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Complete directory with all 36 challenges across all 7 biotechnology tracks.
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Precision Biotherapeutics & Drug Discovery
Design a screening and prioritisation workflow that lets a small lab shortlist existing approved molecules for a new indication using open datasets and inexpensive assays.
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Propose a carrier or conjugation strategy that improves tumour-site delivery while lowering systemic exposure, with a feasible path to bench validation.
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Rework an expression, purification or formulation step so a therapeutic protein can be produced reliably at pilot scale in an Indian academic or startup facility.
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Develop a therapeutic or adjuvant approach against a priority resistant pathogen, including a clear resistance-development and stewardship argument.
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Build a method to personalise dosage for paediatric, geriatric or comorbid patients using accessible biomarkers and simple decision support.
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Create a sample-to-result test usable at a primary health centre with no cold chain, reporting a result in under 30 minutes.
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Design a low-cost, non-invasive screening approach for diabetes or related metabolic conditions suitable for community camps.
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Engineer a durable, field-repairable device that replaces an expensive imported instrument in a rural clinical workflow.
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Turn continuous sensor data into a small number of trustworthy clinical alerts, addressing false positives and patient adherence.
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Propose a diagnostic or triage tool that catches a common maternal or neonatal risk earlier in low-resource settings.
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Build an interpretation or annotation workflow that accounts for under-represented Indian population variation in clinical reporting.
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Use structure prediction and docking to characterise a poorly annotated target and propose testable hypotheses.
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Design a pipeline and dashboard that turns sequencing submissions into timely, shareable outbreak intelligence.
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Combine two or more omics layers to separate clinically meaningful disease subtypes, with honest validation on held-out data.
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Build a model-assisted tool that helps researchers plan, troubleshoot and record experiments without hallucinating protocol steps.
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Identify traits, markers or bio-inputs that keep yields stable under water stress or rising soil salinity.
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Combine biology and imaging or sensing so a farmer can detect an outbreak days earlier than visual inspection allows.
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Formulate a microbial product with a realistic shelf life and application method for smallholder plots.
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Reduce spoilage in a specific crop supply chain using coatings, controlled ripening or biological preservatives.
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Improve disease prevention, feed efficiency or antibiotic reduction in an Indian livestock or aquaculture system.
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Develop a protein ingredient from a regionally abundant crop, by-product or microbial source with credible cost and taste targets.
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Deliver a fortification strategy that retains bioavailability through typical household preparation and storage.
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Design a food or supplement with a measurable microbiome-linked health outcome and a validation plan.
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Replace a synthetic preservative with a biological alternative without compromising safety or shelf life.
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Propose a product and delivery model that measurably improves child nutrition within existing public programme constraints.
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Treat a specific contaminant stream using microbial or enzymatic routes, with monitoring and disposal of the resulting biomass.
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Convert a hard-to-recycle waste polymer into reusable monomers or value-added products using biological catalysts.
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Turn crop residue that is currently burned into fuels, chemicals or materials with a workable collection model.
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Engineer or source an enzyme that removes heat, solvent or water intensity from an existing industrial step.
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Build a deployable biosensing approach that helps a municipality detect contamination events quickly and cheaply.
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Apply biological or biomedical engineering to improve independence for people with disabilities or chronic conditions.
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Make an expensive lab capability affordable through open designs, local fabrication or reagent substitution.
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Create a tool or curriculum that gives students genuine hands-on biotech experience without a well-funded lab.
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Use engineered biology responsibly to solve a problem specific to your region, including a biosafety discussion.
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Replace a petrochemical material in a common product with a bio-based alternative that performs comparably.
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Bring a bio-related problem of your own. You must supply a self-proposed title and justify the need, feasibility and impact.
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