director, Bugworks
Mr. Neeraj Jain
Country Director – India, Director Growth
Operations – Asia, Middle East & Europe, PATH
Ms. Laina Emmanuel
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
BrainSightAI
Dr. Souvik Maiti
Director, CSIR-IGIB, Delhi
Prof. Sunil Bhand
Senior Professor, BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus
Dr. Anil Wali
CEO, BITS BioCyTiH Foundation
Dr. R K Shandil
Director, FNDR
Prof Deepu Philip
Professor in Charge, Startup Incubation and
Innovation Centre, IIT – Kanpur
Sh. Piyush Mishra
Chief Operating Officer, Startup Incubation and
Innovation Centre, IIT – Kanpur
Dr. Nalam Madhusudhana Rao
CEO, Atal Incubation Centre-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (AIC-CCMB)
Dr. Ramjee Pallela
Chief Operating Officer, AIC-CCMB
Dr.Sanjay Sarin
CEO, IKP Knowledge Park.
Dr. Sridhar Ramanathan
CEO, IKP EDEN & Senior Vice President, IKP Knowledge Park
Dr. Viswanadham Duppatla
Vice President, IKP Knowledge Park
Mr. Ankit Saxena
Director, DS Centre of Entrepreneurship
Foundation for Innovation and Technology
Transfer (FITT)
Ms. Shilpy Kochhar
Head Business Development & Communication,
BIRAC
Ms. Shivanshi Kapoor
Program Manager – Strategy, Partnerships and
Communications, PATH
Ms. Shreya Malik
Program Head – Life Sciences, Wadhwani
Innovation Network, Wadhwani Foundation
Dr. Manbeena Chawla
Executive Editor, BioSpectrum India & Asia
Ms. Naghma Saher
Senior Consulting Editor, NDTV
Mr. Amitabh Sinha
Deputy Editor, The Indian Express
Mr. Pallava Bagla
Science editor, NDTV
Dr. Nidhi Thakur
Team Lead- One Health Mission PMU, Office of
the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government
of India
Dr.Ashish lele
Director, CSIR-NCL
Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran
Executive Director and Practice Head, LKS
Prof. Ramgopal Rao
VC, BITS Pilani
Dr. Vinay Nandicoori
Director, CSIR-CCMB
Dr. Premnath Venugopalan
Founding Director, Venture Center
Dr. Shirshendu Mukherjee
MD, Wadhwani Foundation
Dr. Anil Wali
CEO, BITS BioCyTiH Foundation
Dr. G. Karthikeyan
Executive Director, THSTI
Prof. Sunil Bhand
Senior Professor, BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus
Dr. Geetha Manjunath
CEO and CTO, Niramai Health Analytix
Dr. R K Shandil
Director, FNDR
Dr. Radha Rangarajan
Director, CSIR-CDRI
Dr. Ramjee Pallela
Chief Operating Officer, AIC-CCMB
Ms.Laina Emmanuel
Co-founder and CEO, BrainSightAI
Dr. Souvik Maiti
Director, CSIR-IGIB, Delhi
Dr. Sindura Ganapathi
Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor
Dr.Sanjay Sarin
CEO, IKP Knowledge Park.
Dr. Pramod Viswanath
Forrest G. Hamrick Professor in Engineering, Princeton
Dr. Viswanadham Duppatla
Vice President, IKP Knowledge Park
Dr. Vijay Chandru
Co-founder and Chairman,CrisprBits
Dr. Sridhar Ramanathan
CEO, IKP EDEN & Senior Vice President, IKP Knowledge Park
Dr.Sanjay Sarin
CEO, IKP Knowledge Park.
Dr.Ashish lele
Director, CSIR-NCL
Ms.Laina Emmanuel
Co-founder and CEO, BrainSightAI
Dr.Sanjay Sarin
CEO, IKP Knowledge Park.
Dr.Ashish lele
Director, CSIR-NCL
Ms.Laina Emmanuel
Co-founder and CEO, BrainSightAI
Dr.Ashish lele
Director, CSIR-NCL
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Agenda
day-1 | 29  July 2025
Time
Topic
16:00 - onwards
Registration
16:30 - 18:00
Interconnect Fellowship Pitches
Judges:
Dr. Ramjee Pallela (AIC-CCMB), Dr. Viswanadham Dupatla (IKP), Prof Deepu Philip
(SIIC, IIT Kanpur), Dr Pooja Agrawal (BFI), Dr Anant Bhan, (BFI), Dr Ramnath Ballala (BFI), Dr Satya Prakash Dash (BFI),
Dr Jyoti Wadhwa (Apollo)
19:30 - 20:30
Fireside Chat with Mr. Sandeep Nailwal (BFI), Leading Indian Philanthropist with Aaj Tak Editor
20:30 - 22:00
Dinner & Networking
day-2 | 30  July 2025
Time
Topic
08:30 - 09:30
Registration, Tea & Networking
09:30 - 09:55
Setting the Context and Lighting of Lamp
09:50 - 10:05
Video Message from the Principal Scientific Advisor, GoI
10:05 - 10:25
BFI Lifetime Achievement Award Felicitation of Padma Shri Prof. (Dr.) Balram Bhargava and Prof. Vijay Chandru
10:25 - 10:45
Keynote Address: Indigenous Vaccine Development- A Story of Human Compassion & Cooperation
Speaker:
Padma Shri Prof. (Dr.) Balram Bhargava, (Former Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR); Secretary, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India)
10:45 - 11:05
Keynote Address: Blueprint for India's Capabilities for Breakthrough Biotech R&D
Speaker:
Prof. Vijay Chandru (Co-founder, Strand Life Sciences; Co-founder and Chairman, CrisprBits)
11:05 - 11:35
Tea & Networking
11:35 - 11:50
Plenary Talk 1:
Reimagining the Science Driven Enterprise in India
Speaker:
Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (ANRF)
11:50 - 12:05
Plenary Talk 2:
Evidence Based Solutions for a Resilient Maternal & Child Health in India
Speaker:
Prof. Shinjini Bhatnagar (ICMR, THSTI)
12:05 - 12:20
Release of BFI CRISPR-Cas Report
Speaker:
Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran (LKS)
12:20- 12:40
Award Announcement & Address by Mr. NagaKarthik
Speaker:
Mr. NagaKarthik (BFI)
12:40– 13:00
Address and Vote of Thanks by Founder, Mr. Sandeep Nailwal
Speaker:
Mr. Sandeep Nailwal (BFI)
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch & Networking
14:00 – 15:15
Panel 1:
Indian Healthcare Innovation & its Translation: Crossing Chasms & Bridging Gaps
Panellists :
Dr. Ashish Lele (CSIR-NCL), Mr. Swapan Bhattacharya (TCG Lifesciences), Dr. Souvik Maiti (CSIR-IGIB), Ms. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay (IKP Knowledge Park),  Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran (LKS), Prof. Anurag Agrawal (Ashoka University)
Moderator :
Dr. Anand Anandkumar (Bugworks) and Prof. L S Shashidhara (NCBS)
15:15 - 15:30
Plenary Talk 4:
Nurturing the Next Frontier: Building Translational Research Capacity in Indian Academia
Speaker :
Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao  (BITS Pilani)
15:30 – 16:45
Panel 2:
The Emerging AI future & its Impact on Healthcare in India
Panellists:
Mr. Sandeep Nailwal (BFI), Dr. Geetha Manjunath (NIRAMAI Health Analytix), Ms. Laina Emmanuel (BrainSightAI);
Dr. Anand Sivaraman (Remidio Innovative Solutions),  Mr. Ravi Bhogu (Monitra Health), Dr. Nikhil Agarwal (FITT IIT Delhi)
Moderator : Dr. Satya Prakash Dash (BFI; Bigtec) and Dr. Shantanu Pathak (CareMother by Doto Health)
16:30 – 17:00
Tea & Networking
17:00 - 18:00
Panel 3:
Designing Responsive Health Systems: Challenges and Opportunities
Panellists :
Ms. Cynthia McCaffrey (UNICEF ), Mr. Neeraj Jain (PATH), Ms. Shilpa Nag (Office of DC Chamrajnagar, GoK), Dr. Srinath Reddy (PHFI), Ms. Nandita Venkatesan (Journalist), Mr. Johnson Topno (PHIA), Ms. Susan Thomas (SEWA Social Security)
Moderator : Dr. Angela Chaudhuri (Swasti Health Catalyst)
18:00 - 18:30
Special Address by Honorable Shri Nitin Gadkari
Panellists :
Honorable Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India
18:30 - 19:00
Visiting Stalls & Networking along with Shri Nitin Gadkari and Dignitaries
20:00 onwards
Gala dinner
day-3 | 31  July 2025
Time
Topic
08:30 – 09:30
Breakfast, Networking, and Curated Mentorship Tables (by invitation only)
09:30 – 10:45
Panel 1:
Bridging the Divide: Why Collaboration Between Clinicians, Startups and Academia Remains So Elusive in Healthcare Innovation
Lead Talk:
Dr. Radha Rangarajan  (CSIR-CDRI)
Panellists :
Padma Shri Dr. Ravi Kannan (Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre), Dr. Shiv Sarin (ILBS), Dr. Sanjay Behari (SCTIMST), Prof. (Dr.) Meenu Singh (AIIMS Rishikesh), Dr. Yogesh Kalkonde (Sangwari-People's Association for Equity and Health), Ms. Aparna Mittal (Patients Engage)
Moderator:
Dr. Anant Bhan (BFI) and  Dr. Radha Rangarajan (CSIR-CDRI)
10:45 - 12:00
Panel 2:
Fostering Public-Private Partnerships for Biomedical Translation & Implementation in India-Lessons From the Previous Decade
Panellists :
Dr Vinay Nandicoori (CSIR-CCMB), Ms. Shilpy Kochhar (BIRAC), Dr Shirshendu Mukherjee (Wadhwani Foundation), Dr A V Balachandar (ANRF) , Dr Debashish Dash (ILS Bhubaneshwar),
Moderator:
Dr. Premnath Venugopalan (Venture Center) and Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed (C-CAMP)
12:00 – 12:15
Tea & Networking
12:15 – 13:15
Panel 3:
Engaging Media with Science: How Can Bioscience Entice Media for Better Mass Visibility?
Panellists :
Moderator:
Dr. Satya Prakash Dash (BFI, Bigtec) and Dr. Sarah Hyder Iqbal (Superheroes Against Superbugs)
13:15 - 14:15
Valedictory Ceremony
BIRAC's Role in Making India a Global Hub for Biotechnology by 2047 Dr. Jitendra Kumar  (BIRAC)
India as a Global Destination for Biomedical Innovation & Bio-manufacturing by Dr. Rajesh Gokhale  (DBT)
Vision of Viksit Bharat 2047 by Mr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe (Thinker and Mentor, Member - NEC, Former MP, Rajya Sabha)
Closing Remarks by Dr. Gaurav Singh (BFI)
14:15 - 15:15
Lunch & networking
15:15 - 16:45
Human Centered Design Thinking Workshop
Mr. Nagakarthik MP (BFI), Dr. Ramnath Ballala (BFI) and IHCRF team
Participating Organizations
IISc
IIT Bombay
AIIMS
SIIC IIT Kanpur
CSIR-CCMB
BITS Pilani
BRIC-THSTI
FNDR
BRIC-THSTI
Venture Center
Social Alpha
BVT
SELCO
AIC-CCMB
Swasti
UNICEF
Round Table India
PHIA
Heartfulness
Give
IKP Knowledge Park
CSIR-CDRI
C-CAMP
CInI
Doctors For You
PATH
BIRAC
FITT
NCBS