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IIT Bombay was honored to have Dr. Samir V. Kamat, Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development and Chairperson, @DRDO_India as the Chief Guest at Commencement 2026 ceremony. We are thankful for the gracious presence of Dr. @radhakr272, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Bombay. Prof. Shireesh Kedare, Director, IIT Bombay congratulated the students and wished them the best in their journey ahead. Calling IIT Bombay a melting pot of ideas, cultures and talent, he said, "We are concentrating on frontier domains such as AI, sustainability and biomedical technologies so that India can emerge as a global leader in critical technology areas”. In his inspiring address, Dr. Kamat paid tribute to the enduring legacy of Bharat Ratna Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam — architect of India's Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme and a symbol of what indigenous scientific determination can achieve. Agni, Prithvi, Akash, Trishul and Nag were not merely missiles — they were India's declaration of self-reliance to the world, he said. Dr. Kamat urged the Class of 2025-26 to honour that legacy, not by looking outward for answers, but by building them here, for India, with India. Heartiest congratulations to the Class of 2025-26! #IITBombay #Commencement2026 @EduMinOfIndia

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Dr Shubhangi Nema and Prof. Leena Vachhani from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and Abhishek Mathur from IIT Goa, have developed a new software technique that uses fundamental geometry to track surgical tools in 3D without the need for expensive sensors or heavy computing power. Their software can estimate the position and orientation of the surgical instruments using a standard video feed. This cost-effective way to track instruments in 3D can enable better virtual reality training systems and, in future, can significantly reduce the cost of 3D visualisation systems in actual surgeries. iitb.ac.in/research-highl…

From lab breakthrough to market success, many innovations stall due to gaps with real-world needs. Join Anubhav Saxena, Chief R&D Officer at @PidiliteInd at @iitbombay's Mrs. Sarla Doshi Memorial Lecture Series on using Design Thinking to bridge research and commercialization. 📅 1 Apr 2026 |⏰ 2:30 PM | 📍 LC102 #IITBombay #Innovation #DesignThinking

Huge congratulations to Raju on successfully defending his PhD! 🎓 Years of hard work, resilience, and curiosity paying off. Well deserved 👏 Wishing you the very best for the exciting journey ahead! 🚀✨

Congratulations to Harsha on her latest publication in Langmuir! 🎉 A fantastic contribution and a testament to her hard work and scientific excellence. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

#Late post Grateful to share that our paper has been accepted in Macromolecules✨ 📄 “Protonation-Induced Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation and Solid-Like Structural Transformation in Amine-Functional Polyelectrolytes” 🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… #Macromolecules #Polymers

Congratulations to Lokesh on the new paper in ACS Appl. Nano Materials “Polyelectrolyte-Assisted Hybrid Nanostructures from Self-Assembly of Graphene Oxide Sheets and Carbon nanotubes” 🎉 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

🏆 And she does it again! 🎉 Rikna bags the Best Poster Award at the Global Scientific Conference, IIT Bombay. Her winning streak continues!💫👏

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Prof. Kamendra P. Sharma @GroupSmrl delivered a talk “Polyethyleneimine: From Gene Transfection to Tissue Regeneration” at @GSC_2025 — tracing PEI’s journey from delivering DNA to engineering tissues. #Biomaterials @FrontPhysics @iitbombay @ruchianand1975 @anidchemiitb

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🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Anwesha Maity on successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis titled “Conformational Transitions in Proteins: Effects of Polymer Surfactants and Ionic Liquids in Solvent Mixture.” Wishing her the very best for future endeavors! 👏✨

Proud of our extremely hard working and sincere colleague, Ms. Rikna T V, for winning the Best Poster Award in the In-House Symposium of Dept of Chemistry IITB.

Interesting chart... #Pune at the 25th spot (along with Hyderabad, with a score of 2.6) #Pune has plenty of potential to advance further in this list. Bengaluru already in the Top-10. Delhi, Mumbai missing from the Top-25.

@yraima_cordeiro @SebLecommandoux check out our latest work on how polymeric mesophases can be used for biomolecular storage @Biomac_ACS

💐Anwesha and co-workers show that α-synuclein switches from an intrinsically disordered state to a stable, reversible α-helix within a polymeric lamellar mesophase enabling room-temperature storage of therapeutic proteins at high concentration. doi.org/10.1021/acs.bi…

Delighted to share that our paper has been highlighted as a Frontispiece in Small. dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.2…

Congratulations to Shivalika (@SHIVALIKA_3646) on recent publication in Small! This work is the result of a collective effort with the @MBCBLab_IITB lab Kudos to @Manjari81844156 and Aswin T. for their valuable contributions. Congratulations to all 💐 doi.org/10.1002/smll.2…

Congratulations to Harsha & team for their recently published article in Small journal of Wiley!🧪This breakthrough leverages liquid crystal interfaces to detect proteins with extreme sensitivity, opening new doors for label-free biosensing applications . onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sm…

Another one from the group this month ! Congratulations to Lokesh and Raj Kumar on their latest publication. #sustainable_biocatalysis_processes. Check it out: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Congratulations Harsha 👏 on getting the Best Poster Prize at IHS 2024 #lab_moments