Karnataka Biotechnology and Information Technology Services (KBITS), Government of Karnataka, organised a programme ‘Bio-Accelerate’ during Bangalore India Bio 2014, wherein 30 entries were selected. Out of them six competitors were shortlisted and given 15 minutes for the presentation. They were asked questions and evaluated by a jury consisting of Dr Anand Anand Kumar from Cellworks, Dr Ram Ramaswamy from CCAMP, Dr Jagadish Mittur from KBITS, Dr Gutam from ABLE, Dr Jitendra Kumar from IBAB / KBITS. Poster awards, Bio-Excellence awards, Exhibitors and InterlinX partnering tool awards were also presented at Bangalore INDIA BIO 2014.
The name of three winners were OncoStem, a Bangalore-based start-up promoted by Dr Manjari Bakre; Mir Life Sciences, a three-year-old start-up which is being incubated at IBAB where Dr Charishiela Ramkumar is the chief scientist. Ramkumar is spear-heading the diagnosis and prognosis for oncologists to make better treatment decisions. The third winner was String Life Sciences, a start-up promoted by Dr Ezhil Subbiane, which is involved in creating solutions in environmental problems using genetically engineered micro organisms.
The name of the three finalists were Module Innovations, the start-up being incubated at NCL Venture Centre, Pune, which is working on low cost rapid detection of micro organisms; MatSyntoForma, a technology being incubated at TERI and deals with waste water purification at oil fields with an additional benefit of production of specialised industrially used chemicals and Life Catalyst Technologies, promoted by Dr Sagar Laygude, based out of IIT Madras and is involved in developing a low cost diagnostic blood glucose sensor.
The awards were presented by SR Patil, Minister for Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology; Planning and Statistics, and Infrastructure Development, Government of Karnataka, World Food Prize Laureate 2013 Em. Prof Dr Marc Van Montagu and nobel laureate 2012 Sir John Gurdon, Kt DPhil DSc FRS, Distinguished Group Leader, The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK in the presence of Srivatsa Krishna, IAS, Secretary to Government, Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology and DPAR (e-Governance), Government of Karnataka and SS Nakul, Director, IT and BT.
EP News Bureau – Mumbai
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