Events
18th Dec 2025
Thursday
Grant Writing Webinar for WRCB 12th Call for Proposals
On November 12, 2025, WRCB announced its 12th call for proposals. In preparation for this, a grant writing webinar was hosted on December 2, 2024, at 3:00 PM, inviting all IITB faculty, postdocs, students, and project staff interested in submitting proposals.
View Details30th Jul 2024
Tuesday
WRCB Webinar: Navigating the path to success: Overcoming challenges for explosive growth in Indian Life Sciences startup
WRCB conducted a webinar on 'Navigating the path to success: Overcoming challenges for explosive growth in Indian Life Sciences startup' in collaboration with Biocombinator, a venture studio accelerating early-stage life science to market.
View Details3rd May 2024
Friday
Welcome to BiOMEx’24
We welcome you to the International Symposium on Musculoskeletal Biomechanics in Engineering and Medicine held on 3rd and 4th of May 2024 at VMCC IIT Bombay.
View Details16th Mar 2024
Saturday
One-day patent workshop on IP-driven R&D
The Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB) organized a one-day workshop on "Intellectual property driven research and development."
View Details6th Mar 2024
Wednesday
GFIDEAS India Community Event (Alternative Proteins)
Over the last four years, the GFIdeas India Community has evolved to become the go-to group for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and networking for more than 1200 members in the smart protein ecosystem.
View Details20th Feb 2024
Tuesday
Partnering For Success - Adapting Right Model For Innovation Commercialization
WRCB organized an ice-breaker session with Dr. Akhilesh Sharma, President and Group Medical Officer, Alkem Laboratories.
View Details23rd Nov 2023
Thursday
IIT Bombay Biopharma Summit 2023
Dept of Chemical Engineering and WRCB jointly hosted the in-person IITB Biopharma Summit 2023 at VMCC on the 23rd and 24th of November.
View Details31st Oct 2023
Tuesday
Interactive session on "Diagnostics Market Drivers in India and the Potential for Global Impact"
India Health Fund along with Wadhwani Research Center for Bioengineering (WRCB) IIT Bombay and GH Labs organised a consultation session on "Diagnostics Market Drivers in India and the Potential for Global Impact" at IIT Bombay on 31st October 2023.
View Details1st Sep 2023
Friday
Dr. Ponnari Gottipati
Assoc. Director, The LV Prasad Eye Institute
28th Jul 2023
Friday
Two-day workshop on ‘Understanding Patents’
The second edition of the two-day workshop on "Understanding Patents" was organized online by WRCB on July 28 and 29, 2023.
View DetailsDr. Raj Hirwani
Adjunct Professor, DSSE, IIT Bombay
10th Jun 2023
Saturday
WRCB-BETIC Technology Showcase
Biomedical Engineering and Technology Incubation Center (BETIC) and Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB) IIT Bombay organized MEDEX 2023, a technology showcase event for cutting-edge medical device innovations on 10th June.
View Details1st May 2023
Monday
Funder outreach series: Virtual demo of the Manthan platform by PSA's office
WRCB organized its second event of the Outreach Series. In the webinar, Ms. Isha Sharma from the Strategic Alliances Division, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, demonstrated the Manthan portal, an initiative led by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India (PSA).
View DetailsMs. Isha Sharma
Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor
17th Apr 2023
Monday
TechSprouts - Deep Science Forum 2023
WRCB, in partnership with Ankur Capital and Hello Tomorrow Asia Pacific, organized the TechSprouts-Deep Science Forum 2023. The event brought together stakeholders in the deep science ecosystem- researchers, startups, universities, venture capitalists, and industrial partners who can network and collaborate on scaling up deep science technologies.
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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).
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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.
View DetailsDr. Martinus Capelle
Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V.
21st Dec 2022
Wednesday
Regulation and Approval process of medical devices: need and context
During the seminar, Dr. Mrinal Kanti Musib discussed the graduate-certificate programs on Medical Device Regulatory Affairs (MDRA) and Advanced Medical Device Regulations (AMDR) offered at NUS, which are intended to train both early and mid-career professionals.
View DetailsDr. Mrinal Kanti Musib
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.
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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.
View DetailsRegistrations 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.
View DetailsWRCB 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.
View DetailsMr. 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.
View Details40+ 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.
View DetailsABM-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.
View DetailsDr. 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.
View DetailsABM-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.
View DetailsProf. Anurag S. Rathore
Ph. D Yale University, USA
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.
View DetailsCAP 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.
View DetailsDr. 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.
View DetailsMr. 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.
View DetailsIndustry 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.
View DetailsProf. Debabrata Maiti
winner of the OPPI young scientist award 2017
