High Performance Optical Spectroscopy (HPOS) Technology, invented and developed by researchers of Optics & Microfluidics Instrumentation Lab (lead by Prof. Sai Siva Gorthi at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics) has won the Modi Prix Galien India Award-2025 under “Best Academic/Public Sector” category representing Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
The Galien Foundation, the premier global institution dedicated to honoring innovators in life sciences, has announced the Modi Prix Galien India 2025 Awards on 20th March 2025 at The Taj Palace, New Delhi. This prestigious event celebrates groundbreaking contributions to global human health through innovative medicines, technologies, and initiatives.
About The Galien Foundation
https://www.galienfoundation.org/prix-galien-india
The Galien Foundation fosters, recognizes, and rewards excellence in scientific innovation to improve the state of human health. Its vision is to be the catalyst for the development of the next generation of innovative treatments and technologies that will impact the state of medical practice and save lives. The late Professor Elie Wiesel, 1986 Peace Nobel Laureate, is The Honorary Founding President of The Galien Foundation.
The Foundation oversees and directs activities in the US for the Prix Galien, an international awards program dedicated to progress through innovative medicines development, with chapters in 14 countries, Africa and an inaugural chapter established in India in 2024. The Prix Galien Award was created in 1970 by Roland Mehl in honor of Galen, the father of medical science and modern pharmacology. Worldwide, the Prix Galien is regarded as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in biopharmaceutical research.
Modi Prix Galien India 2025
India is a key player in the production of medicines both in sheer volume and in value worldwide and is the global leader in the production of generic drugs and vaccines ensuring accessibility to treatment to the underprivileged. Many exciting treatments and technologies are being developed in India today with tremendous potential to treat and cure disease on a global scale. The Galien Foundation is proud to recognize the teams working tirelessly to ensure positive change to human health.
IISc HPOS Technology
Patent Grant Certificate HPOS Technology Invention
Nominees for the Award 2025