Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Biotechnology

Department of Biotechnology, FET, MRIIRS organized a student interaction session on Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Biotechnology with Dr. Md. Kausar Neyaz, Ph.D, General Manager (R&D) at NextGen Life Sciences., Pvt. Ltd. And Dr. Nagma Abbasi, Ph.D, Founder and CEO, NextGen Life Sciences, Pvt. Ltd. Two sessions were conducted on 22^nd September 2022. During the first session of student discussion, Dr. Nagma Abbasi discussed her views on Science in contemporary India and its scope and further, enriched the interactions by giving examples from personal experience by focusing on Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Biotechnology. She also discussed her journey in Science. The next session by Dr. Kausar Neyaz, concentrated on “HPV and Cancer: Prevention Efforts in India”.

The aim of this session was to introduce the students to challenges in disease management in India and how vaccines can be a powerful tool not only for health safety as well as the economic backbone of our country.

Towards the end – Dr. Kausar Neyaz invited students for summer and dissertation training and also introduced various training modules. A total of 64 students attended the session.