Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 5: The School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, in collaboration with the JK Science Technology & Innovation Council (JKSTIC), organized a one-day workshop on “Startups and Skill Development: Translational Research from Lab to Market” at the School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu.
The event brought together scientists, academicians and entrepreneurs to encourage research scholars, and students to leverage their scientific research and knowledge into viable startup ventures and market-ready innovations.
The event was inaugurated by Prof J P Singh Joorel, Dean Academic Affairs, JU. He highlighted the need to integrate research outcomes with the entrepreneurship initiatives to boost innovation – driven growth in the region. He emphasized that the true value of research is realized when ideas are translated into tangible outcomes.
Prof Yash Pal Sharma, Dean Faculty of Life Sciences, JU, encouraged students and researchers to think beyond publications and patents, focusing instead on the real-world applications of their work and pursuing a visionary, goal-oriented career path.
Earlier, Prof Sanjana Kaul, Director School of Biotechnology and Convenor of the workshop, spoke about its objectives that is to sensitise young researchers to opportunities in biotech entrepreneurship, to enhance innovation driven skills, and to promote a startup ecosystem within academic institutions.
The technical sessions included talks by two eminent invited speakers. In the first technical session, Dr Saurabh Saran, Senior Principal Scientist, Fermentation and Microbial Biotechnology Division, Head , IIIM-Technology Business Incubator, and OSD Industrial Biotech Parks (UT of J&K), delivered an insightful lecture on “Development of an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem to Support Agri-based Startups in J&K,” highlighting successful stories of lab-to-market transition and the pivotal role of incubators, such as BioNEST, in nurturing biotechnology startups.
The second session by Dr Khalid Masoodi, Associate Professor/Senior Scientist, Division of Plant Biotechnology, SKUAST-Kashmir, Director Cashmir BioTech Pvt Ltd, SKIIE, SKUAST Kashmir and also a distinguished alumnus of the School of Biotechnology, JU, shared his entrepreneurial journey and insights into building research – driven biotech enterprises.
The workshop was convened by Prof Sanjana Kaul, Director School of Biotechnology and Mushtak Ahmad Bhat, Additional Director, JKSTIC and Oganising Secretaries included Shruti Khanna Assistant Director JKSTIC and Dr Ritu Mahajan Associate Professor School of Biotechnology University of Jammu. Dr Mehak Gupta conducted proceedings of the entire event.
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