‘voice for BT’ Contest is organized by ABLE with support from our Patron Gold member company, Novozymes South Asia. ‘voice for BT’, an Inter-Collegiate Public Speaking Competition, is currently India’s only public-speaking contest on biotechnology for college students. The event is conducted for Biotechnology students from all the four regions in India to provide a platform for them to exhibit their knowledge and understanding of various aspects of biotechnology.

The four academic regional partners were Amity University for the North zone, Sastra University for the South zone, KIIT University for the East zone and DY Patil University for the West zone. The zonal rounds started off with the West zone on 23rd September via zoom platform online. On 30th September, the South zonal round was conducted at Sastra University in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu followed by the North zonal round on 14th October at Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh and the East zonal round on 21st October at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

All participants received participation certificates. The first, second and third positions were awarded with a cash prize of 20,000 INR, 15,000 INR and 10,000 INR respectively. They were also offered internship at major biotech companies

We are glad to announce the National Finale of the 10th edition of 'voice for BT' contest with the Winner and the 1st runner up of all the zones to compete in the final round for the All-India Winners position on 2nd November in Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu.

Eminent scientists/ academicians/ Industry leaders were a part of the jury to select the winners. The event is conducted at all the four regions in India.

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West zonal round

The west zonal round was conducted online via zoom platform on 23rd September, 2022. More than 20 biotechnology students participated in the contest. DY Patil University was the regional academic coordinator for conducting the west zonal round. Sagarika Ajay Shinde from Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College, Mumbai, Maharashtra was the winner of the west zone ‘voice for Bt’ 2022 followed by the 1st runner up Arundhatiba Dharmeshsinh Jethwa from Atmiya University, Rajkot, Gujarat and the 2nd runner up Kaira Khushru Sidhwa from DY Patil Deemed to be University School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was a tough competition.

Mr G S Krishnan, President, ABLE, Mr Narayanan Suresh, COO, ABLE and Dr Balasubramanya S, General Manager, ABLE were the Jury for the contest. Dr Debjani Dasgupta, Head of Department of Biotechnology, DY Patil University was the chief guest for the event.

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South zonal round

Sastra Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu was the host institution to conduct the south zonal round on 30th September, 2022. More than 25 biotechnology students participated in the contest. Srijita Paul from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu was the winner of the south zone ‘voice for Bt’ 2022 followed by the 1st runner up Apoorvha JP, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Thandalam, tamil Nadu and the 2nd runner up was Nimsha Kamala NS from M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Mr G S Krishnan, President, ABLE, Mr Narayanan Suresh, COO, ABLE and Dr Balasubramanya S, General Manager, ABLE were the Jury for the contest. Dr Badrinath V, Dean of Sastra Deemed University was the Guest of honor for the event.

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North zonal round

Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh was the host institution to conduct the north zonal round on 14th October, 2022. More than 15 biotechnology students participated in the contest. Devanshika Jha, Gautam Buddha University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh was the winner of the south zone ‘voice for Bt’ 2022 followed by the 1st runner up Yashi, School of Biotechnology, SKUAST Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir and the 2nd runner up Akriti Bagchi, Amity University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Mr G S Krishnan, President, ABLE, Mr Narayanan Suresh, COO, ABLE and Mr Priyangshu Dutta, Head of Public Affairs and Relations- India, Novozymes were the Jury for the contest. Prof. (Dr). Balvinder Shukla, Vice Chancellor, Amity University Uttar Pradesh was the Chief Guest for the event.

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East zonal round

KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha was the host institution to conduct the east zonal round on 21st October, 2022. More than 15 biotechnology students participated in the contest. Sucheta Sarangi, KIIT School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha was the winner of the south zone ‘voice for Bt’ 2022 followed by the 1st runner up Dyuti Mitra, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal and the 2nd runner up R. Divya, Ramadevi Women's University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Mr G S Krishnan, President, ABLE, Mr Narayanan Suresh, COO, ABLE and Dr P M Murali, Cofounder & Chairman, Jananom Pvt Ltd were the Jury for the contest. Dr Mrutyunjay Suar, Professor & Director General, KIIT University was the Chief Guest for the event.

he four academic regional partners were Amity University for the North zone, Sastra University for the South zone, KIIT University for the East zone and DY Patil University for the West zone