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Biocon Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Biocon Group was established by Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw in 2004.

Biocon Foundation has undertaken various meaningful programs to promote social and economic inclusion. Based in Bengaluru, India, Biocon Foundation brings effective primary healthcare services to the doorstep of underprivileged sections and it models new approaches for public healthcare delivery. The innovative education programs aim to make a difference in the lives of students enrolled in government schools. To improve the standard of living of rural communities, the Foundation invests in basic infrastructure and social services. The responsible practices in the areas of environmental protection and conservation of natural resources have resulted in path-breaking results. In addition, the Grant-In-Aid initiative has rendered financial support to worthwhile social projects.

13/08/2026

Let’s hear from Dr. Upendra Bhojani, Director, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru, as he answers a critical question posed during the 7th Annual Meeting of the Oral Cancer Task Force (OCTF) 2026:
India has demonstrated successful pilot models for oral cancer screening. What is the most critical health system or policy change needed to translate oral cancer screening into a sustainable national oral cancer elimination programme?
Convened by Biocon Foundation India, the Indian Institute of Science, and TANUH, OCTF 2026 brought together experts across disciplines to share evidence, discuss innovations, and identify priorities for advancing oral cancer elimination in India. Discussions spanned Al, implementation research, health systems strengthening, policy, and patient-centred care.
In his thought-provoking keynote he traced the intertwined histories of colonialism, commerce and to***co. Highlighting the commercial determinants of to***co consumption, he emphasized that effective prevention must extend beyond individual behaviour to address the systems and structures that drive risk.
Watch his insights.

11/08/2026

Dr. Moni Abraham Kuriakose on Building India’s Oral Cancer
Elimination Strategy :
What will it take to move from promising models to a coordinated national strategy for oral cancer elimination in India?
At the 7th Annual Meeting of the Oral Cancer Task Force
(OCTF) 2026, Dr. Moni Abraham Kuriakose, Head of Head and Neck Oncology and Director of Clinical Research, Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi; Medical Director, Karkinos Healthcare, Mumbai; and Vice Chairman, Head and Neck Surgery, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, shares his perspective on building a sustainable pathway towards oral cancer elimination in India.
A leading voice in cancer care and head and neck oncology, Dr. Moni Abraham Kuriakose highlights the importance of connecting prevention, early detection and access to quality care, while strengthening the health systems and evidence needed to take proven solutions to scale.

05/08/2026

The second day of the Oral Cancer Task Force ( ) Annual Meeting 2026 shifted the focus from innovation to the people, policies, and systems that ultimately determine its impact. The discussions explored what it truly means to build a patient centred approach to oral cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship.

03/08/2026

From Innovation to Implementation: Advancing the National Agenda for Oral Cancer Elimination

The inaugural day of the Oral Cancer Task Force
(OCTF) Annual Meeting 2026 convened leaders from public health, oncology, engineering, academia, government, and industry.

Held under the theme “Integrating Al, Research and Advocacy Towards Oral Cancer Elimination,” the discussions centred around evidence, informed policy, strong health systems, implementation at scale, and sustained collaboration across disciplines.

A recurring theme throughout the day 1 was clear: the next frontier is not demonstrating that innovation works, but ensuring it is adopted, implemented with fidelity, and sustained within the health system.

19/06/2026

On World No To***co Day, awareness means little without action. This year, Biocon Group volunteers stepped into government school classrooms in Anekal to engage students directly on the health consequences of to***co use.
To***co claims an estimated 1.35 million lives in India each year (WHO). For peri-urban communities like those around Anekal, where access to preventive health education is uneven, this kind of early, sustained engagement matters more than a single-day campaign.
Biocon Foundation’s school health programme in Anekal is part of a longer commitment — not a one-day effort.
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17/05/2026

This World Hypertension Day, we join the global call for “Controlling Hypertension Together.”

Through CHAMPS (Child Health Activists Mentoring and Promoting Health in Society), an initiative by Biocon Foundation in partnership with Narayana Health and Agastya International Foundation, students of Grades 8 and 9 from government schools are trained to measure blood pressure, understand hypertension risk factors, promote healthy lifestyles, and encourage early screening within their communities.

In 2025-2026 :

✅ 100 students trained across 10 government schools
✅ 1,208 adults screened across 18 camps
✅ 323 individuals with elevated BP identified and referred for further evaluation

By empowering young changemakers, CHAMPS is helping bring preventive healthcare closer to communities that need it most.

06/05/2026

Now let’s hear from J Priya Deshapande, Shehnaz Banu, and Aishwarya S, participants from BioWISE Cohort 1.
From Raichur, Mysore, and Bangalore Rural, these women are charting their paths in science through internships at IBAB and Biocon, gaining hands-on experience in bioinformatics, molecular biology, and microbiology.
Through the BioWISE journey, they are strengthening their skills, expanding their exposure to research, and moving closer to their aspirations in the life sciences.
BioWISE is an initiative by Biocon Foundation, in partnership with BeST Bengaluru Science and Technology Cluster and NCBS, empowering women from Tier 2 and 3 institutions through mentorship, lab immersion, industry exposure, and career guidance.

30/04/2026

Now let’s hear from Aishwarya G and Kavya S, participants from BioWISE Cohort 1.
From Vijayapura, Aishwarya, daughter of a farmer, is now an MSc Microbiology graduate interning at Biocon, turning her aspirations into action.
Kavya, from Mysore, grew up watching her father run a small tea stall. Today, as an MSc Biotechnology graduate interning at IBAB, she is shaping her path in life sciences with determination.
Through BioWISE, both have gained hands-on exposure, built confidence, and moved closer to their goals.
BioWISE (Bio-Women In STEM Empowered), by Biocon Foundation with BeST Cluster and NCBS, supports women through mentorship, lab immersion, industry exposure, and career guidance.

23/04/2026

This Earth Day, rather than celebrate, we want to account for where Biocon Foundation has chosen to act, and why these choices reflect a view about where CSR can do something that neither public budgets nor market incentives currently will.

In the industrial clusters on Bengaluru’s periphery, we are working to strengthen solid waste systems in local bodies that sit outside the ambit of most formal municipal attention. In the same geography, we are studying whether sustainable mobility infrastructure measurably improves public health and reduces pollution exposure, because building is not the same as understanding impact. In peri-urban schools, rainwater harvesting is being used not just to address water insecurity but to build the kind of long-horizon behaviour change that infrastructure alone cannot.

Further south, in Dakshina Kannada, work on urban green cover and coastal mangrove restoration is a deliberate bet on ecological resilience in a geography that is quietly under pressure, from urbanisation, from climate variability, and from the slow erosion of the natural systems that buffer both.

None of these are flagship interventions in the conventional CSR sense. They are attempts to act at the system level, on governance gaps, on data gaps, and on the missing middle between policy intent and ground reality.

The question we carry into another year is whether patient, place-based investment can accumulate into something that shifts baseline conditions, or whether, without policy alignment, it remains consequential but contained.

We don’t have a clean answer. But we think it’s the right question to be asking.

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