ABLE celebrated its 20th Anniversary ‘Curtain Raiser’ event on 16th November, 2022 at Shangri-La, Bengaluru. During the course of the last 20 years, ABLE proactively campaigned in understanding the broader beneficial aspects of biotechnology that is now propelling the BioEconomy of the country. This is now the trend in many countries. ABLE is proud of the overall development of the BioEconomy at large and the Biotech sector in particular in India. We had Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Hon. Non-Executive Chairperson, ABLE delivering the ABLE vision ‘ENVISIONING BT @ 2047, followed by panel discussions on key topics.

 

Mr GS Krishnan, Hon. President, ABLE talks on ABLE@20 “The Journey so far”

Mr GS Krishnan gave an overview on ABLE’s journey in the past 20 years highlighting ABLE’s focus areas on Advocacy initiatives, Sector development, Instituitional Support and ABLE regional chapters. He alsoemphasized on ABLE’s journey since 2003, it’s member accomplishments, ABLEmember successful startups and ABLE activities. Mr Krishnan also explained onhow the Industry has grown so far. India’s biotechnology industry accounts for 12.5%growth in the global biotechnology market, Bio-pharmaceuticals being the largestcontributor followed by Bio-industrial, Bio-agri, CRO/Bio-IT/Research.

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Dr PM Murali, Hon. President, Council of Presidents, ABLE talks on “Granularity on the Road Ahead”

Dr PM Murali shared insights on "Granularity on the Road Ahead" to outsource ideas during this entire year from different regions and different places to come up with pathbreaking solutions in what we should advocate in future for funding, scaling up and how our industry can shape up in the coming future. He stated how ABLE has played an important role for all the biotech policies that have come from the state and the central governments till date. Dr Murali mentioned that ABLE will be focusing in the area of how companies grow, raise capital and get to the next step.

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“Impressions” from ABLE Council of Presidents

The session was about the Impressions from ABLE Council of Presidents or the Past presidents since 2003. The Panelists were Dr KK Narayanan, Founder & Director - Sthayika Seeds; Dr Vijay Chandru, Director - Strand Life Sciences; Dr PM Murali, Chairman - Golden Jubilee Biotech Park & CMD - Jananom Pvt Ltd and Mr Shrikumar Suryanarayan, Chairman - Sea6 Energy. The session was moderated by Mr Narayanan Suresh, COO – ABLE. In this session, all the panelists shared their journey in ABLE and also visualized on how the biotech industry will grow in the coming years.

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Panel Discussion on “Investing in Biotech”

The session was moderated by Dr PM Murali, Hon. President, Council of Presidents – ABLE. The Panelists were Mr Harsha Raghavan, Founder & Managing Partner - Convergent Finance LLP & Strategic Partner - Novo Holdings; Dr Manish Diwan, Head - Strategic Partnership – BIRAC and Dr Ritu Verma, CoFounder & Managing Partner - Ankur Capital Fund.

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Panel Discussion on “Leveraging Biotech Scale”

The session was moderated by Dr Anand Anandkumar, Hon. Vice President & Treasurer – ABLE. The Panelists were Dr Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO & Director - C-CAMP; Dr Jitendra Kumar, MD - Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre and Mr Ravi Sarangapani, Senior Consultant & Mentor - Venture Centre.

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Panel Discussion on “Capacity Building”

The session was moderated by Mr Ravi Bhola, Hon. General Secretary – ABLE. The Panelists were Mr Naveen Narayanan, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) - Biocon Biologics; Ms Sowmya Shresth, Head of People & Organization - Novozymes India and Mr Subramani Ramachandrappa, Founder - Fermbox Bio Inc, Founder & Board Member - Laurus Bio Pvt Ltd.

ABLE celebrated its 20th Anniversary ‘Curtain Raiser’ event on 16th November, 2022 at Shangri-La, Bengaluru