Inexpensive and rapidly manufactured Expertise for COVID /Pandemics test kits and ideas

If already involved in any of related S.No Name Affiliation Expertise national programs : Details and in what capacity

1 Sandhya S Indian Institute of Biochemistry; Cell NIL Visweswariah Science ; Infection

2 Sanjeev Galande IISER , , , animal models

3 Radhakrishna Pillai Rajiv Gandhi Viral Disease Biology NABL and NABH approved Center for molecular diagnostics Biotechnology laboratory. Currently performing COVID 19 diagnostics and R&D

4 Gagandeep Kang Christian Medical Virology, Infectious With DBT, as THSTI College Diseases, Vaccines, Director in diagnostics and Public Health vaccines

5 Uma Ramakrishnan Associate Molecular ecology, Trying to help set up a Professor, NCBS evolution, mammals, testing centre at NCBS- TIFR conservation and instem in Bangalore biodiversity loss, population genetics, genomics

6 Suman Chakraborty Professor, Indian Development of IMPRINT 1: Domain Institute of affordable diagnostic Coordinator in Healthcare Technology devices domain Kharagpur 7 Dr. Thandavarayan INSA-Senior Microbiology Cholera RDT kit evaluation Ramamurthy Scientist (Infectious Diseases) is under process, made several outbreak investigation of cholera in the country.

8 Ch. Mohan Rao CCMB, Molecular Biology and None Hyderabad Biophysics

9 Daman Saluja Dr B R Ambedkar I have rich experience Currently, I am a member chilana Center for and expertise in of task force committee of Biomedical developing nucleic DBT-Builder program and Research, acid based diagnostic have been serving as University of Delhi kits for bacterial expert for several infections. I have diagnostic projects of BIPP- licensed two BIRAC . In past I had been diagnostic kits to member of different task industry for force committees of DBT manufacturing through and ICMR. DBT and BIPP. We have several other kits that are in development phase, patented and in process of patenting. Currently we are collaborating for developing platforms for converting these diagnostic kits as point of care diagnostics. 10 Amit Agrawal IIT Bombay Development of Bio- 1) I am providing technical microdevices; advise to a Pune based Microfluidics; Fluid company for developing Mechanics; Thermal Negative Pressure Engineering Chamber, Hood & Ventilator.

2) I have developed several novel blood-based microdevices for plasma separation (BPS), platelet separation (PRP), and two other microfluidics based devices. Specifically, the BPS microdevices can be used for generating "convalescent plasma" - a technique that has been employed by China in this outbreak, and USA is seriously consider to apply (Ref: Nature). The PRP microdevice can help gauge the severity of Covid infection. Further these devices can be integrated to form test kit for detection of Covid.

11 Dinesh Jagadeesan IIT Palakkad Materials chemistry, No catalysis

12 Chirasree Department of affordable diagnostics One of the co-ordinators of RoyChaudhuri Electronics and MHRD-ICMR sponsored Telecommunicatio IMPRINT project on Point n Engg., Center of Care Diagnostics( for Healthcare currently memberof INYAS) Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur 13 Pooja Devi CSIR-Central Water, Materials, NA Scientific Sensors, Energy Instruments Organisation

14 Jaya Sivaswami All India Institute Molecular biology, Tyagi of Medical Tuberculosis, Sciences Diagnostics

15 Rita Mulherkar Hon. Director, Molecular and cell Nil Moving Academy biology, cancer of Medicine and biology Biomedicine

16 Rita Mulherkar Hon. Director, Molecular and cell Nil Moving Academy biology, cancer of Medicine and biology Biomedicine

17 Dr.S.P.Thyagarajan Sri Ramachandra Diagnostic Virology Birac-National Biopharma Institute of Higher and development of Mission Programme As Education and antiviral drugs Sag Member Research, Porur,Chennai 600116

18 Manoj Gopalkrishnan Iit Bombay Machine learning, Leading a group for pooled DNA nanotechnology, testing with rt-qpcr dynamical systems

19 Mahesh Bhalgat Syngene Vaccines, Diagnostics, International Biopharmaceuticals

20 Rohit Srivastava IIT Bombay Affordable diagnostics Member of all committees and portable devices on BIRAC 21 Siddhartha Prakash IIT Bombay Portable biomarker Rapid pattern recognition Duttagupta analysis: hardware, for insitu biomarker software development analysis (DBT sponsored multi-PI project, independent principal investigator)

22 P V Satyam Indian Institute of Surface and interface Technology Physics, Bhubaneswar instrumentation, electronmicroscopy, ion and x-ray microscopy, nanoscience and technology

23 Dr. Ravulapalli KLEF, KL deemed Nano-Bio-medical Sathyavathi to be University, optics ( Investigations Hyderabad of diagnostic and Therapeutics Biomarkers for diseases using Spectroscopic techniques)

24 Anasuya IIT Bhubaneswar Biochemistry Roychowdhury

25 Prof. Shiv Govind IIT Hyderabad Diagnostic IMPRINT-2 as PI Singh

26 Prasanna Gandhi IIT Bombay Machine Design, Scalable Microfabrication, automation, mechatronics, sensors

27 Sugandh Malhotra IDC School of Product Design, Design IIT Industrial design, Bombay design to manufacture, simplification of design 28 Suresh Bhargava Associate PVC( Pollution control both Candidate for VAZARA India) RMIT air and water, SCHEME OF INDIA - with University, Nanotechnology, IIT Bombay but result is Melbourne Material science and still waiting since 2019 Australia Metallo-drugs currently distinguished professor with IIT Bombay (Chemical Engineering)

29 Niti Kumar CSIR-CDRI molecular biology In the team for design of alternative diagnostics and drug repurposing

30 Bhushan Toley IISc Point-of-care medical diagnostics,Isothermal DNA/RNA amplification technologies,Microflui dics including paper- based microfluidics,In vitro tumor models

31 Sai Siva Gorti IISc Optical Metrology,Optical Instrumentation 32 Navakanta Bhat IISc Electronics GaN technology Post- silicon options Gas- sensing, bio-sensing Device Modeling & Simulation Devices on 2D Materials low- dimensional- semiconductors MEMS/NEMS MEMS and NEMS Sensors Nano-biotechnology Biosensors Neuro- electronics Neuronal Networks Interfaces to Neuronal Networks Neuroelectronic hybrid systems Technology Development Pressure Sensors

33 Pavithra Director of Care coronaviruses Venkatagopalan Health Diagonstic Centre

I 34 Sarika Mehra Chemical genomics, nWould also like to Engineering econtribute to xrepurposing drugs. p e n s 35 Soumyo Mukherji Dept. Of Sensors, Biosensors, IMPRINT, Nanomission, I Biosciences and Instrumentation Research Advisory board of n Bioengineering, IIT CMTI, etc. e Bombay x p e n s i 36 Prof. Samit Birla Institute of Cell Biology, Molecular Applying for the BIRAC Fund IWe are applying Chattopadhyay, Chair Science and Biology and Immunology on COVID-19. nfor the DBT and Professor Technology- Pilani, eDST program to Goa Campus xcombat Covid-19 ptest in BSL-3 free efacility. n s i 37 Anthony Addlagtta CSIR-Indian Institute Protein engineering and IWe have already of Chemical Recombinant protein nmade recombinant Technology production, eproteins required Fermentation, Medicinal xfor RT-PCR Chemistry, molecular p and structural biology, e n s i Iv 38 Prof Virendra K Advance Centre for Molecular and Project coordinator, Referral nRecombinase Baranwal plant Virology, ICAR- serological diagnostics of Centre for Virus Indexing of epolymerase assay IARI, New Delhi plant viruses National Certification System xcan be looked into for Tissue Cultured Raised pfor rapid detection Plants eof viruses without nthermal cycler s i v e Ia 39 Chandra Shekhar IIT Hyderabad Nanomaterials, n Sharma Biosensors e x p e n