As we step into the New Year 2026, I am happy to inform all our members that 2025 has been very good year for ABLE as well as our industry. I would like to share some of the highlights from ABLE perspective:

VOICE FOR BT: This has become an international event, with ASEAN participation. All credit goes to our GM, Dr. Balasubramanya for the efforts, and we hope to soon extend this event to EU and US! Appreciate both Ms. Pavana Praveen and Ms. Indrila Sengupta to have stepped up to meet international standards in conducting this event.

BEST AWARDS: We have managed to continue the event, with four zonal rounds and providing cash prizes to the winners in each region apart from Internship opportunities from our member companies, to encourage them to take up the path of entrepreneurship with their award-winning ideas. However, the ‘best’ is yet to come out of this event. This will be a specific focus to step-up in 2026.

BIOECONOMY CONCLAVE 2025: The event went very well and was well appreciated by all. Also, we had good sponsorship support, and the sessions were well curated thanks to the active participation from our GB members. In the 2026 edition slated for February 24 we would like to do it even better.

BIOECONOMY REPORTS: All credit to Mr. Narayanan Suresh, Dr. Balasubramanya and Mr. Srinivas Chandan Rao. ABLE has produced state level BioEconomy Reports for Karnataka, Gujarat, Kerala and Chhattisgarh in 2025. The all-India Report and a BioVision Report for Tamil Nadu are under preparation. We have requests coming from the States on the report for their regions. While the credibility of the reports has been commendable, we realize the need for stepping up and strategizing the contents.

US BIO: 2025 event at Boston was very successful at the ‘INDIA PAVILION’ with the presence of Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Dr. Jitendra Kumar and State Government participation. Appreciate the entire ABLE secretariat team for all their involvement in organizing the event. In 2026 we will have a larger for the ‘INDIA PAVILION’ (5000 SFT) with strategic understanding with 3SMG Events. We have all the indications for active participation from DBT/BIRAC, more State Government participation and presence of central Ministers.

BENGALURU TECH SUMMIT 2025: ABLE played an important role under the Chairmanship of Dr. Vijay Chandru in conducting the BT track and our GB members had the opportunity to curate most of sessions. We were also entrusted the responsibility to identify SMART BIO AWARDEES

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: The Secretariat has collaborated with various international organizations @ Scotland, UK, USA, Canada and Japan and signed MoUs to support startups. This is a crucial initiative to support our entrepreneurs to establish international collaborations and investment opportunities. A few delegation visits have been successfully organized.

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT: We have had close interactions with DBT/BIRAC especially in the BioE3 roll out and other sector specific initiatives. We have also been entrusted to establish a DBT portal on various imports in the Biotech segment, which will give clear statistics on the actual import volume of various products into India. This will be an eye opener for local entrepreneurs and startups to focus on the opportunities. This will be launched in early 2026.

Niti Aayog has entrusted the responsibility to ABLE to prepare the road map for BioEconomy projected to reach $ 1.2 Trillion by 2047. This was supported by a strong committee which had Dr Kiran, Dr Vijay Chandru and Dr P M Murali and me from ABLE. This will be launched soon.

I would also like to inform that Mr. Narayanan Suresh after a 9-year stint as COO at ABLE, decided to formally retire. We very much appreciate his valuable contribution and support in managing the organization with his vast experience during his stint. We are very happy Mr. Narayanan Suresh has agreed to continue to support us as an Advisor.

ABLE AGM: We had a successful AGM with good participation from our GB members and other members. We passed all the statutory requirements. We had the privilege of listening to Dr. Kiran’s speech on the way forward for ABLE and the importance of involvement of all members.

Dr Murali conveyed, the Council of Presidents decision, on the importance of the existing GB members continuing for one more year until March 2027, in order to ensure all the initiatives taken so far are completed, before we hand over to the new team. This is critical for the GB members to work together in achieving this objective and we seek all your support.

WISHING YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!

On behalf of ABLE OFFICE BEARERS (Mr. Krishnan G S, Dr. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay, Dr. Ezhil Subbian & Mr. Ravi Bhola)