BRIC-THSTI Hosts Third Industry Meet ‘SYNCHN 2026’

The Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), an institute of the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC), Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, today successfully hosted its third annual industry business meet, SYNCHN 2026 (Synergistic Collaboration in Healthcare Innovation), at the NCR Biotech Science Cluster campus in Faridabad. The event brought together prominent global health leaders, biotechnology experts, venture capitalists, startups, and policymakers to address coordination gaps and build a concrete pipeline to transfer lab-bench science into commercial-scale patient solutions.

Chief Guest Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive Chairperson, Biocon, delivered a virtual address outlining the profound technological transitions reshaping global healthcare.Welcoming delegates, Prof. Ganesan Karthikeyan, Executive Director of THSTI, outlined the summit’s strategic trajectory, noting that while SYNCHN’s initial edition in 2024 saw 13 Letters of Intent signed, the second edition in 2025 reached a more robust milestone of 19 binding strategic agreements.Dr Manish Diwan highlighted the newly operationalised BIRAC Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund as a primary catalyst to bridge lifecycle funding gaps for startups, industry, and national labs. (UPDATED ON 15TH JULY 2026)