Transforming Lives

Biosciences to Bioeconomy
12-14 September, 2024
Hall 5, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

Detailed Agenda
 Transforming Lives
Biosciences to Bioeconomy

Dates: 12-14 September, 2024

Venue: Hall no. 5, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

Day 1: 12th September, 2024

TIME SESSIONS INAUGURAL
SESSION
08:30 – 10:00 hrs Registration
SYNERGY HALL
10:30 – 10:35 hrs Lamp Lighting and Ganesh Vandana
Dr. Jitendra Kumar
10:35 – 10:40 hrs Opening Address
Managing Director, BIRAC

Highlights of India Mr. G S Krishnan

10:40 – 10:45 hrs Bioeconomy Report President, Association of Biotech Led Enterprises

Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale

10:45 – 10:55 hrs Welcome Address Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Chairman, BIRAC and
DG-iBRIC

Industry Perspective Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

10:55 – 11:00 hrs Executive Chairperson, Biocon Limited & Biocon Biologics Limited

MEGA EXPO
Dr. Tina Sejersgård Fanø,
11:00 – 11:05 hrs Remarks Executive Vice President, Planetary Health Biosolutions, Novonesis

Dr. (Mrs.) N. Kalaiselvi

11:05 – 11:10 hrs Remarks Director General, CSIR & Secretary DSIR

Prof. Abhay Karandikar

11:10 – 11:15 hrs Remarks Secretary, Department of Science & Technology

Remarks
Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood
11:15 – 11:20 hrs Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India

Announcement of Letters of Intent

11:20 – 11:25 hrs
Moderated by Ms. Shilpy Kochhar, Head-Business Development & Communications, BIRAC

India BioEconomy Report 2024

BIRAC Compendium of Products and Technologies 2024
Launch of Report GBI Exhibitor Directory
11:25 – 11:35 hrs
and Booklets Insights into BIRAC Equity Fund
Amrit Grand Challenge JanCARE Innovations Report

Dr. Jitendra Singh,

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Science & Technology,
11:35 hrs onwards Address by Chief Guest MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy
and Space, Government of India

Vote of thanks by FCA Nidhi Shrivastava, Director Finance, BIRAC

12:00 hrs Inauguration of the Mega Exposition

12:00 - 13:30 hrs CEO Roundtable (Vision Hall)
13:00 – 14:00 hrs Networking at Lunch

SUPER SESSION 1 Biomanufacturing - Driving the Bioeconomy to become a Global Leader

14:00 – 14:05 hrs Welcome Address Dr. Jitendra Kumar, MD-BIRAC
Highlights of BioE3 Dr. Alka Sharma, Senior Adviser, DBT
14:05 – 14:15 hrs
Policy

14:15 – 14:20 hrs Short video about BioE3 Policy

14:20 – 14:25 hrs Release of ‘BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment and Employment)
Policy’ Brochure By Secretary,DBT
14:25 – 14:35 hrs Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale, Secretary; DBT; DG, BRIC and Chairman, BIRAC

Moderated Fireside Chat

14:35 – 14:50 hrs Ms.Tina Sejersgård Fanø, Executive Vice President-Planetary Health Biosolutions, Novonesis
Dr.Ajikumar Parayil , Founder & CEO, Manus

Panel Discussion
Moderator
Dr. PM Murali, President, ABLE Council of Presidents and CMD-Jananom Pvt. Ltd
14:50– 15:30 hrs
Panelists

MEGA EXPO
Synergy Hall
Dr. Pramod Kumbhar, President and Chief Technology Officer, Praj Industries
Dr. Sanjay Singh, CEO, Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd
Mr. Shreehas Tambe, CEO and Managing Director, Biocon Biologics
Mr. Laxmi Narayan Neti, COO, Biological E
Mr. Rajesh Krishnamurthy, CEO, Laurus Bio
Vote of thanks by Dr. Vaishali Punjabi, DBT
TECHNICAL SESSION 1 TECHNICAL SESSION 2
15:30 - 16:30 hrs 15:30 - 16:30 hrs

Discovery Hall Catalyst Hall

Role of shared infrastructure in Accelerating bio-transformation - Navigating
driving the bio-economy Technology Access, Technology
Co-Creation & Licensing to realize
the potential of Biomanufacturing in India
Moderator Moderator
Dr. Mahesh Bhalgat, Group CEO, Veeda Clinical Research
Mr. K V椀樀ayraghavan, Founder Director, Sathguru
Speakers Management Consultants

Dr. Murali Ramachandra, Chief Executive Officer, Aurigene Speakers

Oncology Ltd
Mr. Ajay Bhardwaj, CEO, Founder and Managing Director, Dr. Paresh Verma, CEO, Bioseed
Anthem Bioscience Dr. Shekhar Varshney, South Asia Regulatory & Stewardship
Dr Manni Kantipudi, CEO, Aragen Life Sciences Leader , Corteva Agrisciences
Dr Amritha Jaishankar, Executive Director Ms. Pushpa V椀樀ayraghavan, Director, Sathguru Management
(Cell and Gene Therapy Center), IQVIA Consultants
Dr. Joy Goswami Sr. Director of Corporate Engagements -
Dr Sudhir Nambiar, Head (CMC Small Molecules),
Syngene Intl Ltd WSE, Johns Hopkins University
 Dr. Rahul Purwar, Associate Professor, IIT Mumbai
Dr. Jogin Desai, Founder & CEO, Eyestem Research Private
Limited
Dr. Suresh Korpole, Head, MTCC, IMTECH
Dr. Guhan Jayaraman, Professor, IIT-Madras
Mr. Krishna Mohan Puvvada, Senior Vice President, Planetary
Health BioSolutions, Novozymes
Dr. Rajesh Krishnamurthy, CEO, Laurus Bio
Dr. Tulip Nuwal, Intas Pharmaceuticals

15:30 -17:30 hrs Startup Pitches (Ad’Venture’ Hall-Ground Floor)

16:00 -18:00 hrs

Roundtable session By Invite

Vision Hall Enhanced Biomanufacturing Through Global Regulatory

Convergence: A Unified Approach

16:30 – 16:45 hrs Tea-break

Science Connect: Stalwarts in Science

Keynotes

MEGA EXPO
Dr Archana Sharma, Senior Physicist and Scientist at CERN, Geneva
In conversation with Visnu Som, Executive Editor, NDTV
16:45 - 18:30 hrs
Sir Ian Blatchford, Director of the Science Museum Group
Catalyst Hall
In conversation with Jahnavi Phalkey, Founding Director, Science Gallery
Bengaluru

Dr Balram Singh, Chairman of the of the Boston Center of Excellence for

Health and Human Development,
in conversation with Sarthak Kaushik, Radio Broadcaster

17:00 -18:00 hrs Registered technology transfer professionals (RTTP)

Vision Hall Round table By Invite

18:30 – 19:30 hrs Cultural Evening

19:30 hrs onwards Networking Dinner
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Biosciences to Bioeconomy

Day 2: 13th September, 2024

TIME SESSIONS
Steering New Generation Therapeutics

Moderator
Dr. Ajith Kamath, External R&D head, Ex- Pfizer
10:00 – 11:30 hrs
Speakers/Panelists
Super Session 2 Dr. Gaurav Narula, Tata memorial Hospital, Mumbai
Dr. Shridhar Narayanan, CEO, Foundation for Neglected Disease Research
Synergy Hall Mr. Sanatan Upmanyu, Head of Data Sciences, Executive Director at InveniAI GmbH
Dr. Nitin Damle, EVP and chief Innovation Officer, Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd.
Dr. Murali Ramachandra, CEO of Aurigene Oncology, Aurigene Discovery Technologies Ltd.
Dr. Annam Visala, Joint DCGI, CDSCO
10:00 - 11:00 hrs
India IP SME Helpdesk - European Commission
Discovery Hall
State Roundtable By Invite SPARSH Partners Meet By Invite
10:00 - 11:30 hrs 10:00 -12:00 hrs

MEGA EXPO
(Vision Hall) (Ideation Hall)
11:00 – 13:00 hrs Startup Pitches (Ad’Venture’ Hall-Ground Floor)
TECHNICAL SESSION 3 TECHNICAL SESSION 4
11:30 -12:30 hrs 11:30 -12:30 hrs

Discovery Hall Catalyst Hall

Non-Animal Methodologies (NAMS) Catalyzing Digital Health Landscape in India
for drug development and biomedical research
Moderator Moderator
Prof. Maneesha S Inamdar, Director at DBT-inStem Dr. Anurag Agrawal, Dean, BioSciences and Health,
Ashoka University

Panelists Panelists
Dr. Annam Visala, Joint DCGI, CDSCO Dr. Karthik Adapa, Regional Advisor, Digital Health, World
Health Organization, South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO)
Dr. Surat Parvatam, Senior Strategist, Research and
Regulatory Science, Humane Society International/India Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta, President, Global Digital
Dr. Jagadish Mittur , IBioM, Bengaluru Health Corporation.
 Dr. Subrahmanyam Vangala, Founder & CEO Reagene Mr Neeraj Jain, India Country Director, PATH
Biosciences
Dr. Anand Krishnamurthy , Technical Head, BIOVIA, Dassult
Dr. Jugnu Jain, Founder CEO of Sapien Biosciences Systemes
Prof. Tim R. Dafforn , Professor of Biotechnology,
University of Birmingham Mr Madhav Joshi, Chief Executive Officer, India Health Fund
Dr. Suresh Pothani, Retd. Director I/c & Scientist “G”, Mr Kolli Sarath, Chief Executive Officer, Boltzmann Labs.
ICMR-National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Private Limited
Research

Roundtable on International Bioeconomy: U.S.- Indian Bioeconomy Efforts

Ideation Hall
12:00 – 13:30 hrs
Global Panel with representation from embassies, science councils,
Roundtables international clusters etc.
By Invite
Vision Hall
13:00 – 14:00 hrs Networking at Lunch

Enhancing Food Security Through Agrifoodtech Innovations- Opportunities

and Challenges

Moderator

MEGA EXPO
14:00 -15:30 hrs Mr. Mark Kahn, Managing Partner, Omnivore
Super Session 3 Panelists
Mr Raj Ganguly, Senior Agribusiness Specialist at the World Bank Group in New Delhi, India.
Synergy Hall
Mr. Suman S, Director-Climate action and Rural Livelihoods, Dr. Reddy's Foundation. India
Mr. Ravi Tennety: CEO of The BeST (Foundation for Bengaluru Science and Technology
Indian Institute of Science, India
Mr Karavadi Srinivasakumar: President of BioAg Business, Absolute, India
Dr. Murli Manohar: Founder, Ascribe Bioscience, USA
Dr. Neha Awasthi: Project Leader & Domain Expert Biosensors, Institute for Molecules
and Materials & One Planet Research Centre, Netherlands

TECHNICAL SESSION 5 PANEL DISCUSSION

14:00 -15:30 hrs 14:00 -15:30 hrs

Ideation Hall Catalyst Hall

The NIH/NIAID vaccine adjuvant program: Building Regulatory Capabilities for Bio Startups
New insights, access to novel adjuvants in India
and opportunities for collaborations (Powered by : U.S. Pharmacopeia

Moderators Moderator
Dr. Wolfgang Leitner, Chief, Innate Immunity Section Dr. Annu Uppal, Director Scientific Affairs & Strategy, USP
Dr. Jyoti Malik Logani, Scientist F, Department of
Biotechnology.
Dr. Kentner Singleton, Program Officer, Division of
Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation (DAIT), NIAID,
NIH, USA.
 Panelists Panelists
Dr. Lisa Morici, Professor, Tulane University School Dr. Fouad Atouf, SVP, Global Biologics,USP
of Medicine, USA.
Dr. Robert K. Ernst, Professor, University of Maryland – Sonia Gandhi, DGM & Head (Regulatory Affairs & Policy
Advocacy), BIRAC
Baltimore, USA
Dr. Shirish Arya, Co- Founder, ImmunoAct
Dr. Chase Kempinski, CEO, Enepret Inc., USA.
Dr. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay, Chairman & CEO IKP
Dr. Nikolai Petrovsky, Chairman and Research Director, Knwoledge Park
Vaxine Pty Ltd.., Adelaide, Australia.
Dr. Anil Kondareddy, COO Aspire-BIONEST, University of
Dr. Juhienah Khalaf, Director of Chemistry, Inimmune Hyderabad
Corporation, USA.
Dr. Tomoko Hayashi, Project Scientist, University of Speakers
California San Diego, USA.

Dr. Prabhudda Kundu, Co-Founder and MD, Premas Matruprasad Priyadarshi, Senior Director-Region &
Technologies Inc. Program Operations, USP

Dipankar Das, Director-Biologics, USP

Dr. Kapil Maithal, President, Vaccines, Zydus Group.
Hina Ansari, Senior Product Manager, Global Biologics, USP
Dr. Swarnendu Kaviraj, Associate Director, R&D,
Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd.
Coordinator

MEGA EXPO
Dr. Amulya Panda, Associate Director, Panacea Biotec.
Koustavayan Chowdhury, Manager, International Public
Dr Jayanta Bhattacharya, Professor and Dean, Policy, Advocacy, & Engagement, USP
Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI).
Dr. Anuradha Tripathi, Scientist F, National Institute of
Virology (NIV).
Dr. Hariprasad Raju, General manager, Zydus life
Dr. Nimesh Gupta, Chief, Vaccine Immunology Lab,
National Institute of Immunology (NII).
Dr. Deepak Salunke, Assistant Professor, Panjab
university

14:00 -15:30 hrs

Vision Hall India-UK Biomanufacturing Roundtable By Invite

14:00 -15:30 hrs Masterclass for Incubators

Discovery Hall (powered by ISBA)
 TECHNICAL SESSION 6
15:30 - 16:30 hrs

Discovery Hall
Evolving landscape of the food Industry: Smart proteins and Functional Foods

Moderatos
Dr. J. B. Prajapati, Chairman, IDA (WZ), Mumbai, Ex. Chairperson, Verghese Kurien Centre of Excellence,
IRMA, Anand, Ex Principal & Dean, AAU, Anand, Gujarat

Panelists
Dr. Bhaskar Narayan, Director, CSIR-IITR, Lucknow.
Mr. Anurag Chadha –Director Food & Beverage Biosolutions, South Asia, Novonesis, Mumbai
Dr. Prabodh Halde, Regulatory Head Marico, Chairman MH AIFPA, SEA EC member, Ex-president AFST India
Mr. Subramani Ramachandrappa, Founder, Fermbox Bio, Bangalore
Mr. Bharath Bhakaraju, Founder & CEO, Phyx44 Labs
Dr. Padma Ishwarya, Science & Technology Specialist, GFI-India

India’s potential as a Global Hub for MedTech

Manufacturing and Innovation

MEGA EXPO
(Powered by AMTZ)

Keynote
Dr. Jitendra Sharma, MD & Founder CEO, AMTZ
15:30 – 16:30 hrs
Moderatos
Catalyst Hall Dr. Ekta, CEO-Define Bio (P) Ltd. AMTZ
Speakers/Panelists
Mr. Jatin Mahajan, Managing Director, J Mitra & Co (P) Ltd.
Dr. Suresh Thakur, President – Scientific Affairs – Trivitron Healthcare (P) Ltd.
Ms. Chandra Gunjoo, Executive Director & Group CEO, Trivitron Healthcare (P) Ltd.
Mr. Niraj Khinvasara- CEO-WTC, Pune

15:30 -16:30 hrs Startup Pitches (Ad’Venture’ Hall-Ground Floor)

15:30 – 16:30 hrs Refreshment break

Opportunities and Challenges - Clinical Trial Networks of India

Co-Moderatos
Dr. Sanish Davis, R&D Director, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Dr. Aparna Mukherjee, Scientist-F & In-Charge, Clinical Studies, Trial & Projection Unit, Division of
16:30 – 17:30 hrs Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, ICMR
Vision Hall Panelists
Mr. R. Chandrashekar, Joint Drugs Controller DCGI,
Dr Prasanth Ganesan, Additional Professor & Head, Medical Oncology – JIPMER
Dr Anil K, Head of Medical Affairs, National Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Research and
Pharmacovigilance, Biocon Pharma Limited
 Dr. Pramod Kashid – CEO Expecto Health Science Singapore Distinguished professional in clinical research
Dr. Seema Pai, Senior Director and Head, Global Clinical Operations, Pfizer
Dr. Sujay Shetty - PwC Global Health Industries Advisory Leader, India Health Industries Leader, PwC
Dr. Rakesh Lodha Professor paediatrics AIIMS New Delhi
Dr. Gopal Pillai Professor and Head of Ophthalmology and Chief of Vitreo Retinal Services Amrita Institute
of Medical Sciences,Kochi
Dr. Anil Purty, Professor & Registrar of Community Medicine, Pondicherry institute of Medical Sciences
Dr. Manju Sengar, Professor, Adult haematolymphoid disease management group, Medical Oncology,
Tata Memorial Centre
Dr. Smita Pattnaik Professor Clinical Pharmacology PGIMER Chandigarh
Dr. Sucheta Banarjee Principal Scientist II CDSA-THSTI Head training clinical trials

MEGA EXPO
Science Connect with Society
16:30 - 18:00 hrs Vincent Doumeizel, Senior Advisor, Oceans, UN Global Compact, (author of The Seaweed
Manifesto)
Discovery Hall Diya Karnad, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Ashoka University
In conversation with
Nayantara Jain, Executive Director, Reefwatch India, Scuba Instructor, Marine Biologist

Roundtable MASTERFORUM
16:30 -18:00 hrs 16:30 -18:00 hrs

Ideation Hall (Ad’Venture’ Hall-Ground Floor)

India-UK-South Africa Mentoring & Assitance for
Biomanufacturing Roundtable Successful Translational &
Entrepreneurial Research Series I
By Invite

18:00 -18:30 hrs Networking Tea

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Biosciences to Bioeconomy

Day 3: 14th September, 2024

TIME SESSIONS
Green initiatives for sustainable growth

Moderator
Dr. Anjan Ray, Venture Capitalist and Former Director, CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum

10:00 – 11:30 hrs Panelists

Mr. M. Devesh, Managing Director, Embio Ltd., India
Super Session 4
Dr. SSV Ramakumar, CTO and Executive Vice President, AM Green, India
Synergy Hall Dr. Anand Ghosalkar, Chief Scientist, Praj Industries, India
Dr. Sreenivas Rao Ravella, Fermentation Scientist, Epoch Biodesign, UK
Dr. Arun Kumar, Founder, Feynman Energy, India
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Chandrayan, DGM, Reliance Industries, India

MEGA EXPO
Roundtable
10:30 - 12:00 hrs

Vision Hall
Investor Roundtable
(powered by IVCA)
By Invite

TECHNICAL SESSION 7 TECHNICAL SESSION 8

11:00 -12:00 hrs 11:00 -12:00 hrs

Discovery Hall Catalyst Hall

Tapping the Blue Economy Bold Targets and Breakthroughs
for Climate Resilience
Opening Remarks
Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar, Chairman, BCKIC, Odisha Moderator
Keynote Prof. Anjal Prakash, Clinical Associate Professor
(Research) & Research Director, Bharti Institute
Shri Krushna Chandra Patra, The Hon'ble Minister, of Public Policy, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Science & Technology,
Government of Odisha, India
 Moderator Panellists
Dr. Shrikumar Suryanarayan, Dr. Nisha Mendiratta, Executive Director,
Chairman and co-founder, Sea6 Energy Pvt. Ltd. Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF)

Panellists Prof. N Raghuram, Professor, Founder and Head,

Centre for Sustainable Nitrogen and Nutrient Management,
Dr. Santanu Dasgupta, Senior Vice President, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi
Head of Synthetic Biology, and Algae
to Oil R&D, Reliance Industries Ltd Dr. Purvi Patel, Sr Consultant, National Programme
on Climate Change & Human Health (NPCCHH),
Dr. C.R. Subhashini, Director, Aristogene Biosciences Centre for Environment & Occupational Health and Climate
Ms. Neha Jain, MD, Zerocircle Change & Health (CEOH-CCH), NCDC, New Delhi

Mr. Nelson Vadassery, CEO, Sea6 Energy Dr. Parag Acharya, Senior Fellow in Food Innovation,
Mr. Arpan Bhalerao, Chief Growth Officer, Aquaconnect Innovation Growth Manager, Growing Kent & Medway

MEGA EXPO MEGA EXPO

Cluster, Food and Markets Department, Natural Resources
Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich Medway Campus, U.K.

Dr Ananya Chakraborty, Senior Research Specialist,

Climate Resilience Practice, World Resources Institute
(WRI), India

MASTERFORUM
11:00 - 12:00 hrs

(Ad’Venture’ Hall-Ground Floor)

Mentoring & Assitance for
Successful Translational &
Entrepreneurial Research Series II
(powered by TiE)

12:00 -13:00 hrs

Meet the Unicorn
Mr. Prashant Tandon CEO, TATA 1mg
Synergy Hall In conversation with Mr. Mohit Joshi, CEO, Havas Media (Moderator)
(Powered by TiE Delhi NCR)

Valedictory Session
13:00 - 14:00 hrs Product Launches
Innovator Awards
Synergy Hall Startup Awards
Incubator Awards

14:00 hrs onwards Lunch and Departure