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covirapIITKGP COVID diagnostic test receives ICMR Certification

Information provided by IIT Kharagpur (October 21, 2020)

The novel testing technology for COVID-19 developed by Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Dr. Arindam Mondal and their team at IIT Kharagpur has been recently certified by ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research).

The technology will enable the testing of a large number of diseases at an extremely low cost and could go on impacting the lives of many in rural India. Here is a link to the video announcement of the news with Director VK Tewari, Deputy Director Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya and members of the team that developed the device.

The IITKGP Foundation US provided INR 45L to support Field Validation of the device. Of this amount, INR 25L was donated by Anand Rajaraman, an IIT Madras alumnus based in Silicon Valley, USA. Anand is a partner at Rocketship VC, a venture capital firm, and is also a successful serial entrepreneur who founded Junglee (acquired by Amazon) and Kosmix (acquired by Walmart).

You can read more about the the test kit through The KGP Chronicle article.

Congratulations to Prof. Suman and the team on this incredible achievement!