Program Schedule

Day 1

Day 2

Day 1

Hall A
Day 1: 05-10-2023 (Thursday)
Time	Topic	Speaker
08:00 am – 9:30 am	Registration & Pre – session snacks
9:30 am – 10:00 am	Plenary Lecture: Healthcare, IOT and Future Engineering	Dr. Nagappan, Registrar, VMRF (DU)
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Keynote Address	Mr. Manish Diwan, Head – Strategy Partnership & Entrepreneurship Development at BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
10:30 am – 11:30 am	Inaugural Ceremony
11:30 am – 12:00 noon	Keynote Addresses	Dr. Ramanan Ramanathan, Former (First) Mission Director – Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), Additional Secretary NITI AAYOG
12:00 noon – 12:30 pm		Mr Sivarajah Ramanathan Mission Director & CEO, Tamil Nadu Startup & Innovation Mission , Government of Tamil Nadu
12:30 pm – 01:00 pm		Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, Director and CEO, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), Bengaluru
01:00 pm – 02:00 pm	Lunch
02:00 pm – 02:30 pm	Plenary Session: AI related to Medical Field	Dr. Karthik Ramesh CEO, Centre for Academic Surgical Excellence and Research – Homograft Bank & President – ESG KlinkEverywhere.
02:30 pm – 04:00 pm	Panel Discussion Funding challenges and creative financing solution Mr. Saravanan Sundaramoorthy, (Moderator) Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Bridge Funding & Startup Advisor, Edsix Brainlab Pvt. Ltd	Panelist Mr. Chandran Krishnan, Managing Director & CEO, Campus Angels Network Mr. Ashwin Ganesh, Angel Investor, We founders circle Mr. Ketan Jain, Angel Investor and Chartered accountant, Beej Network Dr. Benet Bosco, CEO, 30M Genomics Private Limited, West Godavari
Day -1: 5th October 2023 (Thursday)
Hall B
09:00 am – 10:30 am	Workshop: Startup Journey and Design Thinking	Mr. Vishnu Varadan, CEO, Atal Incubation Centre, Puducherry
INAUGURAL CEREMONY IN Hall A: 10.30 AM onwards
02:00 pm – 02:30 pm	Plenary Lecture: Growth Challenges & Effective Expansion Strategies	Dr. Benet Bosco, CEO, 30M Genomics Private Limited, West Godavari
02:30 pm – 03:00 am	Plenary Session: Triggers For Innovation	Er. Srinivas Jamkhandi, Project Scientist, (MSME Center of Excellence), Department of Electronic Systems Engineering IISC, Bengaluru.
03:00 pm – 04:00pm	Panel Discussion Incubators supporting business Platform Dr Narayanan, (Moderator) DBT Ramalingaswami Re-Entry Faculty, Dept. of Biotechnology, IIT Madras & Faculty Advisor, IIT Madras Bio-incubator, Chennai	Panelist Dr. R. Sundaramurthy, Professor, Department of EIE & Associate Dean (Administration), PTU Dr. Anand Thirunavukarasou, Manager- Incubation, SRIHER, Chennai Dr. Mohamed Adil, CEO, Ganesan Incubation & Entrepreneurship Centre, VMRF(DU), Chennai

Day -1: 5th October 2023 (Thursday)
Hall C
09:00 am – 10:30 am	Workshop A Unique approach to cancer control- the Karkinos model	Dr. R. Sankaranarayanan, Director, Preventive Oncology, Karkinos Healthcare
09:00 am – 10:30 am		Dr. Paul Sebastian Director – DCCN Karkinos Health Care.
02:00 pm – 03:00 pm	Panel Discussion Challenges of women Entrepreneurs Mrs. Lakshmi Jagannathan, (Moderator) CEO, Derbi Foundation, BCIC	Panelist Dr. Janani Dakshina Moorthy, Founder – Geneaura Pvt Ltd Geneticist Dr. Maroudam Veerasami, Founder – Cisgen Biotech Pvt Ltd Dr. S. Priya, Associate Vice President, Medtech, Biotech & Pharma, Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited
03:00 pm – 04:00 pm	Panel Discussion Why women in healthcare should enter into Entrepreneurship? Mr. Dinesh Sundaravelu (Moderator), Associate Vice President, Startup TN	Panelist Dr. Pushpa Kotur IIC AVMC Convener, VMRF(DU) Dr. Madulika Dixit, Professor , Department of Biotechnology, IIT madras Dr. Mahalakshmi V.N, Dean HPE, AVMC, VMRF(DU)
	Workshop A Unique approach to cancer control- the Karkinos model	Dr. R. Sankaranarayanan, Director, Preventive Oncology, Karkinos Healthcare

Day 2

Day 2: 06-10-2023 (Friday)
Hall A
Time	Topic	Speaker
09:00 am – 09:45 am	Plenary Lecture: Inclusive Innovation	Mr. Suresh Sambandam, CEO, Kissflow, Chennai
09:45 am – 10:30 am	Plenary Lecture Market Research & Targeted Marketing	Mr. Balasubramaniam, CEO, Stratinfinity
10:30 am – 10:45 am	Tea Break
10:45 pm – 11:15 am	Plenary Lecture: Idea to Prototype	Dr. Parvez Alam, CEO & Director, Crescent Innovation & Incubation Council
11:15 am – 12:15 pm	Panel Discussion Inclusion of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in medical and technical curriculum Dr. PF Kotur (Moderator), Provost, AVMC&H	Panelist Dr. Nagappan, Registrar, VMRF Dr. G. Selva Kumar Principal, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, VMRF(DU) Dr. D. Kadambari, Department of Surgery, JIPMER
12:15 pm – 01:15 pm	Panel Discussion Research to entrepreneurship Dr. K. Manivannan (Moderator) Director-Industry & Academia Relations, VMRF(DU), Chennai	Panelist Dr. Kalyankumar Hatti, Global Head – Strategic CV Portfolio, Ashok Leyland Ltd., Chennai Dr. Rakesh Sehgal, Dean, AVMC&H, VMRF(DU) Dr. B. Vishnu Bhat Advisor Medical Research, & Publication, AVMC&H, VMRF(DU) Mr. Rajesh Kumar Adla, CEO at AIC T-Hub / Ex-Amazon
	Plenary Lecture: Growth Challenges & Effective Expansion Strategies	Dr. Benet Bosco, CEO, 30M Genomics Private Limited, West Godavari
Hall B
09:30 am – 11:00 am	Workshop Intellectual property Right	Dr. Ananth Padmanabhan, Dean, Vinayaka Mission’s Law School, VMRF(DU)
09:30 am – 11:00 am	Workshop Intellectual property Right	Dr. B. Deepa, Intellpat Patent solution, Chennai
11:00 am – 11:15 am	Tea
11:15 am – 11:45 am	Plenary Lecture: Unleash your Inner Innovator	Mr. Jagadeesh Sunkad, Director – Kanakadhara Agriculture Innovation, Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
11:45 am – 12:15 pm	Plenary Lecture: Nurturing Innovation for Societal Development	Dr. Radha Krishnan E. K Associate Professor, School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
12:15pm – 12:45 pm	Plenary Lecture: Concepts to translation to entrepreneurial pathway – an experience	Dr. S. L. Hoti Emeritus Scientist ICMR-VCRC, Puducherry
		Dr. B. Deepa, Intellpat Patent solution, Chennai
11:15 am – 11:45 am	Plenary Lecture: Unleash your Inner Innovator	Mr. Jagadeesh Sunkad, Director – Kanakadhara Agriculture Innovation, Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
11:45 am – 12:15 pm	Plenary Lecture: Nurturing Innovation for Societal Development	Dr. Radha Krishnan E. K Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
12.15pm – 12.45 pm	Plenary Lecture: Concepts to translation to entrepreneurial pathway – an experience	Dr. S. L. Hoti Emeritus Scientist ICMR-VCRC, Puducherry
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm	Plenary Lecture: Idea to Prototype	Dr. Parvez Alam, CEO & Director, Crescent Innovation & Incubation Council

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