#Knowledge Tuesday

The IIT Madras HTIC Medtech Incubator is excited to initiate the “Knowledge Tuesday” series. The aim of this series is to bring subject matter experts from different domains to share insights on the upcoming trends, technologies and bottlenecks. Weekly dose of knowledge to further empower the entrepreneurs/ start-ups to acquire and develop on their existing knowledge on different aspects of entrepreneurship.

 

Date: 28th July 2020 (Tuesday)  

Session 1: Dr. Anand Anandkumar, Co-founder & CEO, Bugworks (LinkedIn)

Session Topic: Understanding & Targeting the Right Grant

Session Time: 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST)

 

Session 2: Dr. Sanjay Saxena, General Manager & Head-Investment, BIRAC (LinkedIn)

Session Topic: Funding Opportunities at BIRAC

Session Time: 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm (IST)

To Register: https://forms.gle/HdVEdxpQtYmffsCG7

Link to join: https://meet.google.com/gtc-hfqb-ojq

 

Dr. Anand Anandkumar, Co-founder & CEO, Bugworks

Mr. Anand is co-founder and CEO of Bugworks, an Indo-USA AMR startup, working on tackling the massive problem posed by untreatable bacterial Superbugs which are implicated in hospital/community infections and bio-terrorism situations. Anand was previously co-founder and Managing Director at Cellworks. Prior to this experience, Anand was a professional in the semiconductor industry, worked as co-founding Managing Director of the India and China operations of two companies in the Chip Design space, SpinCircuit Magma Design Automation (acquired by Synopsys in 2011). Early career was as a chip designer for Hughes Network Systems.

Mr. Anand is also a Member of Executive committee of Indian Biotech association, Member of India advisory board of GARDp, Board member of AMR Industry Alliance, Member of AMR Working Group Bio USA, Advisor to CCAMP which is CARBX’s India incubator and Co-founder of Indian semiconductor association. Anand is the co-founder of EVA and IMPRES and an active mentor and angel-investor in the local bioecosystem with emphasis on supporting AMR related innovations. He is also a founding trustee of CHILD, a NGO in India and Co-founder of Humanist India.

 

Dr. Sanjay Saxena, General Manager & Head-Investment, BIRAC

Dr. Saxena is working as a General Manager & Head (Investment) at BIRAC, a Public Sector Enterprise set-up by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India as an Interface Agency to stimulate, foster and enhance the strategic research and innovation capabilities of the Indian Biotech industry, particularly start-ups and SMEs, for creation of affordable products. His prime responsibility is Grant Management under various funding schemes such as Small Business Innovation Research Initiative (SBIRI), Biotechnology Industry Partnership Programme (BIPP), Promoting Academic Research Conversion to Enterprise (PACE), Social Innovation Programme for Products Affordable and Relevant to Societal Health (SPARSH), etc.