4th October 2024

9.00 AM – 9.40 AM

Registration, stall arrangements, poster display

9.40 AM – 9.45 AM

Welcome Address - Dr. Debasis Dash, Director, Institute of Life Sciences

9.45 AM – 9.55 AM

Special Address - Padmashree Dr. Vish Prakash, Ex Director CFTRI, Founder & Honourable Chairman of IFRIFANS, Mysore, India

9.55 AM – 10.05 AM

Special Address - Smt. Chithra Arumugam, IAS, Principal Secretary to DST, Govt. of Odisha

10.05 AM – 10.15 AM

Product Launch of Startups; Declaration of BioE3 Competition Results

10.15 AM – 10.45 AM

Inaugural Keynote - Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale, DG, BRIC and Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology

10.45 AM – 10.50 AM

Vote of thanks for the Inaugural Session - Dr. Soma Chattopadhyay, Scientist, ILS

10.50 AM – 11.40 AM

Session 1: Bridging the Gaps in Indian Biotech Ecosystem Using the BioE3 Policy

Moderator: Dr. Premnath V, CEO, Venture Centre

Panelists:

• Dr. M.V. Ramana Murthy, Director & Scientist-G, National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Ministry of Earth Sciences
• Dr. Vish Prakash, Founder & Honourable Chairman of IFRIFANS, Mysore
• Dr. Ajit Kamath, Business Advisor at Pandorum Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
• Dr. N. Madhusudhana Rao, CEO, AIC CCMB

11.40 AM – 1.00 PM

Dedication of the Research & Development Building - II & Inauguration of the Expo, Visit & Networking, Tea Break

1.00 PM – 2.00 PM

Lunch

2.00 PM – 2.45 PM

Session 2: Strategic Collaboration in Biotechnology Research and Development and Startup Entrepreneurial Journey

Moderator: Dr. Rajeeb Swain, Scientist, ILS

Panelists:

• Mr. Brahma Mishra, President, UCCIL
• Dr. Vinita Jindal, IP, BIRAC
• Dr. Bijay Sahu, NRDC
• Dr. Aseem Misra, Co-Founder, Prantae Solution

2.45 PM – 3.45 PM

Session 3: Talks on Bio AI Research: Opportunities and Challenges

Moderator: Dr. Debasis Dash, Director, ILS

Panelists:

• Dr. Venkat Peri, Founder & CEO, Cognitive Care
• Dr. Vidur Mahajan, Founder, Carpel AI

3.45 PM – 4.20 PM

Session 4: Start-up Stories (5 min each)

Moderator: Dr. Nivedita Jena, COO, DBT ILS Bioincubator

Presenters:

• Protextent Biosolutions – Dr. Shalini Singh
• Zuzidan Biotech – Dr. Adnan Naim
• Cowbits Technology – Mr. Ananda Mishra
• Polyorbit – Dr. Mamoni Dash
• RNA Biotech – Dr. Amaresh Panda
• Alphaion – Subhrojeet Singha Roy
• Plantery World Impact – Abhishek Mohapatra

4.20 PM – 4.30 PM

Networking and Tea Break

4.30 PM – 5.15 PM

Session 5: Navigating Investments and Grants for Startup Success

Moderator: Dr. Amaresh Panda, Scientist, ILS

Panelists:

• Pankaj Thakkar, Padup Ventures
• Amit Choudhary, Associate Director, Investment & Finance, Upaya Social Ventures
• Debasis Panigrahi, Mridayaa Ventures LLP & Privado Capital
• Prasanth Biswal, CSR, JSW (TBC)
• Pontaq Ventures

5.15 PM – 6.00 PM

Question and Answer Session, Tea Break, and Networking (Visit Expo, Incubation Center)

7.30 PM – 9.30 PM

Dinner at Campus I

5th October 2024

Session 6: Journey from Spin-off to Industry: Bio Entrepreneurship - Challenges and Opportunities

Presenter: Dr. T. Govindaraju, Professor, JNACSR

10.20 AM – 11.00 AM

Session 7: Deep Ocean Mission: Opportunities and Challenges

Moderator: Dr. Gulam Syed, Scientist, ILS

Panelists:

• Dr. M.V. Ramana Murthy, Director & Scientist-G, NCCR, Ministry of Earth Sciences
• Dr. Shrikumar Suryanarayan, Co-founder & Chairman, Sea6 Energy
• Dr. B.P. Dash, Professor, FM University
• Dr. Shashikant Dash, Deputy Director, Dept. Science and Technology, GoO
• Dr. Vishaka Raina, Professor, KIIT School of Biotechnology

11.00 AM – 11.15 AM

Tea and Networking Session

11.15 AM – 12.00 PM

Session 8: Innovations Addressing Clinical Needs

Moderator: Dr. Mamoni Dash, Scientist, ILS

Panelists:

• Dr. B. Ravindran, Emeritus Scientist, ILS
• Dr. B.V. Ravi Kumar, XCyton, Bengaluru
• Dr. Sujata Kar, Clinician, LVPEI
• Dr. Renu John, IIT Hyderabad (TBC)

12.00 PM – 12.30 PM

Session 9: Talk on Agriculture Innovations and Sustainability - Opportunities and Challenges

Presenter: Dr. K.C. Bansal, Former Director at ICAR - NBPGR (TBC)

12.30 PM – 12.45 PM

Session 10: Ask Me Anything Session on Starting a Startup

Moderator: Dr. Nivedita Jena, COO, DBT ILS Bioincubator

Panelists:

• Dr. Manisha Acharya, Program Mission, E&Y, Startup Odisha
• Dr. Pavan Kumar, Scientist IP, IMMT
• Mrs. Nimeshika Natarajan, Assistant Director, World Trade Center Bhubaneswar

12.45 PM – 1.15 PM

Awards and Closing Ceremony

1.15 PM – 2.15 PM

Lunch