Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Life Sciences Workshop at IIM Bangalore

Thursday August 30, 2012 , 2 min Read

Are you planning to startup a life science business? Here’s opportunity for all those interested in this space. The N S Raghavan Center for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) along with the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) is hosting a workshop on Entrepreneurship Opportunities in LIFE SCIENCES on the 1st September 2012 at IIMB.

The workshop is targeted at start-ups in life sciences as well as aspiring entrepreneurs who plan to start up a life sciences business. Eminent entrepreneurs, corporate managers and academics will come together at this workshop, share their experience and answer questions from the participants.

The workshop will be preceded by an announcement of a joint initiative by IIMB and C-CAMP, NCBS in the presence of Dr. Renu Swarup, a senior official of the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.

The programme for the workshop is presented below:

Agenda:

09:30 - 10:00 Networking and Registration

10:00 - 10:45 Plenary talks:

- Entrepreneurship as a way of life - Prof K Kumar, IIMB

- Prospects for and challenges facing BT entrepreneurship

in India- Dr. Satya Dash, Senior Consutant, IIMB & IISc

- C-CAMP's lessons of experience in BT entrepreneurship

in India- Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, Director and COO,

C-CAMP

10:45 - 11:15 Joint Announcement from IIMB/NCBS:

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