Wadhwani Foundation
Wadhwani Innovation Network (WIN)
Forging Innovation Excellence: Empowering Academic Research to Drive Real-World Impact
Wadhwani Innovation Network (WIN) aims to fast-track the Commercialization of Academic Research to shape the future of innovation in emerging areas like Artificial Intelligence, including Generative AI and other advanced AI, Semiconductor Technology, Quantum Computing/Advanced Computing, Bioengineering and Healthtech, SpaceTech and Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology for a better tomorrow. As part of the first phase, we have partnered with AICTE and top-tier academic institutions such as IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IISc Bangalore, IIT Hyderabad, and C-CAMP to establish Centers of Excellence (WIN-COE). Each COE receives up to US$ 1 million in funding annually.
A partnership with AICTE’s 13 Innovation Centers will further bolster the commercialization of translation research in the next 100+ higher education institutes aligned with the national agenda with an additional joint investment of $10M annually. These centers will provide funding and in-kind support to thousands of commercially viable research projects selected by a national jury of experts.
Our Partners
C-Camp
Bioengineering and Biotechnology
IIT Delhi
Healthech and Bioengineering
IIT Kanpur
Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology (Therapeutics) and AI
IISc Bangalore
Quantum Computing
IIT Bombay
AI, Healthtech and Biotechnology (Therapeutics)
IIT Hyderabad
HealthTech, Advanced Computing and AI
The initiative builds on the success of the Wadhwani Research Center for Biotechnology and Biosciences (WRCB) at IIT Bombay, which, over eight years, has funded approximately 110 projects, eight of which have seen commercial success.
Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB), IIT Bombay
Founded in 2014 at IIT Bombay, WRCB is a center of excellence in translational research in bioengineering. It supports projects in diagnostics, therapeutics, MedTech and synthetic biology, resulting in
- 97 funded projects
- 11 startup companies
- 6 technologies licensed to industry
- 80+ patents
- 900+ publications