Sri Sathya Sai Biobank & Research Hub

Sri Sathya Sai Biobank & Research Hub (a joint initiative of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning and the Sri Sathya Sai Medical Institutions) was inaugurated on 22 November 2025 by Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, Hon’ble Vice President of India.

A biobank is essentially a high-tech library that stores millions of carefully collected human biological samples, such as blood, tissue, and DNA, along with detailed, protected health information. They help accelerate medical discoveries, leading to personalised medicine and improving public health through research.

India represents one-sixth of the world’s population but has less than 1% of the world’s genomic datasets. This gap means new treatments are often less effective or safe for Indians because they were not developed based on our population data.

Sri Sathya Sai Biobank addresses this gap.
The ethically collected samples (the biobank already has 25,000) will significantly enhance India's genetic diversity, which is underrepresented in global medical research.

The Biobank will be an ISO 20387-compliant facility scalable to five million biospecimens in triplicate.

Located in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, it embodies the seamless integration of Sri Sathya Sai Educare and Medicare for the larger purpose of Sociocare.

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