AIC-LMCP Foundation and LMCP conducted an outreach event for Faculty and Post-graduate-scholars from Gujarat Akhandanand Ayurvedic College (GAAC) and Gujarat Ayurvedic College Vadodara (GACV). Dr. Dilip Jani, Professor, Dravyaguna Shastra, GACV and Dr. Surendra Soni, HOD PG Department of Kayachikitsa, GAAC, were the guests for this event. Dr. M.T. Chhabria, Principal, LMCP gave an introductory speech regarding scope of innovations, challenges in a drug manufacturing process and how Ayurvedic products and therapies has a key role play in the situation of COVID-19. It was followed by a talk by Dr. Praful Bharadia (Coordinator of SSIP, LMCP) deliberating about Innovation Initiatives at LMCP and how the whole process works. Concluding session was taken up by Dr. Shrinivas Savale (CEO of AIC-LMCP) discussing how to translate an idea to enterprise with the help of incubation centre. Further on this day, an MoU was signed between LMCP, AIC-LMCP Foundation and GACV for research, development and entrepreneurship facilitation.

IPA GSB in association with IDMA GSB, L. M. College of Pharmacy, AIC-LMCP, SSIP-LMCP, IIC-LMCP arranged a webinar on ‘Development steps of small molecule drug product and addressing technical challenges in clinical and commercial dosage form’ was organized by IPA, GSB along with IDMA, GSB; LMCP and AIC-LMCP Foundation. Anil Kane, Ph.D., MBA, delivered a talk regarding initial moves while developing small molecule drug products, the difficulties one might face during the course of time and practical solutions.

An online webinar on ‘Use of Herbal products during pandemic - Controversies and Benefits’ was conducted where Dr. Lal Hingorani, MD, Pharmanza, delivered an excellent talk on increase in use of herbal remedies during the COVID pandemic and also deliberated on probable contraindications, recent advances in the field as well as advantages of herbal products.

Valedictory Function and meet for marking the completion of the Certification Course on ‘Biopharmaceuticals: Product Lifecycle’ (90 h online and hands-on course) was held at LMCP. The faculty and participants of the course were felicitated with the Certificates. Dr. Lakshmikanth Gandikota, VP, Innovation Science & Technology, and Dr. Sridevi Khambhampaty VP, Biosimilar Product Development, Intas Pharmaceuticals-Biopharma Div. along with Dr. Anusuya Lahiri-Bhadalkar, Jt. Director, GSBTM, and other officials from Intas Biopharma visited AIC-LMCP Foundation.

Pitching to Investors
AIC-LMCP Foundation and INDIABIZ jointly organised the third knowledge sharing session on ‘Pitching to Investors’ exclusively for AIC-LMCP Incubatees. Hemal Patel, Founder & CEO, Ray Pvt. Ltd., Singapore, explained about introductory pitch and customized pitch based on mindset of investor. Preparation for financials, stage-wise pitch presentation with concrete numbers, data and relevant examples, lot of homework to know and understand mindset - investment thesis and then convince the investor into customer are the key takeaways of the event. The session also involved discussion on practical case study for startups of AIC-LMCP Foundation.

AIC-LMCP Foundation and INDIABIZ jointly organised the second knowledge sharing session on ‘Startup Business Plan and Indiabiz onboarding’ for the incubatees of AIC-LMCP Foundation. The expert speakers of this event were Mr. Anand Sanghvi, Partner, ValServe Corporate Advisors LLP, Ahmedabad and Mr. Hardik Chopra, Head, Advisory Services, Indiabiz. In this session Mr. Sanghvi discussed essential and critical elements of a startup business plan with case studies. He also emphasized on the importance of market analysis, investor connect and also guided on how to design the business plan and Executive Summary for the startup.

GUJCOST sponsored Webinar Series on Organic Synthesis: Lifeline of Pharma API Industry; Webinar III - ‘Stereochemistry and Intellectual Properties in API Synthesis’ was organized by L. M. College of Pharmacy with Industry Partner O2h Discovery Pvt. Ltd., GUJCOST-DST, GCCI, AIC-LMCP, SSIP-LMCP and IIC-LMCP. The experts for these sessions were Dr. M. R. Yadav, Director, R & D, Parul University; Dr. Satish Y. Gabhe, Professor, Bharati Vidyapeeth University; Dr. Padmin Buch, Senior IPR Domain Expert; Dr. S. B. Wagh, Director, Rumit Chemisynth Pvt. Ltd.; and Mr. Sanjaykumar Patel, Founder ExcelonIP. About 100 participants from academia and industry participated in this part of the series of webinars.

Dr. Shrinivas Savale, CEO, AIC-LMCP Foundation, was invited as a Speaker in the Weeklong Capacity Building Online Workshop on “Idea to enterprise” organized by Babaria Institute of Pharmacy. He derived a lecture on “Innovation and startup opportunities in Pharma and Healthcare sector”. Through this event AIC-LMCP Foundation reached out to 124 startups, faculties and students and spread awareness about AIC-LMCP Foundation’s role as facilitator for translation of innovative ideas into enterprises in the pharma and healthcare sector.

AIC-LMCP Foundation organized an Informative session on the ‘Funding Support available to Startups under Scheme for assistance for Startups/ Innovation – Gujarat Industrial Policy – 2020’ to understand the provisions, eligibility and process of application for availing such funding assistance under the Scheme. This session was organized exclusively for the incubatees associated with AIC-LMCP Foundation.

In this online event, Ms. Janki Joshi, Project Executive; and Ms. Sanjana Iyer, Project Executive, Startup Cell Gujarat, Industry Commission - Govt. of Gujarat, elaborated on the subject and answered queries of the participants. Founders/team members of 22 startups participated in this event.

IIC-LMCP, SSIP-LMPC and AIC-LMCP organised an event on ‘Importance of IPR and IP Management for startups’. The speaker, Ms. Mitul Pandya, Patent Agent and Advocate, Patent Division, H.K. Acharya and Company, Ahmedabad, shared her insights on importance of intellectual property rights and its management for startups. A total of 38 faculties and students participated in this event.

GUJCOST sponsored Webinar Series on Organic Synthesis: Lifeline of Pharma API Industry; Webinar II – ‘Process Chemistry and Environment Management System in API Synthesis’ was organized by L. M. College of Pharmacy with Industry Partner O2h Discovery Pvt. Ltd., GUJCOST-DST, GCCI, AIC-LMCP, SSIP-LMCP and IIC-LMCP. The speakers for these sessions were Dr. Viranchi Shah, Chairman, Pharma & Healthcare Task Force – GCCI, Ahmedabad; Dr. Anamik Shah, Vice-chancellor, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad; Mr. Shailesh Patwari, Chairman, Naroda Enviro Projects Limited, Former president, GCCI, Ahmedabad; Mr. Malav Dalwadi, CEO, T. R. Associates, Ahmedabad; Yasir Shehravi, EHS specialist, O2h Discovery Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad; Dr. Vinodkumar Kansal, Founder, Kantech Research Solutions; Dr. Chirag Rami, Shivam Petrochem Industries/Chemcon Specialty Chemicals Limited, Vadodara; and Dr. Swapnil Yerande, Head R & D, Deepak Nitrite Limited, Vadodara. This part of the webinar series was attended by about 120 participants.

IPA GSB in association with L. M. College of Pharmacy, AIC-LMCP, SSIP-LMCP, IIC-LMCP organized a session on ‘Preparation for regulatory submission of drug product in India and other countries and subsequent course of action’. This session focussed on various requirements for regulatory submission to get marketing authorization for drug products in India and other countries. Specific emphasis was given on clinical development requirements. Mr. Vishal Jain, Director, C-Trials Global; Mr. Dhruv Raval, Manager - Global RA, Amneal Pharmaceuticals Lt.; and Mr. Hiren Rajguru, Director, QRS Compliance, shared their knowledge during this session. A total of 110 faculties and students participated in this online-offline event.

AIC-LMCP Foundation in association with INDIABIZ (www.indiabizforsale.com) organised a knowledge sharing session on "Growing your business through Investments". This was a kick-off session of collaboration with Indiabiz and organised exclusively for the incubatees associated with AIC-LMCP Foundation. Through this collaboration Indiabiz will provide certain support to all the incubatees at AIC-LMCP Foundation in terms of onboarding on the platform for business opportunities, connecting with investors and networking globally. It will also provide custom-made business services to the startups. In this offline-online event Mr. Bhavin Bhagat, Co-Founder, Indiabiz, discussed about types and importance of funding and essentials for seeking investment. Ms. Deepty Chopra, Analyst, Indiabiz, explained features of Indiabiz platform and onboarding process for the startups. Twenty-five participants took advantage of this session.

GUJCOST sponsored Webinar Series on Organic Synthesis: Lifeline of Pharma API Industry Webinar I - ‘Organic Synthesis: Precautions, setup, Monitoring and Work up’ was organized by L. M. College of Pharmacy with Industry Partner O2h Discovery Pvt. Ltd., GUJCOST-DST, GCCI, AIC-LMCP, SSIP-LMCP and IIC-LMCP. The speakers of this seminar were Dr. J. S. Yadav, Provost and Director (Research), Indrashil University, Mehsana; Ms. Parvati Varma, Senior QA executive, Oxygen Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad; Prof. Mariam S. Degani, Professor, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai; Dr. Hemal Soni, Team Leader, Oxygen Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. Chirag Mehta, Associate Scientist II, Department of NCE, Kashiv Biosciences Pvt. Ltd.; Dr. Asit K. Chakraborti, Former Professor and Head, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, NIPER, Mohali; and Dr. Bipin Pandey, Adjunct Professor, National Facility for Drug Discovery/Development (NFDD), Department of Chemistry, Saurashtra University, Rajkot. More than 150 participants took benefit of these scientific webinars.

AIC-LMCP and LMCP had jointly organised the outreach event for 1st Year M. Pharm. students of LMCP. In this event Dr. Shrinivas Savale (CEO, AIC-LMCP Foundation) and Mr. Yash Pandya (Incubation Manager, AIC-LMCP Foundation) briefed about innovation and entrepreneurship and the startup ecosystem. Ms. Priyal Shah conducted the tour to the lab facilities and explained about various advanced technologies available at the AIC-LMCP. The students were informed about the operational process of incubation centre and the support provided to the startups. There were 34 students participated in this outreach event.

IPA GSB in association with IDMA GSB, L. M. College of Pharmacy, AIC-LMCP, SSIP-LMCP, IIC-LMCP arranged a webinar on ‘Changing Dynamics in Pharmaceutical Product Management and Marketing in recent times’ by Shri. P. K. RAJPUT, Senior Vice President, Domestic Business, Cadila Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Rajput focused on new innovative ideas, creativity and technologies deployed for Pharmaceutical Product Management and Marketing and touched upon the role of digital marketing, Digital Health Record and artificial intelligent in marketing of drug products. He emphasized on tools of AI and emerging change from physical to digital, supporting value-based propositions and creating need in the mind of customer instead of just selling a product or service. About 85 enthusiasts including faculty and students participated in this webinar.

IIC-LMCP and AIC-LMCP jointly organised the webinar on ‘My story: Motivational session by successful innovator’. In this webinar Mr. Kush Prajapati, Founder, Redicine Medsol – a startup incubated at AIC-LMCP Foundation, shared his journey as an innovator working on his innovative idea to address the serious problem of medication error. About 220 students, startups and faculties attended this event.

AIC-LMCP Foundation organized a webinar on ‘Company registration and compliance requirements for startups’. Through this webinar Mr. Shrijay Sheth, Founder of LegalWiz.in, briefed on types of companies, process of corporate registration and compliances requirements for various types of companies to ALF Startups. The participants were the startups associated with AIC-LMCP Foundation and other startups, aspiring students, faculty and startup enthusiasts.

The expert panellists, Shri Satyanarayan Dangayach, Founder Trustee, Innovative Thought Forum, Ahmedabad; Dr. Viranchi Shah, Director, Saga Laboratories and Senior National Vice President, IDMA, and Chairman, Pharma & Healthcare Task Force, GCCI; Dr. Shivprakash Rathnam, CEO, Synchron Research Services Pvt. Ltd. and President, Indian Pharmacological Society; and Mr. Chiranjiv Patel, P C Snehal Group (GCCI), Entrepreneur, Change Maker & Motivator, graced the discussion and expressed their views on the self-reliant India campaign. All the panellists echoed the importance of this campaign to make India and its citizens economically and academically independent and emphasized that self-reliance is the only path to true freedom.

On the occasion of ‘Parakram Diwas’, the birthday of Subhash Chandra Bose, as a part of IIC-LMCP initiative of Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan - self-reliant India campaign – IIC-LMCP, SSIP-LMCP and AIC-LMCP organized a panel discussion on ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat - vocal for local’.

The expert panellists, Shri Satyanarayan Dangayach, Founder Trustee, Innovative Thought Forum, Ahmedabad; Dr. Viranchi Shah, Director, Saga Laboratories and Senior National Vice President, IDMA, and Chairman, Pharma & Healthcare Task Force, GCCI; Dr. Shivprakash Rathnam, CEO, Synchron Research Services Pvt. Ltd. and President, Indian Pharmacological Society; and Mr. Chiranjiv Patel, P C Snehal Group (GCCI), Entrepreneur, Change Maker & Motivator, graced the discussion and expressed their views on the self-reliant India campaign. All the panellists echoed the importance of this campaign to make India and its citizens economically and academically independent and emphasized that self-reliance is the only path to true freedom.

IPA GSB jointly with IDMA GSB, AIC-LMCP and LMCP arranged a webinar on ‘Contribution of Pharmaceutical Industry and Regulators in Covid Management’. Dr. H. G. Koshia, Commissioner, FDCA, Gujarat, was the speaker who highlighted on the very significant role played by Government as well as CDSCO and FDCA in ensuring development, manufacture and supply of all essential drugs, medical devices and required materials countrywide and even abroad during lock down and thereafter.

L. M. College of Pharmacy and partners AIC-LMCP, SSIP-LMCP and IIC-LMCP organised a webinar on “2nd COVID-19 Awareness Program” by Dr. Samip Sheth, M.B., D (Ortho), CIMS Hospital, Ahmedabad. He updated the participants on the current pandemic situation, various symptoms, modalities of diagnosis, treatment and support for the COVID patients. He also elaborated on COVID-appropriate behaviour (Dos and Don’ts). More than 120 researchers, startups and industrialist participated in this event.

A webinar on ‘Microbial Fermentation: Challenges Vs Opportunities’ by Mr. Anurag Mehta, COO, Synbiotics Ltd., was organized by IPA, Gujarat State Branch in association with L. M. College of Pharmacy and the partners AIC-LMCP, SSIP-LMCP and IIC-LMCP.

Mr. Mehta explained the importance of microbial fermentation and the challenges and opportunities in drug discovery process. He also highlighted the advancement and newer technology applied in microbial fermentation process highlighting that the process will be a blockbuster tool for chemotherapeutic drug discovery process in future. There were 30 participants in the webinar.

IPA, Gujarat State Branch in association with L. M. College of Pharmacy and event partners AIC-LMCP, SSIP-LMCP and IIC-LMCP, arranged webinar on ‘Technology - The Game Changer in Pharma’ by Sri. S. G. Belapure, Senior Technical Advisor, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance.

Mr. Belapure discussed that despite several advancements in pharma industries, technological advances are incremental and not radical unlike other industries. He highlighted three major areas of technological advances - 1) Continuous manufacturing of API and formulations, 2) 3D-Printing and 3) Digitalisation in terms of automation and data exchange. He mentioned that, in India, economic considerations are more significant than regulatory issues. IT and Pharma are two major industries and they have to unite to effect the necessary change. Even large companies in India are also in early stages of technological advancement. About 60 participants were benefited during this interactive session.

ALF, SSIP and IIC at LMCP hosted a scientific webinar on ‘AI for smart manufacturing and smart wearable revolution’ by Dr. Satish T. S. Bukkapatnam, Rockwell International Professor, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA, on 18th September, 2020. During this talk Dr. Bukkapatnam discussed about the smart manufacturing and how recent advances in IoT, AI, 3D printing and sensors are leading a new generation of wearable and point of care devices that can truly democratize healthcare.

AIC-LMCP Foundation, Institutional Innovation Council and Student Startup and Innovation Policy at L. M. College of Pharmacy jointly organized a webinar on "Current trends in research and development for COVID-19 vaccine" on 18-Jul-2020. The speakers included Dr. Mukul Jain, President, Zydus Research Centre, Cadila Healthcare Ltd. and Dr. Lakshmikanth Gandikota, VP, Innovation Science & Technology, Intas Pharmaceuticals-Biopharma Div. The speakers discussed various approaches for vaccine research and development - from discovery to clinical trials. They also threw light on the current scenario with respect to regulations and anticipated timelines for the availability of vaccine.

ALF, L. M. College of Pharmacy, Innovative Thought Forum (ITF), Arogya Bharati, jointly organised a webinar on "Clinical Trials in AYUSH: Challenges and Opportunities" on 19-June-2020. Esteemed experts from the AYUSH, Pharma and healthcare sectors, Padmashri Dr. V. Prakash, Former Director General, CSIR; Dr. Narendra Mehrotra, Former Director, CSIR-CDRI; Dr. Indraneel Basu, Leading Investigator and President, Arogya Bharati Kashi Prant; Dr. Raj Kumar Machandana; Dr. Arun Maseeh, Sr. VP, Troikaa Pharmaceutical Ltd., Ahmedabad; Dr. Shivprakash Ratnam, Founder and MD, Synchron Research Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. Bharat Doshi, CEO and Founder, BioDev Services; Dr. Lal Hingorani, Founder, Pharmanza India Pvt. Ltd.; Dr. Shrinivas Savale, CEO, AIC-LMCP Foundation and Dr. V. M. Katoch, Former Director General, ICMR, New Delhi were the panellists. This session was moderated by Mr S. B. Dangayach, Founder Trustee, ITF and National Vice President, Arogya Bharati and Dr. V. Prakash. Seventy delegates from varied backgrounds including startups participated in the event and got many questions resolved through the Q & A session.

ALF and eChai jointly organized an e-meetup on 22-May-2020 entitled “Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges and opportunities in diagnostic testing” keeping in mind Diagnostic testing as a critical aspect for timely testing and healthcare support for survival/recovery during the pandemic. The panellist included, Dr Parthiv Mehta, Sr. Consultant Pulmonologist - Intensivist; Dr Gaurang Shah, Professor (Pharmacology), LMCP; Dr Sandip Shah, Executive Director, Neuberg Diagnostics and Dr. Amit Gupta, CEO, Airmed Pathology Pvt. Ltd. more than seventy participants participated in it.

A joint e-meetup was organized by ALF and eChai, keeping in line with the "National Technology Day" (celebrated on 11-May-2020), emphasizing the importance of technology in building the nation. This web-meeting was conceptualized to understand one of the very promising technologies ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and its role in healthcare. Founders of tech-startups who are incubated with AIC-LMCP Foundation, Mr. Ajit Deshpande, Founder, Rises Analytics Solution Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. Dolar Adesara, Founder, Mtag Innovations LLP and Dr. Akash Doshi, Director, Strauss Healthcare who not only understand AI but have built solutions using AI to address some of the healthcare problems were the panellist. They threw insights on "Role of AI in Healthcare: Covid-19 Pandemic and beyond". Eighty-five participants gained knowledge and made the session more interactive by asking questions.

ALF and eChai jointly organized web-meeting on 07-May-2020 entitled “Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges and opportunities in AYUSH Sector.” Panellist included Dr. Hemant Koshia, Commissioner, FDCA, Gujarat, Dr. Falgun Patel, Deputy Director, AYUSH, Gujarat State and Dr. Vandana Modi, Vice President, Cadila Pharma Herbal Division. Ninety researchers, startups and industrialist participated in this event.

ALF and eChai jointly organized an e-meetup on 30-April-2020 where experts and industry leaders from the Pharma and Healthcare Innovation Ecosystem shared their insights on "Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges and opportunities in on Pharma and Healthcare Innovation" and what could be the way forward. Esteemed experts from the Pharma and Healthcare Innovation Ecosystem – Dr. Ketan Patel, Chairman and Managing Director, Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Dr. Unnat Pandit, Programme Director, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India - were the Panellists. More than one hundred participants attended this e-meetup.

An e-meetup was jointly organized by ALF and eChai on 23-April-2020 on the theme “Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Pharma Sector and the way forward”. The founders and industry leaders from the Pharma Sector - Dr. Viranchi Shah, Director, Saga Laboratories; Dr. Milan Satia, President and CEO, Ethicare Clinical Trial Services; Mr Bhadresh Khamar, CEO, Kegan Advisory Firm and Kegan Executive Search - shared their views about the impact of Covid-19 on Pharma sector and what could be the way forward for pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, supply chain, clinical research as well as impact on recruitments and resource optimization in the sector. Fifty-five researchers, startups and industrialist participated in this event.

A series of webinars was organized focusing on COVID-19 Pandemic situation and way forward.
ALF and eChai organized an e-meetup on 16-April-2020 entitled “Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Business and the way forward” where founders and industry leaders from the community shared the impact of Covid-19 on various business sectors and what could be the way forward for it. The panellist for the session were Mr. Padmin Buch, Sr. Visiting Faculty, EDII, (Ex-Managing Director, GITCO), Advisor; Mr. Bhavin Bhagat, Co-Founder, CEO, IndiaBizForSale; Mr. Sanjaykumar Patel, Founder, ExcelonIP. More than eighty participants took advantage of this informative session.

A Training Program on "Overview of innovation & incubation process" was organized for Principals of Government Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges, Gujarat, under Student Startup & Innovation Policy (SSIP) on 13-Mar-2020. Total of 12 participants attended and the session was headed by Dr. M. T. Chhabria, Principal, LMCP and Dr. Shrinivas Savale (CEO, AIC-LMCP Foundation).

A panel discussion and roundtable conference were organized on “Startup opportunities in Pharma and Healthcare” and the penalist were Jitendra Patel, CMD, Daffodil Pharma; Rakesh Bhavsar, Nidhi Hospitals; Bhavin Bhagat, Co-Founder, India BizForSale and Mr Bharat Chaudhary; CEO, Geevet Remedies.

Healthtech Founder’s Meetup A Health-tech Founder’s Meetup was organized with eChai where Mr. Gunjan Patel (Founder, Synersense) shared his Startup journey and the challenges with other health-tech startup founders. The session was moderated by Mr. Jatin Chaudhary (eChai Venture).

Innovation Trends and Startups Opportunities in Pharma and Healthcare Sector
This event was organized to give insights about the current and future trends in Innovation in in Pharma and Healthcare Sector and various opportunities for the Startup ideas in this sector. Mr. Mayank Patel, CFA, CEO, Cradle Incubator, EDII, Gandhinagar; Dr. Aakash Doshi, Co-Founder Strauss Healthcare and Mr. Jatin Chaudhary, Co-Founder, e-Chai Ventures interacted with the participants on the theme while Mr. Kishor Kapadiya, Co-Founder, Chris Knight Nutrition Pvt. Ltd. walked the audience with his Startup journey. About 80 students and startups participated in the event.

A felicitation ceremony of “Women Entrepreneurs” from LMCP Alumni was done, to boost up the young women entrepreneurs. As a part of this event, Mr. Kanubhai Patel, CMD, Amneal Pharma; Prof. N. R. Sheth, Vice Chancellor, Gujarat Technological University (GTU); Prof. C. J. Shishoo; Dr. Hemant Koshia, Commissioner, FDCA, Gujarat; Mr. Himanshu Shah, Co-Founder, Aries Lifesciences also participated with other 450 participants.

A discussion on “Startup and Investments opportunities in Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare” was organized with a group of penalist that includes, Dr. Ketan Patel, CMD, Troikaa; Mr. Himanshu Shah, Co-Founder, Aries Lifesciences; Dr. Milan Satia, CEO, Ethicare CRO; Mr. Bhdreash Khamar, CEO, Kegan Wellness; Mr. Bhavin Bhagat, Co-Founder, India BizForSale and Dr. Hetal Shah, Director, MeWrit.

A panel discussion and roundtable conference were organized on “Startup and Investments opportunities in Pharma and Healthcare” and the penalist were Mr. Bhadreash Khamar, CEO, Kegan Wellness; Mahesh Chopra, Founder, Mobihealth and Ms. KrutikaKatrat, Co-Founder, OoWomaniya.

A panel discussion and roundtable conference were organized on “Startup opportunities in Pharma and Healthcare” and the penalist were Jitendra Patel, CMD, Daffodil Pharma; Rakesh Bhavsar, Nidhi Hospitals; Bhavin Bhagat, Co-Founder, India BizForSale and Mr Bharat Chaudhary; CEO, Geevet Remedies.

“Ideathon” was organized at GTU Central TechFest, where around 84 students from different Pharmacy colleges under Gujarat Technological University and other universities participated.

An Interaction and orientation with SSIP grant awardee students was organized under the title “How to start business from their Innovation”. The session was led by Mr. Jatin Chaudhary Founder, e-Chai Venture; Mr. Parth Shah-Founder, Vivez LifeSciences; Mr. Dhruv Gupta, Director - Growth at Indian Blood Service.

A panel discussion and roundtable conference were organized on, “Startup and Investments opportunities in Pharma and Healthcare” and the penalist were Mr. Dhruv Gupta, Director - Growth at Indian Blood Service; Dr. Amit Gupta, Founder, Airmed Pathology Labs and Mr. Parth Shah, Founder, Vivez LifeSciences.

An orientation program for teachers from school having the Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL, Atal Innovation Mission) regarding the startup ecosystem in Gujarat and India. The session was delivered by Dr. M. T. Chhabria, Principal, L. M. College of Pharmacy; Dr. Shrinivas Savale, CEO, AIC-LMCP Foundation and Dr. Nirav Thakkar, Principal, A G High school, Ahmedabad.

A panel discussion and roundtable conference were organized on, “Startup and Investments opportunities in Pharma and Healthcare” and the penalist were Dr. ShivprakashRathnam, Synchrom Research; Mr. Anand Parikh, Shira Medtech and Mr. Anupam Lavani, BioScan.

Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Innovation Summit 2019 was organized, which had more than 70 participants. Mr. Sunil Parekh, Senior Advisor, Zydus Group; Dr. Viranchi Shah, Director, Saga Laboratories; Dr. Arun Maseeh, SVP, Medical Services, Troikaa Pharma; Mr. Tuhin Paul, Co-Founder, Menstrupedia; Ms. Tanvi Saxena, Senior Manager, PlexusMD; Ms. ShriyaDamani, Director, Global Healthcare Innovations and Mr. Hemal Soni, Senior Group Leader, O2h, were the dignitaries and speakers of the summit.

An outreach event was organized at Government Akhandanand Ayurveda College (GAAC), Ahmedabad to enlighten the students.The session was led by Dr. M. T. Chhabria, Principal, L. M. College of Pharmacy and Mr. Mahendra Chaudhari, Incubation Manager, AIC- LMCP Foundation.

A talk was delivered by Mr. Bhadreash Khamar, CEO, Kegan Wellness on "Creating the effective business plan" from Research to Commercialisation to enlighten the young entrepreneurs by showing them the right path.

Orientation about and visit to AIC-LMCP Foundation was organized for thestudents of M. G. Science Institute, Ahmedabad. The session was taken by Dr. Shrinivas Savale, CEO, AIC-LMCP Foundation.

An event was organized showing the exact path to reach to commercialisation from the innovative idea was explored by Dr. Praful Bharadia, Prof. L M College of Pharmacy and Dr. Shrinivas Savale, CEO, AIC-LMCP Foundation under the title, “Research to IP to Commercialisation.”

A panel discussion and roundtable conference were organized on, “Startup and Investments opportunities in Pharma and Healthcare” and the penalist were Dr. Akash Doshi, Founder, Strauss Healthcare; Mr. Rahul Mirdha, Co-Founder, Mood Cafe and Mr. Dhiraj Sharma, Founder, vCura.

A National Conference was organized on, “Technology, IP and Innovation for Building New India”at Bhavnagar, Gujarat.Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE; Prof. Prabuddha Ganguli, CEO Vision IPR, Advisor WIPO; Amogh Rai (Director, Sanrachna, SGT Uni.); Rohit Swarup, CEO, Xplora were the dignitaries of the event. Around 650 students from diverse fields participated in this event.

A panel discussion and roundtable was organized on, “Startup and Investments opportunities in Pharma and Healthcare” and the penalist were Dr. Amit Gupta, Founder, Airmed Pathology Lab; Dr. Shrinivas Savale, CEO, AIC-LMCP Foundation.

“Pharma and Healthcare Pre-Accelerator” was organized with special workshops and open sessions. The Pre-Accelerator had sessions covering the elements of startup journey viz.

• How to Validate Your Healthcare Business Idea? 
• Healthcare-Pharma Product Development
• Go-To-Market Strategies for Healthcare Startups 
• Legal & IP For Healthcare Startups
• Creating an Effective Business Plan and Startup Pitch Deck
• Investors' Perspective.

More than 50 young innovators/startups participated in this event and got benefited.

AIC-LMCP Foundation with e-Chai also organized one of its major event “Pharma and Healthcare and Innovation Summit 2.0” on 12th Oct 2019 which included expert talks on the theme, a panel discussion with founders of the rising startups in the sector as panellists followed by showcase of innovative startup ideas in Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare sector in front of the investors and corporate leaders. Dr. Shivprakash R. (MD, Synchron Research), Dr. Lakshmikanth Gandikota (VP, Innovation Science and Technology, Intas Pharmaceuticals - Biopharma Division), and Ms. Archa Khandelwal (Business Analyst, O2h) delivered the expert talks while Dr. Amit Gupta (Founder, Airmed Pathology Lab), Mr. Maulik Mistry, (Founder, Orange Nutraceuticals), Mr. Sanjay Patel (Founder, ExcelonIP) and Dr. Arpit Patwari (Partner, PharmAce Research Services) were the panellists. 110 participants including innovators, startup founders, students and faculty, investors, corporate leaders and mentors participated in the event.

A panel discussion was organized on “Startup and Investment Opportunities in Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals” and the penalist were Dr. Amit Soni, Cadila Pharma Ltd; Mr. Kartik Vikani, Aum Research Labs; Ms. Shruti Kushwah, Crealoons Innovations. The discussion covered innovation in the field of Medical devices as well as “Care from cure for illness to wellness” focusing on Ayurveda and herbal therapies. The audience included startups, investors, students and faculty.