BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF INDIA (BMESI)

Prof. Geetha Narayanan

Staff Convener

Manasvi Ghadge

Student Co-ordinator

Overview

BMESI VIT is an active student committee committed to enhancing learning and innovation in Biomedical Engineering. It organizes a range of activities including CPR and CRRT workshops, FE welcoming, handover ceremonies, pitching and poster competitions, World Heart Day awareness programs, IMPULSE (the biomedical festival), and industrial visits.

Through these initiatives, BMESI VIT provides students with practical exposure, leadership opportunities, and industry interaction, fostering overall professional growth in healthcare technology.

RECENT ACTIVITIES

Webinar on – ARDUINO Simulation with TINKERCAD was conducted in which 95 participants both students and faculty from inside and outside the institute participated. Participants learned about ARDUINO and Simulation of ARDUINO based circuits on TINKERCAD simulation platform which was helpful to them for the project work during the pandemic.

Seminar on – How to make two from one-molecular regulation of cell division This was addressed by Dr. Mithilesh Mishra a Bio Physicist from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. This was attended by 70 students and faculty members.

IMPULSE -Biomedical Festival was organized in collaboration with BMESI India and BMSA in which around 150 participants including faculty and professional from Mumbai had participated. Participants could attend 3 hands on workshops conducted by Medical Devices industries.

Poster Presentation Contest was organized on the first day of IMPULSE in which posters on various fields related to Biomedical, Electronics and Informatics were displayed. There were 20 Posters presented during the event.

Visit to Centre of Excellence in for Minimal Access Surgery Training (CEMAST) was organized in which selected representatives from SE, TE and BE were participated. CEMAST is a training centre for MAS (Minimal Access Surgery) where trainers would guide the surgeons to practice endoscopy and assist in practicing surgery and students could understand the facility at CEMAST.

Workshop on – Project Presentation where around 65 students, faculty and professional were attended. The participants could enhance their knowledge about Project Selection and Execution.

Organ Donation Seminar where 60 students and faculty were attended. In the seminar participants were made aware of importance of donating organs, various organizations involved, the procedure and their social implications.

Seminar on – Optical Trapping and Bio Nano Machines which was presented by Dr. Roop Mallik, an Indian Biophysicist from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research who has won Infosys Prize for best Innovation in 2018. Around 65 participants could understand about bio nano-machines its range of dimensions, working in a medium and its movements and its use in Cancer treatment.

Visit to Department of Biosciences Laboratory – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba in which 40 selected participants from SE/TE/BE of Biomedical Engineering branch had attended. Participants could understand the various Research happening in the field of Biosciences and the possible projects.