Bala Manian
Non-Executive Independent Director
Administration
Biocon
India
Biography
Dr. Bala S. Manian, Ph.D,, is Non-Executive Independent Director of Biocon Limited. He has been a part of the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial community over the last four decades as an entrepreneur, as an investor and as an innovator. Before the Silicon Valley experience, he was an academic between 1971 and 1974, as a member of the teaching faculty at the University of Rochester. In his latest venture, ReaMetrix Inc, Bala Manian has spent more than ten years in the innovation driven solutions to address the unmet human diagnostics needs of emerging economies that are affordable and economically sustainable. While these activities have been centered in India, the lessons learned are applicable globally. An expert in the design of electrooptical systems, Dr. Manian holds a large number (more than 40) of patents, many of which have resulted in successful commercial products. While his educational training is in Physics & Engineering, his contributions have centered predominantly in Life Sciences. As example of cross-discipline convergence, in February 1999 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Bala, a Technical Academy Award for advances in digital cinematography. He has been recognized through several awards for his contributions as an educator, inventor and an entrepreneur. He has been a director of our Company since October, 2004.
Research Interest
Chemical Engineering Biochemical engineering
