Synopsis

While India’s technical pool and computer capabilities are well known throughout the world, its comparative emergence as a power in Biotechnology, through several inherent advantages, is only just being revealed and understood in world capitals.

LIFE ENCODED (Documentary; duration: 30 minutes) maps the changing contours of Biotechnology in India. It documents the Indian initiative in various fields of Biotech and captures the endless applications of this “Science of the Century”. It highlights current best practices and efforts in the oil industry, sericulture, in brain research, vaccines, traditional medicine, rice, human health and gene discovery, among others. 

The film’s feel and new-age quality of editing are reflective of the new frontiers of Biotech in India. Its script and presentation, splicing relevant images from research and industry with interviews of current biotech titans in India, highlights not only the Indian achievement, but also the enthusiasm this innovative industry exudes.

Experts featured :

1.DR.BANWARI LAL, Associate Director BBO –The Energy and Resource Institute

2. PROF.RAKESH BHATNAGAR, Center for Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

3. DR.G.S.KHATRI, Director – Bharat Biotech International Limited

4.KIRAN MAZUMDAR SHAW, CEO - Biocon

5.SUDHAKERA NAIDU, Former Vice President Marketing – Bharat Biotech International Limited

6.SUCHITRA ELLA, Founder Director –Bharat Biotech Foundation

7.DR.R.A.MASHELKAR, Director - General Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

8.DR.B.V.RAVI KUMAR, Managing Director - Xcyton Diagnostics Limited

9.DR.KRISHNA M. ELLA, Chairman and Managing Director - Bharat Biotech International Limited

10.PROF.G.PADMANABAN, Honorary Professor - Dept. of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science

 11.PROF.ASIS DATTA, Director – National Center for Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University

12.PROF. AKHILESH TYAGI, Director - Department of Plant Molecular Biology

13.DR.JAVAREGOWDA NAGRAJU, Staff Scientist – Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

14.DR.CHANDRASHEKHARAIAH, Director - Andhra Pradesh State Sericulture Research and Development Institute

15.DR.SHIV PRASAD, Scientist – Andhra Pradesh State Sericulture Research and Development Institute

16.DR.SHEKHAR MANDE, Scientist – Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

17.DR.MAMMEN CHANDY, Prof & Head – Department of Hematology, Christian Medical College and Hospital

18.DR.D.BALASUBRAMANIAM, LV Prasad Eye Institute

19.PROF.VIJAYLAKSHMI RAVINDRANATH, Director – National Brain Research Center

20.DR. PANKAJ SETH, Scientist – National Brain Research Center

21.DR. M.K.BHAN, Secretary – Department of Biotechnology Government of India

22.DR.SAMIR BHATTACHARYA, Department of Life Sciences Visva Bharti, Shantiniketan

23.DR.SOMNATH BANDOPADHYA, Chief Medical and Technical Services- Dey’s Medical Stores (Mfg) Limited

24.PARTHA MAJUMDAR, Professor - Anthropology & Human Genetics Unit Indian Statistical Institute

25.DR.SAMIR K. BRAHMACHARI, Director – Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology

26.DR. VIJAY CHANDRU, Chairman & CEO – Strand Genomics

27.PROF. ANDREW LYNN, Assistant Professor – School of Information Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru University  

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