Awards and Accomplishments

A team of M. Tech and B. Tech Biotechnology students led by Dr. Kapila Kumar won the Bronze Medal at iGEM 2020 (MIT, USA) for creating a genetically engineered E.coli to detect and estimate the N-nitrosamines in water.

The team was able to file a patent and register a start-up from this award-winning work. The participation was fully sponsored by DBT, Government of India (Funding of Approx. 7 Lacs).

A Student Team of B.Tech. Biotechnology students led by Dr. Kapila Kumar won First Prize at Anveshan 2022 (Student Research Convention).

The students were awarded a cash prize of 50,000 Rs

A Student Team of B.Sc. Micrology students led by Dr. Kapila Kumar won First Prize at Sustainathon 2023 (Global Peace Foundation Convention).

The students were awarded a cash prize of 15,000 Rs.

Published more than 50 research papers.

Three start-ups have been incubated (Mentor-Dr. Kapila Kumar and Dr. Vineeta Sharma)

Multiple invited talks delivered.

More than 10 projects submitted for funding.

Dr. Kapila Kumar received the outstanding woman researcher award for molecular biology.