SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions) is
organizing a three-week BIIS (Biotech Innovation Ignition School) for
validating, value adding and product development around grassroots
innovations. The BIIS will develop solutions for grassroots applications
for human, animals, and agricultural applications including herbal
technologies, medical devices and microbial application. The BIIS-4 will
be held at Ahmedabad, November 15 to December 7, 2018.
The
selected participants will be assigned individual projects in primarily
five action-research areas drawing upon the Honey Bee Network
Database:-
1. Pharmacognosy/
2. Microbiology - SRISTI has a Microbial diversity bank containing 8000+ organisms (Bacteria, Fungi, and
3. Medical devices- Value addition/product development of any of the open source projects listed on our summer school website (ttp://ss.sristi.org/) will be taken forward to cater the human and animal health care or other medical devices for meeting unmet social need.
4. Agriculture-
Validation of grassroots practices of crop protection and pest control
by conducting field trials for the purpose of product development
complemented by lab screening.
5. Food & Nutrition-Validation of traditional nutritional food to cater to the sustainable development of woman and child health.
The
abstracts along with the objective of the projects will be shared with
the selected participants one week before the start of the BIIS. The
participants would be expected to develop a project proposal and a work
plan. These participants would receive an expert feedback on their
proposals from the reviewers. They will also receive hands-on training
in various techniques of microbiology, phytochemical extraction
procedures, and using various lab equipment (AAS, HPTLC, HPLC etc.) as
per the need of the project in the first week of the event.
It
is hoped that each participant becomes a volunteer of the Honey Bee
Network which has helped in scouting and disseminating rural creativity
and innovation over the last three decades.
All
the output will be credited to the knowledge providers and can be
published thereafter with prior written concurrence of the BIIS team and
knowledge providers.
Highest ethical code of Biotech research is expected to be followed. Team spirit and willingness to develop open source solutions will be highly encouraged. Peer learning will be appreciated. The findings will be shared with knowledge providers in local language with the help of SRISTI and Honey Bee Network team.
Highest ethical code of Biotech research is expected to be followed. Team spirit and willingness to develop open source solutions will be highly encouraged. Peer learning will be appreciated. The findings will be shared with knowledge providers in local language with the help of SRISTI and Honey Bee Network team.
Participants are invited to apply by filling the Google Form (Available on QR code and link): https://goo.gl/forms/
Participants with a background in biotechnology,
agriculture, microbiology, bioengineering, phytochemistry,
pharmacology, pharmacognosy, food & nutrition etc., are invited to
apply.
Above
all, participants would get an invaluable opportunity to interact with
both national and international experts as well as grassroots
practitioners/innovators in their respective fields.
Registration fees: Participants (Current students-2018/Pass out students of the year 2017 & 2018) - Rs.5000/-
Industry/Organization employee (below the age of 35 years)- Rs.10,000/-
Kindly email at BIIS@sristi.org or call at 0922 776 1140 for further queries.
Kindly email at BIIS@sristi.org or call at 0922 776 1140 for further queries.
Last date for submission of application is October 25, 2018 on or before 12:00 p.m.
Food and lodging will be charged separately.
Food and lodging will be charged separately.
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