About the event
WRCB announces its one-day, in-person summit on ‘next generation therapeutics’ at IIT Bombay. WRCB summits focus on the current and upcoming topics of interest in academia and industry. The summit's central theme is Drug Discovery & Delivery and Regenerative Medicine.
We aim to bring experts - academics, scientists, industry leaders, clinicians, government and non-profit representatives, incubators, and startups together to share their thought leadership in these domains. The event will catalyze discussions and potential collaborations between the stakeholders.
Keynote talk will be delivered by Dr Debojyoti Chakraborty, Senior Scientist, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology.
Important Dates
Details will be updated soon
About Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering
Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB) was set up to be a world-class translational research centre in bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB). WRCB supports faculty members across various departments of IITB in undertaking breakthrough interdisciplinary translational research. The projects carried out by the faculty members associated with WRCB have resulted in several patents and spin-off companies in diverse areas ranging from diagnostics to drug discovery.
Speakers and Panelists
Prof. Siddharth Tallur
Prof-in-charge
Wadhwani Electrical Laboratory
Dr. Debojyoti Chakraborty
Senior Scientist,
CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
Confirmed Speakers/ Panelists:
Dr. Debojyoti Chakraborty, Senior Scientist, CSIR IGIB (plenary talk)
Prof. Ravikrishnan Elangovan, Molecular Diagnostics and Imaging Lab, Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, IIT Delhi; co-founder Valetude Primus Healthcare
Prof. Mudrika Khandelwal, Associate professor, The Cellulose Group, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad
Mr. Rishabh Chopra, Lead Strategy and Partnerships, South Asia, PATH
Dr. Arindam Ray, India Country Lead, New Vaccines and Immunization Systems, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Mr Krishnan Neelakanthan, Partner, Ankur Capital
Dr Chandrasekhar Nair, Director & CTO, Molbio Diagnostics Pvt Ltd
Dr Manohar Kollegal, Head of Innovation Cell, Center for Innovation in Diagnostics, India, Siemens Healthineers
Dr Satya Dash, Chief Executive Officer, BITS BioCyTiH Foundation and Founding & Former Head Strategy, BIRAC
Dr Savita Ayyar, Founder, Jaquaranda Tree
Dr Anurag Meena, Co-Founder, NeoDocs (YC S21)