BIRAC E-YUVA Centre | PSGR Krishnammal College for Women

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BIRAC E-YUVA Centre @ PSGRKCW was established in 2021 with support from BIRAC. The vision of the centre is to stimulate, foster and empower students with a culture of applied research and enhance need-oriented innovation capabilities among young students and researchers for creating affordable solutions addressing the needs of the society. This centre acts as a pre-incubation space providing infrastructure and equipment for basic research and experimentation by selected students. The centre is governed by Dr. B.S. Chithra Devi (Designated Project Investigator), Dr. Rijesh K (Project Coordinator) and supported by the Department of Botany at KCW

Supporting Services

Access to State-of-the-art laboratories and domain experts
Technical and business mentoring
Domain-specific seminars and workshops
Industry connects and Partnerships
Networking sessions
Patent filing and regulatory compliances

Our centre mainly focuses on the areas of Waste Valorization, Food Technology, Health care, Enzymology and Bioplastics. Our knowledge partner is Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women, Chennai providing requisite support and overall guidance to the centre. (LOGO of Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women) Address: 4th Main Road, 2nd Cross Road, Inside SIPCOT-IT Park Old Mahabalipuram Road Navalur, Post, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 603103 Phone: 073056 21230

E YUVA scheme provides support under following two categories:

I. Innovation Fellows

For PhD graduates

Monthly fellowship grant – INR 50,000

Annual Research Grant of INR 7,50,000 for 18 months.

II. BIRAC’s E-YUVA Fellows

For UG students Quarterly Stipend: INR 7,500 per quarter per student of the team (5 members per team)

Annual research grant: INR 2,50,000 per team for a period of 12 months

“Awareness on BIRAC E-YUVA Schemes” by Dr.Chhaya Chauhan, Sr. Manager
Incubation, BioNest- BIRAC was conducted on March 2,2022 at 2:30 PM IST via Zoom
platform. Click here to know more details

“Awareness Programme on Bio- Entrepreneurship and BIRAC Schemes” by three
speakers – Dr. Sheela Sasikumar (Director- Clinical Research, S.S. Healthcare), Dr.
Bandita Panda (Registered Indian Patent Agent (IN/PA/1880) & SIPP Startup Facilitator),
and Dr. Sudhakaran (General Manager at Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women) was
conducted on March 24,2022 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM IST via Zoom platform. Click here to know more details

“An orientation on BIRAC E-YUVA Fellowship” was conducted by Dr. Rijesh K, Project
Coordinator, BIRAC E-YUVA Center on March 23,2022 for students at Kristu Jayanti
College, Bangalore and PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.Click here to know more details

The centre in association with Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP),
Bengaluru, organized a workshop “Fostering the Entrepreneurial Spirit through
Experiential Interaction” as a part of National Life Science Entrepreneurship Awareness
Programme of BREC (BIRAC Regional Entrepreneurship Centre) on the 27th of
September 2022Click here to know more details

The BIRAC EYUVA Programme Launch Event was conducted on 7th October 2022, in
the GRG Centenary Sports Arena. Dr. Manish Diwan, Head-Strategy Partnership and
Entrepreneurship Development, BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi
officially launched the EYUVA Programme. Prof. P. M. Murali, President, Council of
Presidents, ABLE India, Chairman – Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women Society,
Chennai and Dr. K Suresh Kumar, Executive Director, PSG-STEP, PSG College of
Technology, Coimbatore presided over the function.
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On 3rd November a One-on-One Mentoring Session for the Innovation Fellows with Dr.
Suguna Shanmugasundaram was conducted including discussion about the fellow’s
progress, brainstorming session about the difficulties faced during research, discussion
on work plan of the fellow Click here to know more details

On 7th of November, an interactive section was organized by BIRAC EYUVA Centre
@PSGR Krishnammal College for Women. Dr. D. Sambashiva, Treasurer – Federation
of Asia Biotech Associations (FABA) addressed the Innovation and EYUVA fellows.
FABA was established in 2005 and their mission is to promote innovation and
entrepreneurship in the biotech industry, academia, and healthcare sector.
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Team Name	Field of work	Mentor
Akshaya and Team	Food Technology	Dr. C. Dr. C. Krishnaveni, HOD Department of Botany at PSGR Krishnammal College for Women
Sudarshana and Team	Agri-Tech	Dr. Sunitha Kumari. K, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany
Venusha and Team	Food Technology	Dr. Sarah Jaison, Assistant professor at PSGR Krishnammal College for Women
Janani and Team	Bio-Alternatives / Bio-Packaging	Ms. Sindhu. V, Assistant professor at PSG College of Technology
Shri Sathyan and Team	Bio-Alternatives / Bio-Packaging	Dr. P.Hariharan, Assistant Professor at PSG College of Technology