Released on = June 4, 2007, 2:35 am

Press Release Author = Vijay Kumar

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Trivandrum, Kerala, India - June 4, 2007 - InApp hosted a
brainstorming meeting of experts in Bioinformatics and the related fields of
Computational Biology and Systems Biology on 17th May 2007, at the Hotel Residency,
Trivandrum.

Press Release Body = The meeting had the twin objectives of examining these
disciplines from the point of view of nucleating a knowledge-based Bioinformatics
industry in Kerala, as well as to consider the formation of an entity that could
advise different groups such as universities & the academia; the government; the IT
Industry; and civil society at large, on opportunities and challenges in the domain
of Bioinformatics.

Among those who attended was Dr. Achuthsankar S. Nair, Director, Centre for
Bioinformatics, University of Kerala, Dr. Anoop Kumar Thekkuveetil, Sree Chitra
Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Dr. Roschen
Sasikumar, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIST),
Mr. Ramkumar H & Ms. Reshmi G., Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) and Mr.
Srijith V.M, Mr. Lijo Anto M.A & Mr. Vipin Thomas, of Suryakiran Bioinformatics.
Various other dignitaries from engineering colleges also attended the session.

Satish Babu, President, Amarnath Raja, CEO, Rakesh Puri, Founding Partner, Sreekanth
Krishnan, VP, Bijoy Krishnan, Project Manager, Ms. Anjana C.N, Project Manager and
Ms. Rubina Mary Thomas, Quality Manager, from InApp, played host.

Dr. Achuthsankar S. Nair spoke on inter-relations between Bioinformatics,
Computational Biology, Systems Biology, and highlighted the major opportunities in
these domains. He also elucidated more details of the basic premises in molecular
biology.

Amarnath Raja, Chair, IEEE Kerala Section & CEO, InApp, made a presentation on the
fundamental propositions of Bioinformatics including basic definitions and the
central dogma of bioinformatics. Srijith of Suryakiran Bioinformatics (SKB) made a
presentation on SKB, its origins, current work, and future plans.

Dr. Anoop of SCTIMST spoke about the overall contours of these domains starting from
genomics, and transitioning through published bibliography, to proteomics. He also
spoke about the ethical challenges in these disciplines.

Dr. Roschen Sasikumar, NIST, spoke about the need for modeling of cellular
aggregations and studying the emergent properties of these systems. She mentioned
that it would be possible to explore the causative factors of conditions such as
cancer through these studies. Mr. Ramkumar, RGCB, talked about the challenges that
users of Bioinformatics software face, including the commercial-free software gap
and the Unix-Windows gap, and also mentioned the opportunities in bridging these
gaps.

As an ending note, Dr. Achuthsankar suggested that this initiative be carried
forward in the form of a more permanent entity that would bring together individuals
who were associated with these disciplines. The name proposed for the entity was
"Kerala Bioinformatics Society", which would be a not-for-profit entity with the aim
of advancing the discourse of bioinformatics.

About InApp:

InApp is a Software Services Company founded in Palo Alto, California in 1996 by a
group having several years of Big 5 Consulting and Project Implementation
experience. InApp has offices in India, North Carolina and California. InApp is
certified at CMMI Level 5 by the SEI of Carnegie Mellon University. InApp's clients
includes Fortune 500 companies, UN organizations and Universities in the US, Europe,
Middle East and India. Among them are Sun Microsystems, InsightOnsite, MPulse
Maintenance Software, Opportunity Interactive Inc, Stanford University, UNDP,
Georgetown University, Harvard Law School, Duke University and Trane Corporation.
InApp's offshore development center in India is located at Technopark, Trivandrum.
Complete business solutions are offered for corporate clients in Java, J2EE, .NET,
ASP, VB.NET, C# and Multimedia. InApp's solutions span stand-alone, client-server,
web services-based and multi-tiered architectures. Contact InApp at info@inapp.com.
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Web Site = http://www.inapp.com

Contact Details = 121 Nila,
Technopark,
Trivandrum,
Kerala, India 695 581
Phone: +91-471-2527270
Fax: +91-471-2527370
vijay@inapp.com