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BIRAC 3 BIG Conclave in Partnership with KIIT-TBI

4th& 5th August 2017,

Host: KIIT TBI

Venue: KIIT Convention center, Campus 6, Bhubaneswar

TentativeProgram Agenda

Agenda Day I (4th August, 2017)

12:00 13:00 hrs Setting Up Posters
13.00 - 14.00 hrs
Registration and Lunch

Inaugural Session
14.00 - 15.00 hrs Lamp lighting and Welcoming the Guests

Welcome Remarks: KIIT-TBI & Entrepreneurship

Dr.MrutunjaySuar, Director KSBT & CEO KIIT-TBI

The BIG Context: Invigorating Indian Biotech Startups:

Dr. Satya Dash, Head, Strategic Partnerships and
Entrepreneurship Development, BIRAC

Special Address
Dr.RenuSwarup, Senior Advisor, Scientist H, Department of
Biotechnology, GoI& Managing Director, BIRAC.

Address by Guest of Honour

Prof. K. VijayRaghavan, Secretary, Department of
Biotechnology, Govt. of India

15.00 15.30hrs Plenary talk

Shri. SubratoBagchi, Chairman, Odisha Skill Development
Authority

Vote of Thanks
15.30 16.15hrs Networking Tea and Posters

16.15 17.15hrs Session: I

Building a Dream Startup Team: Challenges in talent
acquisition and retention in start ups
Session Chair:Dr.MrutyunjaySuar, Director KSBT & CEO KIIT-
TBI
Suggested Panel members:
Mr. ShyamSuryanarayanan, Founder, C-Drive
Ms. KavithaIyer Rodrigues, Founder,Zumutor Biologics Inc
BIG Grantees
Mr. Aditya Phatak
Dr. ArumugamMuruganandam, MD &CSO, AffigenixBiosolution Pvt.
Ltd.
17.15 18:15hrs Session: II IKP
Grantee from
The curve balls of Patenting and Regulation: Playing with a
straight bat
Session Chair: Dr. PremnathVenugopalan, Director, Venture
Center
Suggested Panel members:
Dr. MalathiLakshmikumaran,
Dr. Shantha Shankar,
Expert from UL
BIG Grantees
Dr. NilayLakhkar, Founder & CEO, SynThera Biomedical P. LTd
Mr. SirajBagwan, Founder & MD, Indio Labs Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Aditya Ingalhalikar,CEO & Founder Indius Medical
Technologies P Ltd.
18:15 19.30hrs Session: III
The BIG Entrepreneurial Journeys: Aiming to Create Impact
For encouraging young innovators, selected BIG grantee will
give 7 min pitch on their innovation and technology,
challenges met and path taken to overcome; challenges in
scaling up and got to strategy.
Milind Chaudhari, WeinnovateBiosolutions
JayadeepUnni, Sensivision Health Technologies
NusratSanghamitra
Aparna Rao/Avinash
PawanMehrotra, Aarna Biomedical
VivekanadanPerumal
AdarshNatrajan, Aindra System
Mihir Mehta, Green Pyramid Biotech Pvt. Ltd.
2 grantees from CCAMP
Coordinated by Ms. ShilpyKochhar& Dr. Aseem Mishra
19.30 hrsonwards Cultural Evening and Dinner
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Agenda Day II (5 August, 2017)
08.45 09.30 hrs A Tour to KIIT Biotechnology Incubator
Session: IV
09.30 10.15hrs Deciphering the Term Sheet: Not lost in Translation.
Dr. P R Ganapathy, President (India),Villgro
10.15 11.00 hrs Session: V
Startup Oxygen: The run-up to raise money and what to expect
after the bucket has cash: Not to be short changed
Session Chair: Dr. TaslimarifSaiyed, CEO, C-CAMP
Suggested Panel members:
Dr.RameshByrapaneni, MD, Endiya Partner
Ms. PadmajaRuparel, President, Indian Angel Network (IAN)
Dr. P R Ganapathy, President (India), Villgro
BIG Grantees
Dr. Navakanta Bhat, Founder, Pathshodh Healthcare Pvt. ltd
Dr. RadhaRangarajan, CEO, Vitas Pharma Research Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Nitin Kale, CTO, NanoSniff Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
11.00 12.00hrs Peer to Peer collaborations and Tea
12.00 13.00 hrs Preparing to Scale: SOPs & Beyond the SOPs
Suggested Session Chair: Ms. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay, CEO,
IKP Knowledge Park
Panel members:
Mr. Ganesh Sambasivam, CSO, Anthem Biosciences Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Satyanarayana, Laurus Labs
BIG Grantees
Dr. DhananjayaDendukuri, CEO & Co-Founder, Achira Lab Pvt.
Ltd.
Mr. Mainak Chakraborty, Head, GPS Renewables
Ms. Sailaja Nori, Manager,Research & Development, Sea6
Energy
Mr. Chayan Chatterjee, COO, Lattice Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
01:00 01:30 PM Valedictory
01:30 01:45 PM Closing Remarks & Vote of Thanks
01.45hrs onwards Networking Lunch