Krishna Ella Feted With INSA Fellowship

Hyderabad: Dr Krishna Ella, co-founder and Executive Chairman of Bharat Biotech International, has been recognised with the India Fellowship of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) for the year 2025, for his contributions to new knowledge, discoveries, development of new vaccine technologies, noteworthy improvement in existing technologies.

Dr Ella joins the list of scientists and industry leaders that include, Dr Anil Kakodkar, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, Dr VK Saraswat, Former Director General, DRDO, Dr S Somanath, former Chairman ISRO, S Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder, Infosys, Dr Samir V Kamat, Secretary DDR&D and Chairman, DRDO, Dr KN Sivarajan and luminaries from varied fields.

This year a total of 61 fellowships were awarded, for the first time ever, the fellowships were awarded to Industry leaders. Elected INSA fellows may attend and vote at INSA general meetings and can propose other individuals for fellowships or INSA awards.

“I deeply appreciate and I am thankful to be recognised for my contribution in the field of Vaccines and Biotechnology by INSA. I look forward to continuing to support its initiatives, to improve public health, and make India self-reliant and a dominant force in discovering novel vaccines as an Indian fellow,” Dr Ella said.

“I share this honour with all of my highly motivated team at Bharat Biotech, research fellows, and other collaborators who have contributed enormously to improve public health.” he added. Dr Ella's term started on January 1, 2025.