to commercialize the technology.”
In 2011, Priyanka bagged the India Innovation Initiative (i3) Award by Agilent Technologies, in association with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and DST.
At the age of 28, she was the only woman on MIT Technology Review’s list of top Indian Innovators for the year 2012. She also received the DST Lockheed Martin Gold Medal for 2012.
She shares an interesting anecdote related to this medal. The1 lakh cash prize that comes with the medal was given in the form of a large check. “I was returning from the event on Shatabadi Express and was holding the fake check. Everybody thought I was a sportsperson. People kept asking me about it. When I told them that I was a scientist, they could not believe it. I guess they were a little disappointed.
My parents received me at the station with a big band–baaja group. There were so many onlookers; it was hilarious.
Soon after, the MIT Technology Review’s list of top 35 innovators was declared and people from the media flocked to my house. There were interviews, photography sessions and what not. I had never received that kind of attention before. They made me feel like a celebrity.”
In 2012, INKTalks, a global organization that hosts some of the greatest thinkers to speak about their experiences, invited Priyanka to Pune to talk about her work and its future applications.
“Apart from the recognition, my research work has brought me a lot of satisfaction and an opportunity to travel the world.
In 2010, I went to Northwestern University in the US as a visiting research scholar. It was an amazing experience. Research work abroad is very different from that in India – it is much more application-oriented and interdisciplinary. Researchers there tend to think much more creatively and are more networked. The experience in the US completely transformed my approach to my work. The skills I learned there made me more effective in research.”
Priyanka plans to join a post-doctoral program in India that focuses on interdisciplinary research and allows collaboration with laboratories abroad.
“I plan to further improve the biochip by enabling it to be coupled with micro-fluidic systems to enable automatic preparation of samples to be used with the biochip. This would help in situations where a large number of samples need to be tested, or those being tested have very low pesticide concentration. This would enable screening of several disease markers and environmental pollutants with a very small volume of the sample, which is otherwise difficult.”
For the Innovator in You
“The patenting process was easy for me, as every CSIR institution has a patent cell to assist CSIR scientists. Moreover, my guide had extensive experience with patents. However, it can be an intimidating experience, especially for those who have no institutional support.
I suggest doing an online course on intellectual property right protection, offered by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). I also did a WIPO Academy course which allowed me to understand the nitty-gritty of getting a patent. In association with academic institutions across the world, WIPO has several courses on patent laws, filing and the examination process. The courses can be done online and a certificate is awarded on successful completion. Some basic courses are available for free.
In general, any innovator faces a lot of hurdles. When things get really bad, remember that most people give up when they are just about to be successful; do not be one of them. Do not accept defeat before the battle is over. Or, as a popular saying goes, ‘Give hope half a chance and despair will not win’.”
Sachidanand Swami
Interactive Touch Surfaces
If touch phones and touch tablets were not exciting enough, think about touch tables – interactive, large, touch user interface devices, enabling multiple users to engage
In 2011, Priyanka bagged the India Innovation Initiative (i3) Award by Agilent Technologies, in association with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and DST.
At the age of 28, she was the only woman on MIT Technology Review’s list of top Indian Innovators for the year 2012. She also received the DST Lockheed Martin Gold Medal for 2012.
She shares an interesting anecdote related to this medal. The1 lakh cash prize that comes with the medal was given in the form of a large check. “I was returning from the event on Shatabadi Express and was holding the fake check. Everybody thought I was a sportsperson. People kept asking me about it. When I told them that I was a scientist, they could not believe it. I guess they were a little disappointed.
My parents received me at the station with a big band–baaja group. There were so many onlookers; it was hilarious.
Soon after, the MIT Technology Review’s list of top 35 innovators was declared and people from the media flocked to my house. There were interviews, photography sessions and what not. I had never received that kind of attention before. They made me feel like a celebrity.”
In 2012, INKTalks, a global organization that hosts some of the greatest thinkers to speak about their experiences, invited Priyanka to Pune to talk about her work and its future applications.
“Apart from the recognition, my research work has brought me a lot of satisfaction and an opportunity to travel the world.
In 2010, I went to Northwestern University in the US as a visiting research scholar. It was an amazing experience. Research work abroad is very different from that in India – it is much more application-oriented and interdisciplinary. Researchers there tend to think much more creatively and are more networked. The experience in the US completely transformed my approach to my work. The skills I learned there made me more effective in research.”
Priyanka plans to join a post-doctoral program in India that focuses on interdisciplinary research and allows collaboration with laboratories abroad.
“I plan to further improve the biochip by enabling it to be coupled with micro-fluidic systems to enable automatic preparation of samples to be used with the biochip. This would help in situations where a large number of samples need to be tested, or those being tested have very low pesticide concentration. This would enable screening of several disease markers and environmental pollutants with a very small volume of the sample, which is otherwise difficult.”
For the Innovator in You
“The patenting process was easy for me, as every CSIR institution has a patent cell to assist CSIR scientists. Moreover, my guide had extensive experience with patents. However, it can be an intimidating experience, especially for those who have no institutional support.
I suggest doing an online course on intellectual property right protection, offered by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). I also did a WIPO Academy course which allowed me to understand the nitty-gritty of getting a patent. In association with academic institutions across the world, WIPO has several courses on patent laws, filing and the examination process. The courses can be done online and a certificate is awarded on successful completion. Some basic courses are available for free.
In general, any innovator faces a lot of hurdles. When things get really bad, remember that most people give up when they are just about to be successful; do not be one of them. Do not accept defeat before the battle is over. Or, as a popular saying goes, ‘Give hope half a chance and despair will not win’.”
Sachidanand Swami
Interactive Touch Surfaces
If touch phones and touch tablets were not exciting enough, think about touch tables – interactive, large, touch user interface devices, enabling multiple users to engage
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