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March 2012 SIB Fellows Siddhartha Joshi and Jagdish Chaturvedi are mentioned on the Huffington Post website.

March 2012 We have executed an exclusive worldwide license to commercialize the FI technology between BCIL (the Indian government Dept of Biotechnology's technology transfer organization) and Consure Medical Private Limited. The license will serve as a template for future products emanating from the SIB collaboration. Consure is founded on a device that was invented in the first year of the SIB program.

March 2012 Raj Doshi is featured in Forbes India Innovation Special (see page 88.)

January, 2012 The Economic Times quotes Balram Bhargava about India being the center of low cost medical technology innovation.

December 2011 India Blogger, Rishikesha Krishnan, talks about SIB and its value to the emerging medtech industry in India.

December 2011 Needle-free Anemia Test to be available soon. Company co-founder is our own Darshan Nayak.

October 16, 2011 IndianMedtechInsider features an article about Stanford-India Biodesign entitled: Stanford India Biodesign Leads Way to Development of Affordable Medical Devices.

August 2011 SIB program highlighted in article "Stanford Finds Hints For The Future Of U.S. Medical Design", In India in CO Design.

August 1, 2011 Asokan Thondiyath, SIB Fellow 2009 and faculty member IIT Chennai, has introduced the "Medical Device Innovation" course as an elective course for biodesign students at the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai.

Members from SIB participate in the May 5-6 iNEMI's Medical Electronics Workshop according to EMSnow.

The Hindustan Times reported on our Fellowship on April 19, 2011.

On February 9, 2011 Anurag Mairal will be presenting to the NIH at the Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences. He'll be speaking under the 'Framework Programs for Global Health Signature Innovations Initiative' about C-IDEA and Biodesign's role in developing low cost technologies for global needs.

Members of the student innovation programme for biomedical engineering students of Gujarat visited the AIIMS SIB Centre on January 9, 2011. Read the blog entry.

December, 2010, Balram Bhargava, Executive Director, SIB India, has been appointed as one of 4 Executive Board members from the Indian side for the IndoUS endowment by The US Embassy and the Minister for Science and Technology. This board was created to foster technology, research and development related entrepreneurial activities intended to lead to commercialization of R & D for the mutual benefit of both countries.

December 10, 11, 2010 we held our 4th Annual Indian Medtech Summit held in Delhi, India. This year's event was the biggest ever - over 200 people attended including representatives from Industry, Academia, Government, NGO and the Venture Community. We were honored to have Padma Vibhushan Dr. K Kasturirangan as a keynote speaker.

Ritu Kamal, 2010 Stanford-India Biodesign Fellow, will speak at TEDx Gateway in Mumbai, India on October 30, 2010.

Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer for the U.S. Government, visited the SIB Centre at AIIMS on September 13, 2010. Attendees to the visit included M.K. Bhan, Secretary of Biotechnology, Dr. Mitra, Executive Director, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum and Prof. R.C.Deka, Director, AIIMS among other notables.

Announcing our Interns for Spring, 2010: Nisha Munjal, Physician, Gaurav Kulkarni, Product Designer, Prashant Borkar, Mechanical Engineer and Industrial Designer, Sourav Mishra, Biomedical Engineer.

Livemint.com reports on the SIB program in an article entitled "Shock to the System."

SIB was highlighted in Biotech news - the news arm of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. The program was featured in the Editor's letter (pdf), and in articles on Biotech (pdf) by Anurag Mairal and SIB (pdf) by Raj Doshi.

Our ad in the Hindustan Times announces the 2011 Fellowship application process is open.

Welcome to our Interns for Spring, 2010: Nisha Munjal, Physician, Gaurav Kulkarni, Product Designer, Prashant Borkar, Mechanical Engineer and Industrial Designer, Sourav Mishra, Biomedical Engineer. They were selected out of 353 applicants.

Congratulations to Nish Chasmawala, who was chosen as an India TR35 recipient by MIT. These are the top 35 innovators under 35 in India. Read more.

Welcome to Gita Handa, Pushkar Ingale, Ritu Kamal and Nitin Sisodia who recently arrived at Stanford for their 2010 SIB Fellowship.

The 3rd Annual India Medtech Summit was held in December, 2009 in New Delhi. This invitation-only event drew over 100 members of the medtech community. Final agenda now available.

Congratulations to Srinivas Jaggu, 2008 Stanford-India Biodesign Fellow, recently seleced as a TED India Fellow.

SIB is featured prominently in the latest Connect, the newsletter from the Indo-US Science & Technology Forum.

The Jaipur Knee, designed by students in Tom Andriacchi's class, 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).

The 3rd Annual India Medtech Summit was held in December, 2009 in New Delhi. This invitation-only event drew over 100 members of the medtech community. Final agenda now available.

Congratulations to Srinivas Jaggu, 2008 Stanford-India Biodesign Fellow, recently seleced as a TED India Fellow.

SIB is featured prominently in the latest Connect, the newsletter from the Indo-US Science & Technology Forum.

The Government of India's Year End Review for 2009 featured the Stanford-India Biodesign Program.

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) recently cited the Stanford-India Biodesign program as evidence that India is focusing on medtech in a big way, in Focus, the newsletter of ATSE.

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

The Times of India reports that Stanford-India Biodesign took first place in the India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2009

Stanford Report featured Stanford Biodesign and Stanford-India Biodesign in a story on multidisciplinary programs.

Chalo Campus announces the Stanford-India Biodesign fellowship

India EDU news.net AIIMS, Stanford Univ join hands for scholarship programme

Hindustan Times AIIMS ties up with Stanford, IIT to improve medical tech

MedIndia.com India’s Premier Hospital to Offer Fellowship Programme

MedIndia.com India to Go in for Foreign Tie-ups to Boost Research in Biotech

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Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Kapil Sibal launched "STANFORD-INDIA BIODESIGN PROGRAMME" a collaborative venture of the ...

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Stanford University said Friday its biodesign program is partnering with the government of India to establish a new training program, called Stanford-India Biodesign, to help create the next generation...

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India launched a collaborative venture -- Stanford-India Biodesign Programme -- with the US Science and Technology Ministry to create medical technology innovation in India in partnership with Stanford University by developing leaders in ...
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We are pleased to announce the launch of the Stanford-India Biodesign (SIB) Fellowships. The goal of this new program is to train the next generation of medical technology innovators in India. This highly competitive program is directed ...