Foundation stone of Gennova’s next generation multi-product mammalian bio-manufacturing facility was laid by Professor Govindarajan Padmanaban, former director of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. This facility is named after Gennova’s former board member Late Professor Krishna Kumar Tewari, who inspired generation of scientist towards excellence.

Professor Tewari was the founding director of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)’s Indian unit. Professor Tewari held a faculty appointment in the School of Bioscience at the University of Irvine, USA where he served as Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from 1979 until 1994. Apart from being an honored scientist he was a man with a vision for science, an excellent human being and a caring mentor.

This facility is supported under National Biopharma Mission (NBM) of the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.

Gennova has the state of the art Research and Development (R&D) facility – ‘Gennova Vaccine Formulation Centre and Research Laboratory’ which is recognized by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) with lab space of over 44,000 sq. ft..

It was inaugurated on 31^st January, 2012 by Padma Bhushan (late) Dr. M.K. Bhan, then Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.

The inauguration of ‘Gennova Vaccine Formulation Centre and Research Laboratory’  was featured in the Nature, with objective to strengthening Industry and Academia partnership in vaccine and adjuvant development.