With the divine blessings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Revered Founder Chancellor, SSSIHL, the Sri Sathya Sai Biobank & Research Hub (SSSBRH) – a joint offering of 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.
Hon’ble Vice President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, inaugurates Sri Sathya Sai Biobank & Research Hub
SSSBRH – The National Solution
The state-of-the-art facility located in Prasanthi Nilayam, is poised to strengthen the nation’s capabilities significantly in the following areas:
- Biomedical research & innovation
- AI-enabled predictive healthcare
- Diagnostics, therapeutics & biosimilar development
- National and global research collaborations
Aligned with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of ViksitBharat2047, and India’s BioE3 Policy (Biomanufacturing, Biofoundry & BioAI), this Biobank will accelerate discovery science and support evidence-based healthcare across the country.
Building India’s Genomic Datasets
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. It is India’s first integrated precision medicine ecosystem.
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. It embodies the seamless integration of Sri Sathya Sai Educare and Medicare for the larger purpose of Sociocare.