India, July 12 -- Over the past two years or so, a quiet but potentially transformative movement has been shaping up in Bengaluru. It's not driven by celebrity biohackers or billionaires in Silicon Valley chasing immortality. Instead, scientists, doctors, and technologists are collaborating on a far subtler ambition: Rethinking what it means to age. And how to do it well.

At the centre of this movement are people such as Prashant Prakash and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw. Prakash, currently affiliated to Accel India and one of India's most influential investors, believes the health-tech narrative has just begun unfolding. Mazumdar-Shaw, founder of Biocon, is one of India's most respected figures in biotechnology. Together, they're part of an ecosy...