Bennett University holds global online conference on combating coronavirus through biotech

NEW DELHI: The

Biotechnology

department of the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Bennett University, is organising its first-ever

online conference

"

Combating COVID-19: Biotech to the Rescue

" on April 16, 2020.


The conference, which is divided in six sessions, is being held from 4:00 pm to 9:30 pm.
Agenda
Inaugural Session (04:00 PM - 04:32 PM) — Moderator: Dr. Rajinder Singh Chauhan

• 04:00 PM: Introduction to the conference: Dr. R.S. Chauhan
• 04:01 PM: Welcome address by Prof. Raghunath Shevgaonkar, Vice-Chancellor, Bennett University
• 04:02 PM: Keynote address by Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, GoI
• 04:12 PM: Special guest Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw executive chairperson of Biocon Limited
• 04:22 PM: Special Guest: Dr. Shahid Jameel, Chief Executive Officer of Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliances
• 04:32 PM: Session closing address by Dr. R.S. Chauhan
• 04:33 PM - 05:35 PM

Session I: Diagnostics & Testing (04:33 PM - 05:35 PM) — Moderator: Dr. Souradyuti Ghosh

• 04:43 PM: Welcome address by Dr. Souradyuti Ghosh
• 04:44 PM: Dr. Varaprasad Reddy, Chairman, Sanofi Healthcare Private Limited
• 04:54 PM: Dr. Debojyoti Chakraborty, Senior Scientist, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi
• 05:04 PM: Dr. Sriram Natarajan- CEO Molbio, Goa
• 05:14 PM: Mr. Hasmukh Rawal, MD, Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Pune
• 05:24 PM: Q & A
• 05:34 PM: Session Round-Up by Dr. Souradyuti Ghosh
• 05:35 PM - 06:21 PM

Session II: Vaccines: Development & Delivery (05:35 PM - 06:21 PM) — Moderator: Dr. Deepa Khare

• 05:35 PM: Welcome address by Dr. Deepa Khare
• 05:45 PM: Mr. Pankaj R. Patel, Chairman & MD, Cadila Healthcare Ltd., Ahmedabad
• 05:41 PM: Dr. K Anand Kumar, Managing Director, Indian Immunologicals Ltd., Hyderabad
• 05:51 PM: Dr. Sreekanth Ramachandran, Director - Medicinal Chemistry, Integral Biosciences, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
• 06:01 PM: Ms. Mahima Datla, MD, Biological E Ltd. Hyderabad
• 06:11 PM: Q & A
• 06:21 PM: Session Round-Up by Dr. Deepa Khare
• 06:30 PM - 07:29 PM

Session III: Therapeutics: Leads from viral and host proteins structures (06:30 PM - 07:29 PM) —Moderator: Dr. Rajinder Singh Chauhan

• 06:30 PM: Welcome address by Dr. Rajinder Singh Chauhan
• 06:31 PM: Prof. Robert Stroud, Professor, Departments of Biochemistry/Biophysics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco
• 06:41 PM: Prof. Thomas Tomasiak, Assistant professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona, USA
• 06:51 PM: Dr. Deepak Nair, Professor, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad
• 07:01 PM: Dr. Krishna M. Ella, Chairman & MD, Bharat Biotech International Ltd., Hyderabad
• 07:11 PM: Dr. Neel Bhavesh, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi
• 07:21 PM: Q &A
• 07:29 PM: Session Round-Up by Dr. Rajinder Singh Chauhan and introduction of Dr. Dale Fisher
• 07:30 PM - 08:00 PM

Special address Dr Dale Fisher, Singapore-based chairman of the World Health Organisation's Global Outbreak Alert (07:30 PM - 08:00 PM)

• Introduction of Dr. K Vijayaraghavan by Dr. Rajinder Singh Chauhan

Special address by Dr K Vijayraghavan FRS, Principal Scientific Adviser to GoI (08:00 PM - 08:15 PM)
Session-IV: Nutrition & Public Health (08:15 PM - 09:07 PM) — Moderator: Dr. Deepa Khare

• 08:15 PM: Welcome address by Dr. Deepa Khare
• 08:16 PM: Dr. Suravi Chatterjee-Woolman (B.Sc, MSc, BMBS), Surgical Resident now redeployed to Covid-19 duties, National Health Service, U.K
• 08:26 PM: Dr. Omesh Kumar Bharti, (Padma Shri Awardee-2019) M.B.B.S.,D.H.M.,M.A.E.(ICMR), State Epidemiologist, Department of Health & Family Welfare, HP
• 08:36 PM: Dr. Shriram Raghavan, Senior Vice President, Jananom Pvt Ltd, Kovaipudur, Coimbatore
• 08:46 PM: Dr. Arunansu Talukdar, Professor, General Medicine, Medical College Kolkata
• 08:56 PM: Q&A
• 09:06 PM: Session Round-Up by Dr. Deepa Khare
• 09:07 PM - 09:30 PM

Closing Session (09:07 PM - 09:30 PM) — Moderator: Dr. Rajinder Singh Chauhan

• 09:07 PM: Welcome address by Dr. Rajinder Singh Chauhan
• 09:08 PM: Mr. KG Ananthakrishnan, Director General, OPPI (Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India)
• 09: 18 PM: Mr. Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute India Pvt. Ltd., Pune
• 09:28 PM: Conference round-up by Dr. Rajinder Singh Chauhan

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This is the second online conference that Bennett University is organising in less than a week. At a time when leading research labs, think tanks and universities are pooling their resources together to find the best possible way to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, this online conference will aim to explore the possibilities in biotechnology which could assist in combating the pandemic.

The take-away from this conference would be as to how the impact of technological interventions can be accelerated to not only mitigate the spread of the pandemic but also to efficiently immunize the healthy individuals and cure the infected patients.
The conference will bring together leading Indian and global scientists, industrialists, healthcare professionals and policymakers including the likes of Dr RS Chauhan; Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, GoI, Dr K Vijayraghavan FRS, Principal Scientific Adviser to GoI, Dr. Deepak Nair, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize awardee, Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute India Pvt. Ltd., Pune; Dr Varaprasad Reddy, Chairman, Sanofi Healthcare Private Limited; Dr Debojyoti Chakraborty, Senior Scientist, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology; Dr Sreekanth Ramachandran, Director - Medicinal Chemistry, Integral Biosciences; Prof. Robert Stroud, Professor, Departments of Biochemistry/Biophysics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco; Dr Neel Bhavesh, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and Dr Dale Fisher, Singapore-based chairman of the World Health Organisation's Global Outbreak Alert.


About Bennett University
The University was set up in 2016 by the Times of India Group, which is India's largest media conglomerate, to provide Ivy League quality education to undergraduate and postgraduate students and make them, 'life and career ready'. It is located in Greater Noida, which is part of the National Capital Region. Currently, the University has 2,500 students studying in four schools - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Management, School of Law and Times School of Media. Website: www.bennett.edu.in