Rohit Srivastava (scientist)
Rohit Srivastava | |
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Biomedical Engineering | |
Institutions | IIT Bombay |
Website | www |
Rohit Srivastava is a professor in the Department of Biosciences and Bioegineering at
Rohit Srivastava heads the NanoBios Lab in the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering in IIT Bombay.[2] The lab has developed and commercialised several products including UChek which is a mobile based portable urine analysis system, a low cost reader for analyzing urine dip sticks, and Suchek which is an indigenous, low-cost glucometer.[3] He along with his collaborators has as many as 45 granted Indian and three US patents to their credit with more than 200 patent applications filed over 18 years at IIT Bombay.[4]
Education
Rohit Srivastava received his PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering from
Honours and recognitions
Besides the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, Rohit Srivastava has been conferred several awards including the following:[4]
- Himanshu Patel Chair Professor at IIT Bombay
- Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) – Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship 2019
- National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) – Elected Fellow 2019
- Royal Society of Biology – Elected Fellow 2019
- Royal Society of Chemistry – Elected Fellow 2019
- Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Sciences, 2018
- Department of Biotechnology (DBT) National Bioscience Award 2016
- Stars in Global Health, Grand Challenges Canada (GCC), Canada
- Stanford MedTech Award 2016
- DBT Biotech Product and Process Development and Commercialization Award 2015
- Vasvik Award – Award in the area of Biological Sciences and Technology 2013
- Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) Award – Young Scientist Award 2014
References
- ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. CSIR Human Resource Development Group. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "NanoBios Lab, IIT Bombay". NanoBios Lab. NanoBios Lab. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Products and Technologies". NanoBios Lab. NanoBios Lab. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Srivastava, R". IIT Bombay. IIT Bombay. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
External links
- Rohit Srivastava publications indexed by Google Scholar