The inaugural day of the 12th edition of "INSIGHT: The DNA of Success" saw resounding success with the participation of over 240 entrepreneurs and business experts from eighteen countries. Notable speakers included Sadhguru, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Abhishek Ganguly, and Dr Krishna Ella

Padma Vibhushan winners included Hindustani classical music expert Dr Prabha Atre and former CM of Uttar Pradesh and BJP stalwart Kalyan Singh (in the posthumous category). Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra and singer Sonu Nigam were among those honoured with the Padma Shri.

Ella was speaking at the Times Now Summit 2021, where he talked about the nasal vaccine being developed by Bharat Biotech after its Covaxin, he said that the Phase 2 trials are done and data was being analysed.

Taking on naysayers, Bharat Biotech MD Krishna Ella said: "Now that the vaccine is being politicized, I want to state very clearly that none of my family members is associated with any political party."