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.
View Details1st 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).
View DetailsMs. Isha Sharma
Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor

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.
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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.

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.
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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
