9th Annual Symposium, BE 2023
With sustained efforts from the faculty and students, the Annual BSSE symposium will be organized on January 19 and 21, 2023. The prime objective of the symposium is to acquaint the students and corporate fraternity worldwide to recent developments in bioengineering, particularly immunoengineering, systems biology, and biomedicine. The symposium will enhance the communication network within the research fraternity and also serve as a platform that provides a glimpse of the technological advances in these research areas in India through a series of plenary talks. The symposium will also conduct an ideathon event with an intent to encourage aspiring innovators in bioengineering.

Program Schedule
Ideathon Competition (Jan 19, 2023)
 Entrepreneurship and innovation are the driving forces that will steer the world into a brighter future. Great ideas, when nurtured, can pave the way for spectacular success. IDEATHON facilitates this vision by providing a platform for potential ideas to be translated to solve unmet needs in Indian healthcare system. The broad theme of the ideathon is Translational medicine. Ideas will be multidisciplinary in nature and should address a problem or need. The interactive mentoring session will mainly focus on ideation, innovation and implementation.
Speaker Sessions (Jan 20-21, 2023)
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Venue: Biological Sciences Main Auditorium, Ground floor, Biological Sciences Building
Date | Time | Speaker |
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Jan 20, 2023 | 9:15 – 9:20 AM | Introduction to the 9th Annual Symposium, BSSE by the chair of the department – Prof. Narendra Dixit |
9:20 – 9:25 AM | Remarks by the dean – Prof. Navakant Bhat | |
9:25 – 9:30 AM | Introduction to the Sanjay Kumar Biswas memorial lecture – Dr. Siddharth Jhunjhunwala |
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9:30 – 10:30 | Dr. Janhavi Raut Director, R&D; Unilever |
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10:30 – 10:45 | Tea and Coffee Break | |
10:45 – 11:35 | Prof. Sharmila Bapat NCCS, Pune |
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11:40 – 12:00 | Thiruvickraman J | |
12:00 – 12:20 | Abu Bakr Siddiq | |
12:20 – 12:40 | Paras Jain | |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 – 14:20 | Farhan Adam Mukadam | |
14:20 – 14:40 | Rajesh Thangavel | |
14:40 – 15:00 | Mahatabb Nundy | |
15:00 – 16:00 | Poster Session, over high Tea | |
16:00 – 16:50 | Prof. Udaykumar Ranga JNCASR, Bangalore |
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17:00 – 17:50 | Prof. Nagasuma Chandra IISc, Bangalore |
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Jan 21, 2023 | 10:00 – 10:45 | Dr. Vini Gautam IISc, Bangalore |
10:45 – 11:05 | Saswat Choudhury | |
11:05 – 11:20 | Tea and Coffee Break | |
11:20 – 12:05 | Dr. Nivedita Mitra Siemens Healthineers |
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12:05 – 12:25 | Shivangi Mishra | |
12:25 – 12:45 | Sameer Jagirdar | |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 – 14:45 | Dr. Lynda Thomas SCTIMST, Trivandrum |
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14:45 – 15:05 | Rakesh Pradhan | |
15:05 – 16:05 | Poster Session, over high Tea | |
16:05 – 16:25 | Joel Joseph | |
16:25 – 17:10 | Prof. Rahul Roy IISc, Bangalore |
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17:15 – 17:30 | Closing Ceremony |