Dr. Seth Berkley Chief Executive Officer, GAVI Alliance, Geneva
The organizing committee of BioAsia 2012 takes pride in bestowing the Genome Valley Excellence Award 2012 on Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO, GAVI Alliance, Switzerland in light of his –
Commitment to betterment of human health as a physician, epidemiologist and leading advocate in public health, immunization and vaccines.
Leadership in founding and pioneering the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), the first vaccine product development public-private sector partnership into implementing a global advocacy programme that assured that vaccines received prominent attention in the media and in political forums such as the G 8, EU and the UN.
Relentless efforts and contributions to the society through various public and private vaccine initiatives.
Mr. Cyrus P. Mistry Managing Director, Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Limited, Mumbai
MedTrack, NY, USA
BioAsia Young Mind Awardee
Sahana Ravishankar & S. Sowmya, Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School , Adyar, Chennai, India, Research Title: "Alcohol fuel from newspaper"
N.Koushika, The Ashok Leyland School, 11th, Research Title: "Comprhensive health check up kit"
V.Shubangi, S.Sathyapriya, Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School, Adyar , Chennai ,India, 10th, Research Title: "Diesel from algae"
BioAsia Young Mind Awardee
Nooruddin Khan,
Department of Biotechnology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, A.P, India,
"Development of ELISA based approach to detect active Tuberculosis including
smear-negative pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB cases."
Dr. Shailja Tiwari,
Drug Delivery Research laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr H. S. Gour
Central University, Sagar, M.P, India, "Recombinant protein based liposomal combination vaccine
for intranasal immunization against Hepatitis and Influenza"
