Events

10th Jun 2023

Saturday

WRCB-BETIC Technology Showcase

On behalf of the Biomedical Engineering and Technology Incubation Center (BETIC) and Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB) at IIT Bombay, we are thrilled to announce MEDEX 2023, a technology showcase event for cutting-edge medical device innovations.

1st May 2023

Monday

Funder outreach series: Virtual demo of the Manthan platform by PSA's office

WRCB welcomes you to its second event of the Funder Outreach Series. In this webinar, Ms. Isha Sharma from the Strategic Alliances Division, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, will demonstrate the Manthan portal, an initiative led by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India (PSA).

Ms. Isha Sharma

Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor

Ms. Isha Sharma

17th Apr 2023

Monday

TechSprouts - Deep Science Forum 2023

As part of their initiative TechSprouts- to promote the deep science innovation and commercialization ecosystem in India, Ankur Capital is holding the 'Deep Science Forum, 2023’ in collaboration with Hello Tomorrow, Asia Pacific, which is a global organization enabling the development of deep science tech ecosystems across the world.

1st Mar 2023

Wednesday

Funder outreach series: WRCB-SINE joint event on funding opportunities available at BIRAC

As part of the External Fundraising Support (EFS) service, WRCB kick-started its ‘Funder Outreach Series’ with the first talk and interactive session on Funding opportunities available at Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).

Photo of the organizers and participants

6th Feb 2023

Monday

WRCB Seminar on Vaccine development: to expect the unexpected

Wadhwani Research Center for Bioengineering (WRCB) IIT Bombay hosted a seminar on 'Vaccine development: to expect the unexpected' by Dr. Martinus Capelle, Scientific Director, Head Technical Integrators DPD, Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V.

Dr. Martinus Capelle

Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V.

Dr. Martinus Capelle

25th Nov 2022

Friday

A two-day workshop on “Understanding Patents"

WRCB recently organized a two-day workshop on “Understanding Patents”. The training workshop was designed to familiarise IIT Bombay innovators with the basics of intellectual property rights and various aspects of patents necessary for protecting and commercializing innovations. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Raj Hirwani, Dr. Nishad Deshpande, and Dr. M. G. Kulkarni.

18th Nov 2022

Friday

WRCB Summit on Next Generation Therapeutics

WRCB announces its one-day, in-person summit on ‘next generation therapeutics’ to be held at IIT Bombay. WRCB summits focus on the current and upcoming topics of interest in academia and industry.

Registrations closed

22nd Oct 2022

Saturday

Webinar on “Ethics and Statutory Compliance in Bioengineering Research”

WRCB welcomes you to an interactive webinar on “Ethics and Statutory Compliance in Bioengineering Research” on Saturday, 22nd October 2022 at 11:00 am.

WRCB Webinar

16th Sep 2022

Friday

Seminar on 'Investor Readiness for Deep Science Startups'

The Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB) is hosting an interactive seminar on 'Investor Readiness for Deep Science Startups', by Mr. Suraj Nair, Lead - Tech Sprouts on 16th September.

Mr. Suraj Nair

Lead, Tech Sprouts

3rd Jun 2022

Friday

Low-Cost Diagnostics For Affordable Healthcare

A one-day summit on ‘Low-cost diagnostics for affordable healthcare’ was organised by Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB), IIT Bombay, on 3rd June 2022.

40+ corporates/MNCs/industries

150+ participants

13th Mar 2019

Wednesday

5th Advisory Board Meeting

Location: Victor Menezes Convention Centre (VMCC), IIT Bombay. Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB) held its 5th Advisory Board Meeting (ABM) on 13th March 2019. The Advisory Board was informed of the centre’s progress in the past year 2018-19 in the areas of supporting translational health research by Professor in Charge, Prof. Pramod Wangikar.

ABM-2019

18th Sep 2018

Tuesday

Meeting with Dr. Renu Swarup

WRCB, IIT Bombay organized an interactive session with Dr. Renu Swarup on 18th September 2017. Dr. Renu Swarup is currently an advisor to the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India (DBT), and Managing Director at Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), a public sector company incorporated by the Government of India.

Dr. Renu Swarup

MD, BIRAC

18th Feb 2018

Sunday

4th Advisory Board Meeting

Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB) held its 4th Advisory Board Meeting (ABM) on 18th February 2018. The ABM was held at Four Seasons Hotel, Worli.

ABM-2018

22nd Jan 2018

Monday

WRCB Oration Series_Talk #2

The economic drivers for the biosimilars. Unique requirements of the emerging markets. The challenges that are faced during commercialization of biosimilars. The talk was attended by a good number of students and faculty members. The attendees found the talk extremely informative.

Prof. Anurag S. Rathore

Ph. D Yale University, USA

Anurag Signh Rathore

19th Jan 2018

Friday

CAP Members' Exclusive Event

The first CAP members’ exclusive event was held on 19th January 2018 to facilitate industry-academia interaction.

CAP 2018

17th Jan 2018

Wednesday

WRCB Oration Series

In January 2018, Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB) initiated ‘WRCB Oration’ series, a talk series to address various technical areas of interest to IIT such as technology transfer, regulatory support, licensing models, IP management, etc.

Dr. Anil Koul

Director, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology

20th Nov 2017

Monday

Development and Training Workshop on Technology Readiness Levels (TRL)

Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB), IIT Bombay organized an extensive 3-day workshop on “Understanding Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) and the various steps involved in research-to-product translation” from 20 – 22 November 2017.

Mr. Ankur Naik

Workshop lead

8th Sep 2017

Friday

2nd WRCB Industry Day

Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering hosted its annual WRCB Industry Day on 8th September 2017 at IIT Bombay, Powai. The second edition of the flagship event will focus on the challenges in taking Proof-of-concept in the lab to the product stage in the market in the fields of bio-medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and Point of Care diagnostics.

Industry day 2017

16th Jun 2017

Friday

Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) Scientist Awards

Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) announced nominations for their Scientist Awards 2017 in 3 categories, Scientists, Young Scientist and Women Scientists. OPPI initiated these awards to recognize Indian scientists who have demonstrated excellence in research in the field of pharmaceutical sciences.

Prof. Debabrata Maiti

winner of the OPPI young scientist award 2017

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