Dr. Vinay Saini
PhD- Pharma Sciences,
Current Position : Senior Scientist, BSBE, IIT Bombay,
Founding Director : TUMAAS (Foundation for TB, Malnutrition and AIDS) and Startup, Mumbai.
Visiting Scientist : ETH Zurich.
Current Research : TB Diagnostics tests, TB Therapeutics (Drug Resistance) & Malnutrition, Formulations for Hospital Acquired infections, Vaccine Research (adjuvants).
Seminar/Conference attended-National and International :
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USA, Mexico, Singapore, Switzerland, Austria and Netherlands, India.
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Interacted with Hon PM, Modi Ji to showcase our research during Technical Exhibition, IIT Bombay (11 August 2018).
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Interacted with Hon HRD, Minister, IIT Delhi, during Technical Exhibition, IIT Delhi (23 August 2019).
Grant Recipient :
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TB Therapeutics (2.0 Cr- India Health Fund, TATA TRUST) (co-PI).
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TB Diagnostics (2.30 CR- IMPRINT I - MHRD and MHFW, Govt of India) (co-PI).
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Secured DST SEED Grant for Startup (20 Lacs) from SINE, IIT Bombay (Nov 2019).
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Secured Aarohan Social Innovation Award for TUMAAS Foundation (20 Lacs) from Infosys Foundation (Smt. Sudha Murthy and Shri Nandan Nilekani) (19 Feb 2020).