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Built from inside higher education.

Founder-led, deliberately small, and accountable to a handful of institutions at a time.

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Who we are

Partnerships are the craft. Health and life sciences is the strength.

NexELabs builds cross-border partnerships for universities, governments and industry, with our strength in health and life sciences. We do one thing well: we find the right partner, structure the right model, and stay accountable through delivery. What runs inside those partnerships is built by VyUDIE, our technology engine.

The firm is Australian, with an Indian entity and continuous operations across India. Its founding view is simple — the sector has no shortage of advice, and a considerable shortage of people who will stay until something is actually delivered.

The founder

A biotechnologist who came up inside the university sector.

I did not arrive at higher education from consulting. I trained as a biotechnologist and then spent nearly two decades inside the Australian university system, in senior international roles across six universities — building research collaboration, industry and government engagement, and institution-to-institution partnerships from the inside rather than from across the table.

That matters for a practical reason. I know what a partnership looks like from the desk that has to deliver it: which approvals are real obstacles and which are formalities, what a faculty will genuinely resource, and why so many agreements quietly stop after the signing photograph. NexELabs exists because I kept watching good partnerships fail at the delivery stage rather than the negotiation.

Vignesh Vijayaraghavan — Founder & Chief Executive Officer  ·  LinkedIn

Our philosophy

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

The world is one family. Knowledge, opportunity and capability should move freely across borders — and the best outcomes come from partners working as one.

Partners

Working with universities, industry and government.

A growing network across Australia, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Vietnam and beyond — supporting partnership development, industry engagement and research translation.

University of TasmaniaUniversity of Tasmania
University of CanterburyUniversity of Canterbury
INTI International UniversityINTI International University
IMU UniversityIMU University
Phenikaa UniversityPhenikaa University
Gujarat Technological UniversityGujarat Technological University
Andhra Pradesh MedTech ZoneAndhra Pradesh MedTech Zone
Max HealthcareMax Healthcare
Ketim TechnologiesKetim Technologies
University of TasmaniaUniversity of Tasmania
University of CanterburyUniversity of Canterbury
INTI International UniversityINTI International University
IMU UniversityIMU University
Phenikaa UniversityPhenikaa University
Gujarat Technological UniversityGujarat Technological University
Andhra Pradesh MedTech ZoneAndhra Pradesh MedTech Zone
Max HealthcareMax Healthcare
Ketim TechnologiesKetim Technologies

Engagements are shaped around institutional priorities and may span partnership development, capability building, industry-linked learning, innovation pathways and translational collaboration. Descriptions here are intentionally broad and do not disclose confidential scope or commercial arrangements.

Leadership

Who else you will work with.

Alongside the founder, two people carry the delivery and the regional relationships.

Divya Rengarajan
Chief Operating Officer

A biomedical engineer and regulatory specialist who anchors operations and delivery quality, grounding every engagement in rigour and governance.

David Samuel
Principal Advisor
Sri Lanka & Maldives

Leads engagement across Sri Lanka and the Maldives, with long-standing institutional relationships throughout the region.

Let's start with your objective.

Tell us what you are trying to achieve and which markets matter, and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right firm for it.

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