Stanford India Biodesign - Awards

Balram Bhargava, Executive Director of SIB in India, received an award of the Indian Science Congress Association at the 98th Indian Science Congress. He was one of 26 persons receiving an award, recipients of which included five Nobel Laureates.

The 2008 SIB Fellows, Nish Chasmawala and Amit Sharma, have started a company: ConSure Medical, which was recently recognized as one of the Top 75 startups in India to bet on by DARE magazine.

Nish Chasmawala, 2008 SIB Fellow, was chosen as an India TR35 recipient by MIT. These are the top 35 innovators under 35 in India. Read more.

Srinivas Jaggu, 2008 Stanford-India Biodesign Fellow, was seleced as a 2009 TED India Fellow.

The Jaipur Knee, designed by students in Tom Andriacchi's class and sponsored by Biodesign, has been selected as one of Time Magazine's Top 50 Inventions for 2009. Congratulations to the students: Ayo Roberts, Joel Sadler, Angelo Szychowski, Eric Thorsell and Ellis Garai (2009 Biodesign Fellow).

Times of India features 'Bright Ideas that Work' and highlights an invention from Stanford-India Biodesign: IntraOz.

The Stanford-India Biodesign project, IntraOz, takes first place in the India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2009.