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Bioinspired materials have become an essential part in promoting innovation and breakthroughs in the modern material industry. DST Technology Enabling Center (TEC) has been in the forefront of networking for inter and multidisciplinary translation research projects and creating an ecosystem for the transfer of technology and entrepreneurship culture. The Institution Innovation Council (IIC) is a portal to establish a functional ecosystem for scouting ideas and pre-incubation of ideas. With this note, DST TEC & IIC organized an interactive lecture on ‘Bioinspiration led innovation- from lab to industry’ on 06 Feb 2023. Dr Kishore Paknikar, IIT Mumbai, was the keynote speaker of the day. H’nble Vice Chancellor Prof Satheesh Kumar Bhandary, president of the function, explained the range of activities conducted by TEC and IIC to create an ecosystem for translational research. Prof Dr Indrani Karunasagar initiated the program with the welcome address and explained the theme of the day. Prof Dr Iddya Karunasagar introduced the distinguished guest to the participants. Dr Paknikar gave an overview of discoveries in the field of the biohydrometallurgy industry. He explained about the process of biomining and bioleaching, whereby metals are extracted from the ores through bacterial oxidation. He discussed on various aspects of microbe-associated extraction of minerals & acid drainage etc. He further gave a gist of trending research in areas of bead-type biosorbent technology, electrochemical micro and nano-systems technology and magneto-tactic microorganism. The lecture followed an interactive session with all the participants. A total of 88 participants, including staff from various institutes, research scholars UG and PG students took part in the session. Dr Srinikethan, President IIC delivered the vote of thanks.

Workshop Date : 2023-02-06

Venue : DST TEC

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