A student team comprising two students from the Department of Biotechnology (Shivani Khare and Srishti Chopra) represented their unique project D- Check at IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. 

The idea was presented under the supervision of Dr. Kapila Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, FET, MRIIRS.

The team presented their innovative project at IIT Mandi Catalyst- A Technology Business Incubator. The competition consisted of three stages.  The students very enthusiastically cleared all the stages and have won the competition.

The team has been selected for 3 months residential program for further exploring their idea and has been given a seed funding of 1.5 lacs by IIT Mandi Catalyst- sponsored by DST. Keeping the spirits high, the team is now enthusiastically working on developing the prototype of the sensor.