Tête-à-Tête with Dr. Nagma Abbasi, NextGen Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. Founder and CEO: ‘We Feel Proud to Serve the Nation in Such a Difficult Time and Serve for this Noble Cause of Saving Lives’

NextGen Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. is a Delhi-based life sciences company. It provides complete solutions in Instrumentation, Reagents, Bioinformatics, and Consumables which researchers use in scientific investigation and diagnosis.

Cell Analysis, Cell Culture and Transfection, Cloning, DNA and RNA Purification, Gene Expression Analysis and Genotyping, PCR, Protein Expression and Analysis, Real-Time PCR, RNAi, Sequencing, Synthetic Biology, Cancer Research, Stem Cell Research, Drug Discovery and Development, Plant Sciences, and Epigenetics and Custom Services/Oligonucleotide are some of the product and/or research areas NextGen focuses on.

NextGen has collaborated with partners from the USA, Europe, Singapore, and other South East Asia countries for distribution, manufacturing, and R&D.

Importantly, the key achievement for NextGen has been the consistent growth for the last six years in terms of revenue and profitability. The company has been successful in attaining customer trust in a short period by providing excellent services in the industry.

NextGen was incorporated in 2014.

Dr. Nagma Abbasi, NextGen Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. Founder and CEO, spoke exclusively to The Silicon Review.

Achieving a Rare Feat

In order to cater to the untapped opportunities in the industry, Dr. Nagma Abbasi established NextGen Life Sciences with an aim to bridge the gap between the needs and pains of researchers of the life sciences/biotech industry and assist the scientists to gain insight into the recent innovations and technologies, assuring a sound knowledge of the subject matter. Henceforth, with its augmented spectrum of products and solutions, NextGen is empowering the mounting realm of complex analytical challenges. The company addresses a wide range of requirements such as the sample, material characterisation, and chemical analysis to clinical diagnosis and biological-based therapeutics handling.

Being a scientist herself, Dr. Abbasi was aware of the pain points of scientists in the biotechnology, life sciences, and healthcare industry. Having this experience was beneficial for curating the services of NextGen and turning it into a successful establishment. However, like any other startup initially, the company too had to face a few challenges such as capital investments, assembling a quality team, building a customer base, and a good relationship.

“Today, with our hard work and determination, we deliver the best of services and solutions which are smart and futuristic. As a result, NextGen has become the most preferred brand for our clients.”

“Besides, our ultimate focus is to provide high quality and innovative products and services at competitive prices in a timely fashion to customers.”

Recognition: Awards and Accolades

• Selected as India’s Inspirational Leader 2020 by WCRC
• Featured among Top 10 Women Entrepreneur in India 2020 by Forbes India
• Selected and featured as Decisive Women Leaders 2020 by Business APAC
• Featured amongst 30 Most Influential CEOs by CIO Bulletin
• Selected as Winner of India 500 CEO Awards 2020
• Awarded as Entrepreneur of the Year Biotechnology and Healthcare Industry 2020 by Power Brands
• Listed as India’s Most influential CEO of the Year 2020—Life Sciences by Corporate Vision Magazine, UK
• NextGen Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. is the winner of India 5000 Best MSME Award 2020
• Featured as The Entrepreneurs Beyond the Bounds of COVID-19 by Business Connect magazine August 2020
• Featured amongst 50 Leading Companies of the Year 2020 in the USA by leading Tech Magazine The Silicon Review April 2020 Issue
• Entrepreneur of the Year in Trading Business—MSMECCII Genentech Asia Awards 2020
• Women Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 by Business Connect Magazine
• Featured as Emerging Healthcare Solution Providers to Watch in 2019
• Featured as Startup of the Year 2018 by The CEO Magazine
• NextGen Life Sciences has been featured among the Top 20 Best Life Science Start-Ups by Silicon India Magazine in the Year 2018

Fighting the Pandemic under Immense Pressure

Despite the sudden lockdown induced by COVID-19, Dr. Abbasi was proficient in managing the team, who were swift to adapt to the changes and operate remotely. Being well-versed with the relevant technology helped the team in remote working. As a result, NextGen was spontaneous in delivering the needs of the healthcare and biotech industry during the pandemic.

Due to cases surging across the country, there was a huge demand for testing kits and instruments. As per ICMR guidelines, real-time PCR testing, the gold standard for COVID-19 testing, was recommended for all. Therefore, the NextGen team educated people about the real-time PCR testing kits being available in the Indian market and provided the best solutions to customers. The team worked meticulously with its associates and partners to create the best quality products available on highly competitive pricing to customers as a total end-to-end solution and contributed to the fight against the novel coronavirus.

“We feel proud to serve the nation in such a difficult time and serve for this noble cause of saving lives.”

Future Arrangements: Sky’s the Limit

NextGen plans to launch one of its own-brand products of international standard. Besides, it’s working tirelessly to empower the mounting realm of research to solve complex analytical challenges in the pharmaceuticals, food, environment, biotechnology, and industrial and clinical research. The company’s future aspect would be to emphasize holding employees with a great level of satisfaction and skill development with ground-breaking intramural programs as well as training.

“Our mission is to discover, delineate, and deliver high-quality products and excellent services that enable millions of lives to live a healthy and better life.”

The Leader at the Helm of NextGen Life Sciences Pvt Ltd

Dr. Nagma Abbasi, founder, serves as the Chief Executive Officer of NextGen Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. She is leading the development and execution of long-term strategies with the vivid vision of expanding the organization’s footprints across the globe.

She attended IMT Ghaziabad, A.M.U., Aligarh, and Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi for her studies in Business Administration, Doctoral studies in Molecular Genetics, and Post-Doc studies in Molecular characterization of viruses. Her career spans over a decade working with Esteemed Research Institutes and leading multinational companies in the life sciences/biotech industry across various verticals including product management, customer segmentation, brand management, and strategic marketing.

“We aim to achieve our objectives as a single source facility, catering to the research needs of scientists in the field of molecular biology, cell biology, immunology, healthcare, and drug development."