Global Bio-India 2023 | Biosciences to Bioeconomy | Department of Biotechnology Event

Global Bio-India 2023 4-6 December,2023 Biosciences to Bioeconomy Transforming Lives

DAY 1 Monday, 4 December 2023
Auditorium, Level 2 10:00 am - 10:15 am Introduction: GBI video
10:15 am - 11:15 am Biotech Ecosystem – views from Key Opinion Leaders Sh. Ashok Chandra Panda, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister S&T Department, Govt of Odisha Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor, Govt of India Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Member, Niti Ayog (TBC) Dr. Rajiv Bahl, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research Sh. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), (TBC) Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Former Chief Scientist, WHO Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, CMD, Biocon group & Chairperson, ABLE Ms. Nivruti Rai, Managing Director & CEO, Invest India Moderator: Dr. Rajesh S Gokhale, Secretary, Dept. of Biotechnology and Dept. of Science & Technology, Government of India Dr. Jitendra Kumar, Managing Director, BIRAC Mr. G S Krishnan, President, ABLE * Ministers from States * Secretary from any other departments
Exhibition – Biotech Showcase (Exhibition HALL NO. 14) Business hours: 11:30 – 3:30 pm Public hours: 3:30 – 6:00 pm B2B meetings: 10:00 – 6:00 pm (Bio-Partnering Zone)
MAJOR SESSIONS (Bharat Mandapam)	MAJOR SESSIONS (Bharat Mandapam)	Startup Pavilion
11:15 – 12:15 pm (Auditorium 1, Level 2) SUPER SESSION 1 Biomanufacturing: Biosciences to Bio-Economy for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ A Conversation with the Policy Leaders & Industry Representatives Moderator: Dr. PM Murali, President, ABLE Council of Presidents and CMD-Jananom Pvt. Ltd. Panelists: Mr. Ram Rangarajan, Vice President, SGTC – R&D, Stryker Dr. Chhitiz Kumar, Vice President, Health Systems, Phillips Dr. Shailesh Ayyangar, Senior Advisor – Goldman Sachs Life Sciences Dr GSK Velu, Chairman & Managing Director, Trivitron Healthcare Group of Companies Dr. Sanjay Singh, CEO, Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Limited Dr. Anand Ghosalkar, Chief Scientist, Praj Industries Limited Ms. Sneha Singh, MD, The Good Food Institute Dr Rajiv Gandhi, CMD, Hester biosciences	11:30 – 1:00 pm (Meeting Room 16, Level 1) High level Roundtable Discussion on Biomanufacturing High Commission Country Ambassadors, Science Attaches, Country representatives, Govt Ministry (By Invite only - Closed door) Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale, Secretary DBT and Chairman, BIRAC (Chair) Danish Ambassador Embassy of Malaysia Embassy of Italy (Agri attache) Swedish Ambassador (TBC) German Ambassador (TBC) Japanese Ambassador (TBC) British Deputy High Commissioner (TBC) Australian High Commissioner (TBC) CEO, Invest India Secretary, DPIIT State representatives 12:15 – 01:00 pm (Meeting Room 15, Level 1) SUPER SESSION 2: Preparing for the next Pandemic Accelerate Biotech Innovations and deliver biotech products for sustainable future Moderator: Dr Harish Iyer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Keynote: Dr V. K. Paul, Member, Niti Aayog Speakers: Dr. Umesh Shaligram, Executive Director, Serum Institute of India Mr. Harshet Jain, Manager Business Development Panacea Biotech Dr. Ankur Muthreja, Head of Strategic Alliances, CEPI Mr. Rajinder Suri, CEO-DCVMN International Dr Monalisa Chatterjee, Director, Sekkei Bio Limited	11:00– 12:00 pm SPARSH felicitation 12:00 noon to 1:15 pm (Startup Pavilion) JanCARE Healthcare Technologies for Low resource settings Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, CEO, NASSCOM, Centre of Excellence for IoT & AI Ms. Nidhi Bhasin, CEO, NASSCOM Foundation Dr. Shirshendu Mukherjee, Mission Director, GCI Dr. Manish Diwan, Head-SPED, BIRAC
1:00 – 2:00 pm(Exhibition Hall 14) Networking at Lunch
2:00 - 2:45 PM Inauguration of Exposition & Inaugural session Dignitaries: Hon’ble Prime Minister (TBC) Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Science & Technology, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Government of India Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Textiles, and Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha (TBC) Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale, Secretary, DBT and Chairperson, BIRAC Announcement of “Launch of Biomanufacturing Initiative” Launch of the Bio-economy report Launch of NBM Impact Book DRIVEN Network Monograph JanCARE report MoU Announcement DBT Coffee Book
MAJOR SESSIONS (Bharat Mandapam)	SPECIAL SESSIONS (Bharat Mandapam)	Startup Pavilion
3:00 – 3:45 pm (Meeting Room 15, Level 1) SUPER SESSION 2a Cell and Gene Therapy Moderator: Dr. Alok Srivastava, CMC Vellore Mr. Arun Chandru, Co-founder, Pandorum Technologies Pvt. Ltd Mr. Satyen Sanghvi, Chief Scientific officer and Executive Director, Regrow Biosciences Pvt. Ltd. Dr. Shirish Arya, Co-founder, ImmunoACT Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. Dr. Anil Kamat, Head- Clinical Development Immuneel Therapeutics Dr. Albeena Nisar, Scientific officer D, ACTREC 3:45 - 4:30 pm (Meeting Room 15, Level 1) Supersession 2b How Artificial Intelligence and Big Data will drive future biotech innovations Moderator: Dr. Prathyusa Pitta, VP, EY-Parthenon, Pharma and Life Sciences Speakers: Dr.Felciano, Founder, Qiagen Digital Insights (QDI) AI and Data Sciences business unit Dr. Bharat Sarvepalli, Head of Clinical Trials at Karkinos Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. Prof.Johan Frosergard, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm Dr.Kousik Rajendran, Principal Solutions Architect for Startups specializing in Healthcare and Life Sciences at AWS Startups: Haystack Analytics Qure.ai Niramai (2 minute video/ Startup to be played)	3:30 - 5:00 pm (Meeting Room 16, Level 1) CEO Roundtable: Plans for India, Asks from India CEOs of MNC biotech companies (by Invite only) 5:00 – 6:15 pm (Meeting Room 16, Level 1) States promoting Biotech Policies & investments Moderator: Ms. Akriti Bajaj, Senior - AVP, Invest India State Representatives: Mrs Mona Khandhar, Principal Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Gujarat Mrs Chithra Arumugam, Principal Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Orissa Dr Dinesh Kumar Sundaravelu, Associate Vice Principal, Tamil Nadu StartUp and Innovation Mission, TN Dr. Ajit Dua, Chief Executive Officer, Punjab Biotechnology Incubator, Punjab Dr Nagaraj, Department of Electronics Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Karnataka Dr. Ramaswami, Chief Executive Officer, Maharashtra State Innovation Society, Maharashtra (TBC) 3:30 PM - 5:45 PM (Meeting Room 12, Level 1) WInER Final Jury/ Pitching (Powered by TiE) Ms. Aditi Kumar, Assistant Vice President - Indian Angel Network Mr. Ajay Mahipal, Managing Director - HealthQuad (TBC) Mr. Srikant Sastri, Chairman - i3g Advisory Network Dr. Anand Govindaluri, Founder & Chief Executive Officer - Govin Capital	3:00 – 5:00 pm Startup Pitches
4:30 – 6:00 pm (Bharat Mandapam, Auditorium 1, Level 2) Public Session: Science Connect with Society Life Sciences & Health Session 1- 4:30 – 5:15 pm
Presented by Indegene Medicine’s next frontier: Detect, decode, decipher Speakers: Mr. Ashish Tripathi, Founder CEO of Tzar Labs and Epigenres Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Former Chief Scientist, WHO Dr. Ravi Jasuja, Harvard Medical School In Conversation with Dr Ambarish Satwik, Vascular surgeon, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital & Writer 5:20 - 5:30 pm - Stories of Young Changemakers – CortX- Your Health, Our Priority (Aarav Wadhwani, Ritwic Verma, Varun Sahni, Aarush Agarwal, and Shreedhar Raj) & Sainish Tapuriah's Pollution Alert App- Empowering Youth, Inspiring Action! Session 2- 5:30 – 6:15 pm Presented by Indegene Tech for Treatment: AI in Life Sciences & Biotech Speakers: Mr. Ram Yeleswarapu, SVP, Enterprise Clinical Solutions, Indegene Dr. Arun Kumar, Academic & Former chair of international conferences on Translational Nanomedicine & research collaborator, Johns Hopkins University In conversation with Mr. Jaspreet Bindra, Writer, AI Expert, Motivational speaker & Founder, The Tech Whisperer Powered by BE INSPIRED
6:30 – 7:30 pm (Bharat Mandapam, Amphitheatre) Cultural Evening India’s Music and Dance performance
7:30 pm onwards (Exhibition Hall 14 -First floor) Networking Dinner

DAY 2 Tuesday, 5 December 2023
Exhibition – Biotech Showcase (Exhibition HALL NO. 14) Business hours: 10:00 – 4:00 pm Public hours: 4:00 – 6:00 pm B2B meetings: 10:00 – 6:00 pm (Bio-Partnering Zone)
MAJOR SESSIONS (Bharat Mandapam)	SPECIAL SESSIONS (Bharat Mandapam)	Startup Pavilion
10:30 – 1:00 pm (Meeting Room 15, Level 1) SUPER SESSION 3 Food and energy through biological manufacturing Moderator: Mr. GS Krishnan, President ABLE 10:30 – 10:45 am Keynote Address: Dr. V. Prakash, Former Director of CFTRI Mysore and Distinguished Scientist of India 10:45 – 11:45 am (Meeting Room 15, Level 1) SUPER SESSION 3a Harnessing the unlimited opportunities of Smart Proteins in India Dr. Shannon Olsson, Founder and Global Director, Echo Network-Denmark Mr. Subramani Ramachandrappa, Founder, Fermbox Bio Ms. Chandana Tekkatte, Science & Technology Specialist, The Good Food Institute India Dr. Arjun Goyal, Business Development Manager, Wageningen Food and Biobased Research-Netherlands Mr. Abhishek Sinha, CEO, GoodDot Enterprises Pvt. Ltd Dr. Prabodh Halder, Chairman, Chamber for Advancement of small and medium Businesses. 11:45 – 11: 55 am Startup show case (2 videos – 2 min each) 11:55 - 12:50 pm (Meeting Room 15, Level 1) SUPER SESSION 3b Powering the Future: Bio-Based Energy Solutions Moderator: Dr. Shams Yazdani, ICGEB Panelists: Dr. Preeti Jain, Global Director, LanzaTech Shri S. Bharathan, Director-Refineries, HPCL Dr. Bhaskar Bhadra, Senior General Manager, R & D, Synthetic Biology Group, Reliance Industries Ltd Dr Anand Ghosalkar, Chief Scientist, Praj Matrix- R&D Center (a division of Praj Industries Ltd) Mr. Rajagopal, Sr. BDM&RMM, BioEnergy & Distilling, APMEA, Novozymes Mr. Edwin Hamoen, Netherlands 12:50 – 1:00 pm Startup show case- bioenergy (3 videos – 2 min each) 11:30 am - 1:00 pm (Meeting Room 14, Level 1) Accelerating Biomanufacturing: Fostering enabling ecosystem with conducive regulatory frameworks Moderator: Dr Vijayaraghavan Kannan, Sathguru Management Consultants Panellists: Dr. Sarfaraz K. Niazi, Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois. USA Dr. H. Bhuvanendra Kumar, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Novozymes Dr. Ravi P. Gupta, IOCL R&D Centre Dr. Venu Polineni, Telluris Biotech Dr. Bharat Char, Chief Science Officer, Mahyco Powered by Sathguru Management Consultants	11:00 am – 12:30 pm (Meeting Room 12, Level 1) Investors Roundtable Closed door Chair: Secretary, DPIIT (TBC) Powered by IVCA 10:30 am – 1: 00 pm (Meeting Room 13, Level 1) Niche Area meeting: AI in Drug Discovery	10:30 am-11:30 am (Startup Pavilion) “India - Germany Startup connect” Moderator: Dr. Katja Lasch, German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New Delhi Dr. Christopher Dormeier, Entrepreneurship Hub, Technical University of Braunschweig Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar, KIIT TBI Dr. Chhaya Chauhan, BIRAC Dr. Ashwita Karkera, CCAMP Dr. Tanay Bhatt, KoshKey 11:30 – 12:30 pm (Startup Pavillion) Advancing biologics product development – From PoC to pilot 11:30 – 11:40 am Setting the context: Dr. Subhra Chakrabarti, Director Operations, BIRAC 11:40 – 11:50 am Keynote: Dr. Alex Cole, Director, Market Strategy, CPI, UK 11:50 am – 12:30 pm Panel Discussion: Moderator: Dr V. Premnath, Director, Venture Centre, NCL Innovation Park, Pune, Maharashtra Dr. Anit Singh, Founder and CEO, Clinical Research Network India, Noida Dr. Alex Cole, Director, Market Strategy, CPI, UK Dr.Sunit Maity, General Manager, Syngene International Limited, Bengaluru Dr. Ravi Krovidi, CEO, Ingenuity Biosciences, Ahmedabad
1:00 – 2:00 pm (Exhibition Hall no 14 – 1st floor) Networking Lunch
Recognizing Healthtech Innovations for Low Resource Settings 1:45 – 3:00 PM (Bharat Mandapam, Auditorium 1, Level 2) Dignitaries: Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Science & Technology, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Government of India Other dignitaries Dr. Jitendra Kumar, MD BIRAC Ms. Debajani Ghosh, President NASSCOM Stryker Representative GLOBAL BIO-INDIA 2023 PRODUCT LAUNCH JanCARE Heathtech Startup products for low resource setting (9 nos) Release of report
Exhibition – Biotech Showcase (Exhibition HALL NO. 14) Business hours: 10:00 – 4:00 pm Public hours: 4:00 – 6:00 pm B2B meetings: 10:00 – 6:00 pm (Bio-Partnering Zone)
MAJOR SESSIONS (Bharat Mandapam)	SPECIAL SESSIONS (Bharat Mandapam)	Startup Pavilion
2:00 – 3:00 pm (Meeting Room 15, Level 1) SUPER SESSION 4 Harnessing the power of Genomics for personalized medicine Moderator: Dr. Vamsi Veeramachaneni, Chief Scientific Officer, Strand Life Sciences Panelists: Dr. Naveen Ramalingam, Senior Director, Standard BioTools Inc., USA Dr. Ratnakar Palakodeti, VP Offerings & Solutions, Persistent Systems Dr. VL Ramprasad, CEO, MedGenome Dr. Gaurav Ahuja, Associate Professor in Department of Computational Biology, IIIT, Delhi Dr. Anurag Agarwal, Dean, BioSciences and Health Research, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University Dr. Anirvan Chatterjee, CEO, Haystack Analytics Pvt. Ltd. 3:00 – 4:15 pm (Meeting Room 15, Level 1) SUPER SESSION 5 Emerging Agri-technologies for a Sustainable Future Moderator: Dr. KK Narayanan, Founder, Managing Director, Sthayika Seeds, Bangalore 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Keynote: Prof. Avraham A. Levy, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences. The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel 3:15 – 4:15 pm Speakers: Dr. Usha Barwale, Executive Director, Grow Indigo Private Limited, Director Mahyco (Jalna) Mr. Rajvir Singh Rathi, Head, Agricultural Policy and Stakeholder Affairs, Bayer Crop Science, Bayer (New Delhi) Dr. Markandeya Gorantla, Executive Chairman & Managing Director, ATGC Biotech Pvt. Ltd (Hyderabad) Mr Agam Khare, CEO & Founder, Absolute Gurugram Dr Vimala Prakash, Head, Technology and Innovation center, IPL Biologicals Limited	2:15 – 5:30 pm (Meeting Room 12) Niche Area meeting Lignin Valorization 3:30 – 5:00 pm (Meeting Room 13, Level 1) Roundtable for Biopharma: Next decade Moderator: Mr. Vijay K. Vijaraghavan, Chairman & CEO, Sathguru Management Consultants Theme 1: Biopharma Trends in the Next Decade Biopharma trends in the Next decade Moderator: Vijay K Vijayaraghavan, Sathguru Inc Panelists: CDSCO Representative (TBC) Joint Secretary, Department of Pharma (TBC) Dr Anu Nagar, Department of Health Research (TBC) Dr N K Arora, INCLEN Trust Dr Srinath Reddy, PHFI (TBC) J. B Gupta, Aragon Biosciences Venkat Palle, SPARC - Sun Pharma Advance Research Center Sanjay Singh, Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Amitava Ray, Exsegen Sadhna Joglekar, Novartis Raj Shirumalla, National Biopharma Mission Theme 2: Investing in Biopharma-Opportunities and challenges in the Next decade Moderator: Dr Pushpa Vijayaraghavan, Sathguru Inc Harish Iyer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Suresh Kuhni Mohammed, World Bank Andres F Garcia, World Bank (TBC) Anand Govindaluri, Govin Holdings Pte Ltd Singapore Dhananjay Patankar, Ex-Syngene (TBC) Jogin Desai, Eyestem Vijay K Vijayaraghavan, Sathguru Inc Raj K Shirumalla, Director, National Biopharma Mission 2:15 – 4:15 pm (Meeting Room 14, Level 1) National & Global Regulatory Trends Shaping the Future of Biotech and MedTech Innovation (Engagement with national and International regulators) Chair: Dr. Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, Drugs Controller General of India, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) (TBC) Keynote: Dr. Sarah McMullen, Country Director, United States Food and Drug Administration (US-FDA) India Office (INO) (TBC) Speakers: Ms. Pallavi Trivedi, Global Regulatory Affairs, RAPS EU COUNCIL Dr. Manisha Shridhar, Regional Advisor, WHO-SEARO, India Dr. Daniela Lifschitz Tabak, Zalika farmaceutica, Brazil	3:00 – 5:00 pm Startup Pitches (Startup Pavilion) 5:15 – 6:30 pm FIRST Hub-Facilitation for innovators & entrepreneurs (Interactive session with government bodies) Regulators: Dr. Rubina Bose, Deputy Drugs Controller, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation Dr. Kalaivani Ganesan, Scientist F, Department of Biotechnology Dr. Jerin Jose Cherian, Scientist E (Med), Indian Council of Medical Research Dr. Gauri Mishra, Senior Scientist, National Institute of Biologics Dr. Manju Sharma, Additional CEO, Government e Marketplace Dr. K. Suseela Branham, CEO, Bio Valley Incubation Council Dr. Nagavarshini M, Scientist, Bureau of Indian Standards
4:30 – 5:15 pm (Bharat Mandapam, Auditorium 1, Level 2) Women Biotech WInER Fellowship Awards & Women Founding Product Launch • Women Biotech WInER Fellowship Awards (3 nos) • Announcement of 5th edition of BIRAC-TiE WInER Fellowship awards • Product launch (5 nos) Dignitaries: • Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Science & Technology, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Government of India • Dr. Alka Sharma, Senior Advisor, DBT • Ms. Geetika Dayal, Executive Director, TiE Delhi NCR • Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale, Secretary, DBT and Chairperson, BIRAC • Other dignitaries
5:15 – 6:55 pm (Bharat Mandapam, Auditorium 1, Level 2) Public Session: Science Connect with Society Session 1: 5:15-5:20 pm Stories of Young Changemakers - Arjun Sharma’s Fast Radio Bursts: Unlocking Cosmic Whispers Session 2: 5:25 pm - 6:05 pm Space Exploration: India’s Interstellar - Chandrayaan, Aditya, Gaganyaan Speakers: Dr. Sankarasubramanian, Principal Scientist, Aditya L1, ISRO Dr. Veeramuthuvel, PD, Chandrayaan-3, ISRO Dr. Imtiaz Ali Khan, Director, DHSP, ISRO In conversation with Sh. Vishnu Som, Executive Editor, NDTV Session 3: 6:10 – 6:45 pm Space Exploration: India’s Interstellar - Chandrayaan, Aditya, Gaganyaan Speakers: • Prof Toby Walsh, Chief Scientist at UNSW AI Institute, Laureate Fellow & Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence, School Of CSE, UNSW Sydney In Conversation with Sh. Jaspreet Bindra, Writer, AI Expert, Motivational Speaker and Founder, The Tech Whisperer Session: 6:50 pm - 6.55 pm Stories of Young Changemakers - Zephyrus - A Breath of Fresh Innovative Air! (V Sahil Seshadri, Lakshya Goswami, Uday Singh, Sourish Grover, Armaan Sharma) 6:55 pm - 7:00 pm The Story of Manthan - Empowering India’s Innovators - by Soumanil Mukherjee, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India
6:30 pm onwards (Exhibition Hall no 14 – 1st floor) India’s street food cuisine

DAY 3 Wednesday, 6 December 2023
MAJOR SESSIONS (CBharat Mandapam)	SPECIAL SESSIONS (Bharat Mandapam)	Exhibition – Biotech Showcase (HALL NO.14)
10:00 – 11:15 am (Auditorium 1, Level 2) SUPER SESSION 6: Raising Funds Keynote: Mr. Saurabh Srivastava, Chairman, Indian Angel Network Moderator: Dr. Shreefal Mehta, Executive Chair and Board Director, Pulmokine Inc. 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM Entrepreneurs & Investor’s View from India and Abroad Dr. Rajeev Dadoo, Managing Partner, SR One Capital Management, USA Mr. Sandeep Sinha, Founder and CEO, Arficus Pvt. Ltd, India Mr. Sunil Shah, CEO, o2h Ventures; Cambridge, UK Mr. Nitin Deshmukh, Senior Advisor, Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd, India Mr. Mohan Uttarwar, CEO, OneCell diagnostics India P. Ltd Mr. Mohan Uttarwar, CEO, OneCell diagnostics India P. Ltd BIRAC coordinator: Dr. Prachi Kaushik ABLE Coordinator:	10:30 – 11:30 am (Meeting Room 12, Level 1) Global Panel on Countries and Clusters Collaborating for cross-border tech transfer and deployment to solve global challenges (Powered by Global Business Inroads) Participating Speakers, Countries, Clusters: Mr. Marcio Canedo, Coordinator, International Relations, Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology & Coordinator, Enterprise Europe Network Brazil Consortium Ms. Amali Ranasinghe, Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Sri Lanka Institute of Biotechnology Dr. Michael Bucki, EU Delegation to India (TBC) Ms. Sukanya Dutta, Investment Advisor, Embassy of Belgium Dr. Abhinav Patkak, Swiss Business Hub /Embassy of Switzerland Mr. Derek Sear, Engagement and Partnerships Manager – WMHTIA, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK Mr. Daniel Zamora, Program Director for Health Innovation Manchester's Health Innovation Accelerator, UK Ms. Leena Pishe Thomas, Director, Global Business Inroads Mr. Harsha Lingam, Enterprise Europe Network BIRAC Coordinator: Ms. Harshita 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Meeting Room 14, Level 1) Strategic Blueprint for Catalyzing Investments in Biotech Industry (By Invite only) Moderator: const {propertyName} = r. Anand Govindaluri;, Govin Capital, Singapore Session Partners: FICCI, ABLE & USISPF	Business hours: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Public hours: 12:00 – 1:00 PM B2B meetings: 10:00 AM – 1:00 pm (Bio-Partnering Zone) 11:30 – 1:30 pm (Startup Pavilion) Startup Pitches
11:15 am to 12:00 pm (Bharat Mandapam, Auditorium 1, Level 2) Super session 7: Masterclass for Startups- Art of Pitching Speaker: Mr. Ankur Warikoo - Founder, WebVeda, Content creator, WariCrew; Speaker, Author Powered by TiE-Delhi NCR
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm (Bharat Mandapam, Auditorium 1, Level 2) Public Session: Science Connect with Society Session: Climate Action & Environment: Seaweed to Safety: Saving our Collective Futures Speakers: • Mr. Vincent Doumeizel, Senior Adviser at United Nations Global Compact on Oceans & Director for the Food Programme, Lloyd’s Register Foundation, author & TEDX speaker In conversation with Sh. Vikram Chandra, former CEO, NDTV & Founder, Editor R&D and Future of Biotechnology in India: Dr. Penna Krishna Prashanthi, Senior Consultant Physician, Harshitha Hospital & Best’s Diabetic Care Centre, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh & Non-Official Independent Director, Board of Biotechnology Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India Powered by BE INSPIRED
12:45 – 1:30 pm (Bharat Mandapam, Auditorium 1, Level 2) VALEDICTORY SESSION DIGNITARIES: • Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Science & Technology, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Government of India • Other dignitaries GLOBAL BIO-INDIA 2023 AWARD CEREMONY IN THE GRACIOUS PRESENCE OF HON’BLE MINISTER • BIRAC's Innovators Awards • Exhibitor awards for Incubation Centre • Exhibitor awards for Startup • SPARSH Awards • Product launch (14 nos) • Call launch Special Announcements; Recognizing the Partners
1:30 pm onwards (Exhibition Hall no. 14 – 1st floor) Networking Lunch and Departure

BIO-PARTNERING MEETINGS (powered by INOVA platform):

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B2B meetings at assigned rooms in the partnering zone (Exhibition Hall no 14, 1st floor):

4 Dec, 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM

5 Dec, 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM

6 Dec, 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM

EXHIBITION:

Exhibition Hall No. 14 Ground Floor

4 Dec, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

5 Dec, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

6 Dec, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Business hours:

4 Dec, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM

5 Dec, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM

6 Dec, 10:00 AM – 12:00 noon

Public Hours

4 Dec, 3:30 AM – 6:00 PM

5 Dec, 3:30 AM – 6:00 PM

6 Dec, 12:00 noon – 1:00 PM

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