bioventures

Very interesting conversation with Ashwani

ashwani: hello
Raghav: hi
ashwani: wassup
Raghav: biohoirizon organization
Raghav: since it is now to be held on march 10-11
ashwani: okie events decided?
Raghav: review - industrial, rDNA and env. biotech
Raghav: posters - bioprocess, emerging (bionano, biophy), env. and agri
Raghav: we will have the bioventures business plan contest
Raghav: second day - bioventures, ipr and bioethics (we are trying to get a play into this) and "management of a biotech industry"
ashwani: bioinfo nahi hai?
Raghav: sorry... the emerging poster session deals primarily with bioinfo
Raghav: no review session on that
ashwani: yaar biovenutres mein thodi fight hai..
ashwani: ppl dont have many business ideas.. and tht too in biotech.. thoda specialise ho jaata hai
ashwani: basically you would have to change the foray... MBA students come into the picture
ashwani: and most do not have any idea of biotech... becoz its quite upcoming
Raghav: yeah... the business plan contest is in parallel with the management session, so we could scrap it...
Raghav: but we though we could still try
Raghav: do u advise against it?
ashwani: yaar i dont know...its for you decide.. my only worry is its a very niche thing in itself
ashwani: dekh if you consider all biotech students tht came in biohorizon last year... how many of them would have okayish business ideas which can be presented to make an event
Raghav: very few
ashwani: event quality might be at risk then
Raghav: a handful, actually
ashwani: business plans have to come from MBA students primarily... and most students come up with non-technical ideas
ashwani: and those who would come forward with technical ideas would either be not savvy'
Raghav: yes... they would come up with some it solutions for biotech problems
Raghav: *IT solutions
Raghav: not particularly good...
ashwani: so a big event cannot be organised.. maybe you can have a poster session kinda thing...
ashwani: i think we wasted much energy on this last time.. we should have realised its true potential which wasnt very high
ashwani: i think your poster session are well suited to increase participation
ashwani: last time we had a little zoomed in poster session... so the attendance in Biohorizon was high but participation in poster session was not tht high
ashwani: so this is a good step.. think further on these lines
ashwani: hello
BUZZ!!!
Raghav: sorry
Raghav: yes, that is something that has also been worrying me
ashwani: govt organisation se baat hui kuch
ashwani: catch AICTE this time
Raghav: paison ki fight nahin hai
Raghav: iocl se bahut paisa aa gaya
ashwani: yeah tht sure saved you.. but this generous money from govt organisations comes easily..dont miss that booty
Raghav: okey
Raghav: will fill the forms next week
ashwani: sahi hai.. kuch janta hai enthu waali ki you alone are doing things?
Raghav: vasie do u think we have sufficient time?
Raghav: max junta hai
ashwani: yaar speakers ki fight hai tumhe thodi.. you wont be able to get industry ppl easily...unhi ki planning karni padti hai..
ashwani: scientist to koi bhi aa jaata hai
ashwani: its quite easy.
Raghav: me, aashi, ruchi, rachna, harry, ravi, manish baser, shikhar, jazz, sandy, sumit, sahil sethi (!!!), mehra, divya, suri, rahul sir (pilot plant)... many ppl
ashwani: thts good