People’s Festival of Innovations

Innovation without people’s participation is development without impact, and any impact without people’s involvement is innovation without development

An exhibition of socially relevant and high impact innovations of both Deep tech and Grassroot innovations from India’s growing Biotechnology and Bio-innovation ecosystem which have impacted society across sectors

Curated and mentored by Dr. Renu Swarup, former Secretary, Dept. of Biotechnology, Min. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India; Prof. Anil Gupta, Founder, Honey Bee Network, SRISTI, GIAN & NIF, Visiting Faculty, IIMA & Niper-A, Academy Professor, ACSIR; Dr. Swati Basu, former Scientific Secretary, Office of Principle Scientific Adviser; and Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO and Director, CCAMP, Bengaluru

Inauguration by Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC on Saturday, 19 November 2022 at 11:00

As part of this exhibition, there will be two panel discussions on 21 and 22 November 2022 from 6 pm onwards in Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex

On 21 November 2022 at 6 pm in Seminar Rooms I – III, Kamaladevi Complex

Panel discussion on Science Led Innovations- Impacting the Development Agenda

Opening Remarks: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

The Innovation Landscape: Dr. Renu Swarup

Lead Presentation: Dr. Shiv Sarin, Senior Professor, Vice Chancellor, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi

Followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO, cCamp; Ms Padmaja Ruparel, Co-Founder Indian Angel Network & Founding Partner of IAN Fund; Dr. Jitendra Sharma, Managing Director & CEO Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ); Dr. Radha Rangarajan, Director, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; Dr. Kiran Sharma, Senior Director, Sustainable Agriculture at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and formerly with ICRISAT

Moderator: Dr. Renu Swarup

Panel discussion on Innvovators Success Story

Panelists: Dr. Arun Chandru, Co-Founder Pandorum Technologies; Shri Aditya Kadambi, Co-Founder, Mocxa Health Private Ltd., Bengaluru; Dr. Vanita Prasad, Chief Technology Officer, Revy Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; and Dr. Renuka Diwan, Co-Founder, BioPrime AgriSolutions

Moderator: Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO cCAMP

On 22 November 2022 at 6 pm in Seminar Rooms I – III, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

Panel Discussion on Grassroots Innovations for Society – A Sustainable and Scalable Model

Opening Remarks by Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC and Dr. Renu Swarup     

Grass Root Innovations: Prof Anil Gupta                                                                          

Lead Presentations by Chairman, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI); and Dr. Vipin Kumar, Director and Chief Innovation Officer, National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF)

Followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Division Director, CSIR - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT); Shri Manoj Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO, Social Alpha; Dr. Sanjay Saxena, Executive Director and Public Information Officer; National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS); Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar, Director General R & D and Innovation, KIIT University; and Dr. Shipra, IIT-Delhi

Moderator: Dr. Swati Basu

Innovators Success Story

Presentations by Grassroot Innovators                             

Moderator: Dr. Anamika Dey      

(Collaboration: C-CAMP; and GIAN)