4 from PU win award

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 17

Four innovators, all faculty members from Panjab University (PU) campus have received the. Pfizer- IIT Delhi Innovation and IP Program (PIIP) Award, which include a sum of Rs 3 lakh each, for successful IP generation.

The faculty includes Dr Monika Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Dr Rohit Sharma, Head, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, PU and BioNEST-PU for their innovation entitled, “Anti-carcinogenic extract from pithecellobium dulce”, Dr Ajay Mittal, Associate Professor, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, PU, for his innovation, “AI-based dermoscope for skin disease classification” and Dr Ranjana Bhandari, Assistant Professor, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, PU for her innovation entitled “Novel dual-action targeted GC-Nanogel for Neuropathic pain.”

Till date, 14 of India’s brightest healthcare ideas have been recognised with this award.

PIIP is a special type of recognition, an incubator accelerator award launched in collaboration with IIT-Delhi by the drug manufacturing company, Pfizer. The programme is operated by Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi to encourage startups and innovations in the healthcare sector.