It is with a heavy heart that the IBAB family bids farewell to its first employee, Prof. Gayatri Saberwal. For 24 years, Prof. Gayatri served IBAB with “fierce loyalty” and steered it to become the pre-eminent institute that it is today, many a time from behind the scenes… Speaking at Prof. Gayatri’s retirement party on Nov 27, 2024, Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw aptly said that the hallways of IBAB will appear emptier now that Prof. Gayatri is leaving the institute. We wish Prof. Gayatri all the best for her next innings in the science policy domain and thank her for her invaluable contributions to building IBAB from the ground up. DhanyavaadagaLu!