"Synthesizing Biology and Bits"
The Dawn of the Biodigital BioEconomy
"Synthesizing Biology and Bits"
The Dawn of the Biodigital BioEconomy

24th February, 2026.

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Tuesday, 24th February 2026

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08:30 AM onwards

Registration & Networking Tea (Vijayanagar Hall)

09:00 AM - 09:45 AM

Moderator :

Mr. Narayanan Suresh, Advisor, ABLE

Speakers:

Dr. Vijay Chandru, Founder Director, Strand Life Sciences, CRISPRBITS
Dr. K K Narayanan, Founder & Managing Director, Sthayika Seeds
Mr. Shrikumar Suryanarayan, CMD, Sea6 Energy
Dr. P M Murali, President, ABLE Council of Presidents & CMD, Jananom

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Shri. Priyank M Kharge, Hon’ble Minister, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, IT & BT, Government of Karnataka*
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Hon. Non-Executive Chairperson-ABLE and Executive Chairperson-Biocon & Biocon Biologics
Dr. N. Manjula, IAS, Secretary to Government, Department of Electronics, Information Technology & Biotechnology, Government of Karnataka
Dr. P M Murali, , President, ABLE Council of Presidents & CMD, Jananom
Mr. G S Krishnan, Hon. President, ABLE

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM

Tea Break

11:15 AM - 12:10 PM

Moderator :

Ms. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay, Hon. Vice President, ABLE & Chairperson, IKP Knowledge Park
Dr. Jayashree Aiyar, Chief Scientific Officer, Syngene International

Speakers:

Mr. Soham Sankaran, Founder, MD & CEO, Popvax
Dr. Achintya Das , Head - Computational & Data Sciences and Digital & AI CoE, Syngene International Limited

12:15 PM - 01:10 PM

Moderator :

Dr. P M Murali, President, ABLE Council of Presidents & CMD, Jananom

Speakers:

Dr. Ashish Paradkar, Independent Advisor (Industrial Biotechnology)
Prof Gopal B, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Dr. Nirav Bhatt, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

01:10 PM - 01:55 PM

Lunch

02:00 PM - 02:55 PM

Moderator :

Mr. Prasad Nair, Head - Strategic Alliances and Partnerships, String Bio
Ms. Sowmya Balendiran , Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer, Sea6 Energy

Speakers :

    Mr. Alok Talekar Software Engineer, Google DeepMind
    Mr. Nipun Mehrotra, Founder, The Agri Collaboratory (tac)
    Mr. Krishna Mohan Puvvada, Senior Vice President - Planetary Health and Regional President, MEIA, Novonesis

03:00 PM - 03:55 PM

Moderator:

Mr. G S Krishnan, Hon. President, ABLE

Keynote speaker:

Dr. Manish Diwan, Head - Biofoundry, NCR Biotech Cluster & IVCOL at BIRAC, Mission Director - Make In India, Biotech sector, Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.

Speakers :

Dr. Premnath V, Director, Venture Center
Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar, CEO, KIIT-TBI
Mr. Krupa Shankar, Partner - Private Markets, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIFL)

04:00 PM - 04:55 PM

Moderator :

Mr. Ravi Bhola, Treasurer, ABLE and Managing Partner, K&S Partners
Dr. S. Shriram, Senior Vice President, Jananom

Keynote speaker: :

Dr. S R Rao, Founder and CEO, Genentech Regulatory Solutions LLP

Speakers :

Dr. Pawan Kumar Gupta, President - Medical & Regulatory Affairs, Stempeutics Research
Ms. Mansi Kulshreshtha, Head - Regulatory, Novonesis India

05:00 PM - 05:05 PM

Concluding Remarks

05:15 PM - 05:30PM

ABLE Awards Ceremony

05:30 PM - 07:00 PM

Networking Cocktail

*TBC