Biocon Academy has won the Smart Bio Award 2021 in the ‘Best Social Enterprise/Institute’ category for the work towards training biotech students and bridging the gap between academia and industry. Programme Dean Bindu Ajit and Academic Dean Salavadi Easwaran received the award on behalf of the academy at the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2021.

Ajit said, “Receiving this award re-affirms our core mission and vision, and the values with which Biocon Academy is working towards bridging the gap between academia and the industry."

Biocon Academy was founded by Biocon in 2013 as a CSR initiative with a vision to transform raw talent in India into skilful professionals by offering industry-oriented certificate programs with an international curriculum. Ever since then, more than 700 students have graduated from our certificate programmes, and everyone has been successfully placed in various companies across the industry.