We are delighted to announce that Vein Detector project by our former student, Trivikram A., haswon the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award/Appreciation 2018.  The award function has been held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 19th March 2018, where Dr. R.A. Malshekar, Chairperson of the Research Advisory Committee, SRISTI and NIF have felicitated the awardees in the presence of the Hon'ble President Shri Ram Nath Kovind.

Trivikram A. began this project in an elective course on collaborative innovation and thereafter took it up as a Design Research Seminar under the guidance of Prof. Girish Dalvi. He went on to work on it as a thesis project during which Prof. Purba Joshi was his guide and Prof. B.K. Chakravarthy was his co-guide. Prof. Chakravarthy furthered this work under the aegis of the design innovation center along with Avinash Prabhune to take the concept to pilot production for wider user testing and transfer to industry for commercialization. 

Puncturing the vein to draw blood or insert an IV needle is often a painful medical procedure for many who visit the hospital or a blood bank. If the vein is not easily detected, the patient or blood donor has to put up with being repeatedly poked with a needle. The Vein Detector is a low-cost device meant to ease this procedure for both nurses and patients or blood donors.  Its main features are its ergonomic design, its aesthetic appearance and its efficacy of use under varying light conditions.