In this talk, Prof. Bhatnagar emphasizes the urgent need for impactful, scalable solutions to improve pregnancy outcomes, reduce child mortality, and build a resilient public health system for future generations.

In this insightful talk, Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao explores India’s R&D and innovation landscape, stressing the need to scale institutions and fund science, bridge academia–industry gaps, and foster patents, prototypes, and deep-tech startups, while outlining a roadmap for stronger translational research capacity.

In this talk, Dr. Kalyanaraman outlines bold steps to transform India into a global research powerhouse — from building catalytic partnerships to democratizing science, accelerating translation, and uplifting early-career researchers.

In this talk, former Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), shares a gripping firsthand account of India’s historic fight against COVID-19. From the first airport screenings in January 2020 to the rapid development of indigenous vaccines, this is the untold story of science, leadership, and national resilience.

In this talk, Prof. Chandru shares a roadmap for building India’s capabilities in breakthrough biotech R&D with point-of-need testing, cutting-edge research, and innovation leadership at its core.

In this powerful conversation, leading voices from science, policy, academia, and entrepreneurship come together to examine the structural barriers that prevent promising ideas from scaling and what it takes to bridge those critical gaps.

This panel brings together leading founders, technologists, and ecosystem enablers to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare — not just in India, but globally.

The discussion highlighted building resilient systems despite crises and funding gaps, leveraging India’s vast frontline health workforce, co-designing solutions with communities, setting measurable goals via grassroots innovation with UNICEF, and ensuring patient-centered, empathetic, and legally compliant care in rural and semi-urban areas.

The discussion examined barriers to collaboration among healthcare stakeholders, approaches to define problems from real clinical needs, maintaining quality in innovation, creating sustainable platforms for dialogue, and building trust with shared cross-sector objectives.

The panel explored how bioscience researchers can communicate with media by simplifying complex concepts, linking research to daily life, and crafting authentic stories that engage public interest, ensuring accessibility without losing scientific accuracy.

The discussion stressed aligning mindsets and cultures beyond objectives, fostering trust and transparency to drive innovation, enabling flexibility in complex biomedical projects, and coordinating public–private resources for greater impact.