Bio-INvENT Lab - Achievements

Principal Investigator (Dr. Sudhir Ranganath)

Member of Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society, USA (Feb 2023 - till date)
INSA Visiting Scientist Fellowship (Host: IIT Bombay) (May 2022)
Roche Collaborative Research Fellowship 2020-2021 (ARVO, USA)
Young Investigator at the Young Investigators' Meeting organized by India Bioscience Group (Feb 2020)
Finalist at the National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition organized by C-CAMP, Bangalore (Dec 2019)
Award for Research Publication by VGST, Govt of Karnataka (June 2019)
Winner at the India Innovation Growth Programme 2.0 University Challenge (July 2019)
Best Poster Award at the COMSOL Conference, Bangalore (2018)
Bharat Vikas Award by Institute of Self Reliance, Orissa (2017)
Innovation Certificate by Partners Healthcare, USA (2017)
Session Chair at the International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore (Dec 2016)
DBT Travel Grant to ICBME Singapore (Dec 2016)

Lab Members (Research Scholars & UG students)

Two First Prizes for oral presentation (Ashritha and Shashwath, and Anjan) Second prize for oral presentation (Rajesh) at CHEMIGNITE at MIT, Manipal, Oct 2025
Second Prize for poster presentation at ANRF-sponsored symposium at IIT Dharwad, (Keerthana), Oct 2025
Three First Prizes in oral presentation (Aditi and Raghu, Deeksha, and Vishnu), Second prize in oral presentation at SChemCon 2025 (Nidhi), IIChE, Oct 2025
Best Paper Published in a High Impact Factor International Journal by an Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Student-First Prize by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), (Suraksha), Sep 2025
IIChE-Schemcon-2024 Best Paper Award by Indian institute of Chemical Engineers IIChE, Uttar Pradesh (Saraswathi), Sep 2025
Third Prize in oral presentation at the Chemical Engineering Research Seminar (CheERS), IIT Ropar (Varsha), August 2025
Research Internship at Brigham and Women's hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA (Deeksha), August 2025
Next Gen Scientists Foundation (NGSF) internship to work in Dr. Suhanya's lab at IIT Hyderabad (Vedashree), May 2025
Best UG Presentation Award at 1st National Conference on Climate Resilience and Environmentally Sustainable Technologies (NITK-CREST 2025), NIT Surathkal, Karnataka (Vishnu), Mar 2025
Research Internship at Radiation Biology and Health Sciences Division, BARC, Mumbai (Apoorva and Saraswathi), Mar 2025
Research Internship at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad (Manaswini and Vedashree), Mar 2025
Best Project of the Year and Best Project by Popular Choice Awards, Department of Chemical Engineering (Shrihari), Jan 2025
Sigma Xi Grant of USD 2500 (Rs, 2.16 lakhs) for Ophthalmology research from Sigma Xi, USA (Deeksha), Jan 2025
Icon Excellence Award for Best Paper Presentation at the 14th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management - Circular Economy & IPLA Global Forum 2024, Gitam University (Shrihari), Nov 2024
Best Project Award and Second Best Project Award in oral presentation at SChemCon 2024, IIChE, Uttar Pradesh (Saraswathi and Shrihari), Sep 2024
Research Internship at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad (Namratha), July 2024
Research Internship at Department of Chemical Engineering, IISc Bangalore (Suraj), May 2024
Research Internship at Center for Sustainable Technologies, IISc Bangalore (Shrihari), May 2024
Second Best Project Award from IIChE-BRC to Suraj and Deepika (May 2024)
Best Projects of the Year from Dept. of Chem Engg, SIT to Suraj/Deepika and Karthik/Namitha (May 2024)
IIChE-BRC Student Project Grant (Deekshith/Madeeha) Mar 2024
Sigma Xi Grant of USD 2500 (Rs. 2.08 lakhs) for vision research from Sigma Xi, USA (Namratha), Jan 2024
Second Prize in Poster presentation at PRIME International Summit, Narayana Netralaya, Bangalore (Suraj), Dec 2023
Two First Prizes in oral presentation at SChemCon 2023, IIChE (Deekshith and Karthik), Sep 2023
Research Internship at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad (Suraj & Sharanya), Sep 2023
Research Internship at Dept of Neurochemistry, NIMHANS Bangalore (Shreya & Namratha), Sep 2023
Research Internship at Center for Sustainable Technologies, IISc Bangalore (Karthik & Namitha), Sep 2023
IIChE-BRC Student Project Grants (02 Nos.) (Rachana/Shreya and Suraksha/Samarth) June 2023
Research Internship at Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras (Shreya), Aug 2023
Second Prize in oral presentation at Chemplus Conference, IIT Madras (Deepika), Mar 2023
Third Prize in poster presentation at the 14th International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials, Govt. of India (Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers) and CIPET, Bengaluru, (Suraksha), Mar 2023
Research Internship at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (Debjyoti), Dec 2022
Research Internship at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad (Samarth), Aug 2022
Research Internship at Center for Sustainable Technologies, IISc Bangalore (Rachana & Shreya), Aug 2022
Postdoctoral Fellow position at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA (Thanuja M Y), Oct 2022
Indian Academies' Summer Research Fellowship, University of Lucknow (Archana V) (July 2022)
Best Outgoing Student Award to Mahima N Bontadka, IIChE-BRC (Jul 2022)
IIChE-BRC Best Project Award (Second Place, Jul 2022)
Third Prize in poster presentation at National Conference on Science & Technology for Start-ups, KSTA (Jul 2022)
Innovative Student Project Grant, VTU Belagavi (Jul 2022)
First Prize in oral presentation at REACT 2022, RVCE Bangalore (Jul 2022)
MITACS Globalink Research Internship Canada (July 2022) - Suraksha TS (ChemE 2023)
IISc Summer Research Fellowship at IISc Bangalore 2021 - Suraksha (ChemE 2023)
ARVO Foundation Travel Grant 2021 from ARVO, USA - Anupama C
Third Prize in oral presentation at AZeotropy Conference, IIT Bombay (Dec 2020) - Mahima & Prajna (ChemE 2022)
MITACS Globalink Research Internship Canada (May - July 2021) - Mahima (ChemE 2022)
Third Prize in oral presentation at Bioengineering Conference, NIT Rourkela (Dec 2020) - Anjana & Apeksha (Biotech 2021)
Winner and among Top Innovations at the DST-Lockheed Martin-Tata Trusts India Innovation Growth Programme 2.0 University Challenge (July 2019)
First Prize in oral presentation at Chemplus 2020, IIT Madras (Mar 2020)
First Prize in poster presentation at Chemplus 2020, IIT Madras (Mar 2020)
Second Prize in poster presentation at Chemplus 2020, IIT Madras (Mar 2020)
Second Prize in poster presentation at the AIChE Student Conference, MIT-WPU, Pune (Aug 2019)
KSCST Student grants (2016, 2017, 2018 (2 projects), 2019 (2 projects), 2020)
ICBME Young Investigator Award, NUS Singapore (Dec 2019)
IIChE-BRC Best Project of the Year (2017 and 2019)
First Prize in oral presentation, Chemplus, IIT Madras (2019)
First Prize in poster presentation, AZeotropy, IIT Bombay (2019)
Most Innovative Model, AZeotropy, IIT Bombay (2019)
Second Prize in Ideation Challenge, AZeotropy, IIT Bombay (2019)
Third Prize in Ideation Challenge, AZeotropy, IIT Bombay (2019)
Best Project of the Year, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, SIT Tumkur (2019)
Innovative UG Project of the Year, VTU Belagavi (2019)
Best Poster Award at the COMSOL Conference, Bangalore (2018)
First Prize in poster presentation, Chemignite, MIT Manipal (2018)
Second Prize in oral presentation, Chemignite, MIT Manipal (2018)
First Prize in poster presentation, AIChE-Regional Student Conference, VIT Vellore (2018)
First Prize in oral presentation (Biochemical category), Reflux, IIT Guwahati (2018)
First Prize in oral presentation (Polymer Science category), Reflux, IIT Guwahati (2018)
IIChE-BRC Student Grant (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
First Prize in oral presentation (Modelling category), SChemCon, NIT Rourkela (2017)
Third Prize in oral presentation, SRISHTI (2017)
Best Project of the Year, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, SIT Tumkur (2017)

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