The world’s preeminent accolade for life science research and innovation was back at the Taj Palace in New Delhi for its exciting second edition this past March 20th.

The Prix Galien India Awards committee include 14 esteemed leaders in the life sciences in India. The committee is a neutral body and follows the Prix Galien India Charter in selecting the best of the best in biopharmaceutical research and development. The selection committee will be supported by two sub-comittees that will short list finalists to the competition.

“As we move forward, it is crucial that we continue to foster an ecosystem that encourages innovation and collaboration. The future of healthcare depends on our ability to work together towards transformative solutions,” said Dr. Renu Swarup, Modi Prix Galien India Committee Chair.

JURY MEMBERS:

Dr Alok Dhawan, Centre for Biomedical Research, Lucknow

Shri Anil Khanna, Sr. Vice President, GM Modi Science Foundation, New Delhi; Honorary Member for Ministry of Food & processing

Pr Paramjit Khurana, Member Secretary

Dr Indranil Manna, President, Indian National Academy of Engineering

Dr Narinder Kr. Mehra, Vice-President - International Affairs, Indian National Science Academy

Dr Debasisa Mohanty, Director, National Institute of Immunology, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India

Pr Ashwani Nangia, Department of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad

Dr Himanshu Pathak, President, National Academy of Agriculture Sciences (NAAS)

Dr Ram Gopal Rao, Vice Chancellor for the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani

Dr Shiv Kumar Sarin, President, National Academy of Medical Sciences

Pr Anurag Sharma, Emeritus Professor of Optics and Photonics and Physics at IIT Delhi – Member Secretary

Dr Sanjay Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd., Pune

Dr Rohit Srivastava, IIT- Mumbai

Dr Umesh Waghmare, President, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore

Sub-committee in the categories Best Biotechnology Product and Best Product for Orphan/Rare Disease

Pr Sudha Bhattacharya, INSA Senior Scientist at Ashoka University, Sonipat; Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences (Bengaluru), Indian National Science Academy (New Delhi), and National Academy of Sciences (Allahabad)

Pr Alok Dhawan, Director, Centre of BioMedical Research, Lucknow

Pr Paramjit Khurana, South Campus, University of Delhi – Convenor

Pr Bhaskar Naryan, Director CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research

Dr Shashi Bala Singh, Director, NIPER, Hyderabad

Pr Nikhil Tandon, Professor and Chair of the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi)

Pr Sudhanshu Vrati, Founder Dean of the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute Regional Centre for Biotechnology; Professor at the Regional Centre for Biotechnology; Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, the National Academy of Sciences, India, and the Indian Academy of Science (Faridabad)

Sub-committee in the categories Best Medical Technology (including diagnostics tools), Best StartUp, Best Digital Health Solution and Best Incubator-Accelerator

Pr Madhu Dikshit, CDRI, Lucknow

Pr Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, Fellow of all the 3 science academies in India, namely Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India;  Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, Indian Academy of Neurosciences and Third World Academy of Sciences, Bangalore

Dr Jitendra Sharma, Managing Director & Founder CEO of Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone;  Founder Executive Director of Kalam Institute of Health Technology; Adjunct lecturer at University of Adelaide, Australia; Chairman of Indian Biomedical Skill Council and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Niti Aayog, Govt. of India. Member of Strategic Advisory Group of Experts constituted by World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva for Medical Devices; AMTZ Campus, Visakhapatnam

Dr Sanjeev Sinha, Head of Department of Medicine, AIIMS

Dr Rohit Srivastava, Himanshu Patel Chair Professor in the Department of BSBE, IIT Bombay

Dr Mrutyunjay Suar, Director General of R&D and Innovation at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar and CEO of KIIT Technology Business Incubator; Chairman of Bhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster Foundation

Dr K.R. Suresh Nair, Chief Technology Advisor to Foundation for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, an initiative of Tata Trust

Dr Premnath Venugopalan, Head of NCL Innovations at CSIR-NCL and Founder Director of Venture Center (National award winning inventive enterprises and deep tech incubator); Chemical engineer and an alumnus of MIT in the US, IIT-Bombay (Pune)

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