Rohit Srivastava MSc, PhD

Prof. Rohit Srivastava has demonstrated his versatility by conducting fundamental and translational research in the field of health care. His tremendous efforts and commitment to meet the challenging needs of the underdeveloped rural healthcare sector of India have led to the development of numerous affordable point-of-care technologies. Four such technologies (SYNC, Uchek, SmartSense, and CareMother) have been commercialized, and more than 10 products are in the process of regulatory approval. Prof Srivastava's lab has filed more than 200 patent and design applications to the US and Indian Patent Office with more than 50 granted patents and several published and has graduated 50 PhD and 100 Masters students.

Rohit Srivastava has been awarded the Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Medical Sciences 2021 and is an elected Fellow of NASI, INAE, NAMS, RSC, and RSB, London. He has been instrumental in encouraging 10 of his students to set up Companies either through a TBI or otherwise and is himself a co-founder of 5 startups with more than 3 women entrepreneurs co-founders. He is also on the panel of several companies where he mentors them through startup grants and one such startup product, CareMother has achieved self-sustainability to focus further on the last mile and women's health issues. Care Mother, a hardware and app for diagnosing high-risk pregnancies in rural populations has already touched more than 0.5 million women and has managed to make a huge impact on rural healthcare delivery!