About BITS BIRAC BioNEST

About BITS BIRAC BioNEST

The Bio-incubation Centre would nurture innovations in areas that can produce “products” which will not only have great market potential but also provide a “process” or solution to several pressing problems that are modern day challenges to mankind. With 3500 square feet of state-of-the-art facility, the Bio-incubator will handhold the start-ups by providing them space and facilitate to test their ideas in the lab and in the market ​.

Enabling innovation in healthcare and environment for a better tomorrow.

  • To create an ecosystem that will enable innovation and knowledge-based entrepreneurship to improve quality of life.
  • To promote sustainable development while taking the innovations from lab to land.
  • To encourage the concept of techno-entrepreneurship, enable creation and sustainability of viable Bio & Healthcare enterprises

Team Members

Board Members

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Dr. Manish Diwan

Head- Strategy Partnership & Entrepreneurship Development at BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
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Prof. Sunil Bhand

He is awarded with “Joseph Wang Award 2015”, by Cognizure publishing in recognition of his research excellence in the area of Analytical Chemistry. He is a leading Biosensor scientist. He has 5 Indian patents, 2 PCT and 3 International patent applications filed. He has also been granted 1 Australian Innovation patent. He is front runner expert in the field of Bio-analytical techniques, Micro and Nano-biosensors for Environmental Analysis, Bio chips and Micro Fluidics.
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Prof. Srikanth Mutnuri

His key expertise is in Clean water, Sanitation, Zero hunger, Affordable & Clean Energy, Climate Action and Responsible consumption and production. His mentoring startups have won prestigious Bill and Melinda Gates prizes and running successfully.He has a BioTechnology Startup Bactreat environmental solutions that works on water remediation treatment.
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Prof. Mridula Goel

Faculty In-Charge, BITS BIRAC BioNEST. She is Associate Professor of Economics and has been in charge of teaching Entrepreneurship courses, often leading to actual start-ups, setting up of a Technology Business Incubator on campus and has been mentoring several start-ups successfully.

Supporting Faculty Team

Prof. Halan Prakash, (HOD, Chemistry)
Dr. Rajorshi Sen Gupta, (Faculty In charge- Center for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship(CIIE)

Staff Members

General manager: Mr. Tarun Krishnakumar, M.B.A. (Information Systems Management)
Manager: Ms. Sahita Desai, M. Sc. Zoology (Oceanography)
Senior Technician: Ms. Eesha Desai, M. Sc. Marine Sciences (Biology)

Special Achievemets

  • BITS BIRAC BioNEST qualifies for Startup India Seed Fund Scheme
  • Our Incubatees 'Fluoresight Bioprobes Pvt. Ltd.' and 'Feetwings Pvt. Ltd.' has been awarded with BIRAC- BIG21