The VIT-AP Technology Business Incubation Foundation (VTBIF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Buimerc India Foundation (BIF) to establish a Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics for Humans and Animals (POHA) at the VIT-AP University campus.
The copies of the MoU were exchanged between president of the Buimerc India Foundation R Balachandran and Director of VTBIF B. Nagarjuna. As part of the collaboration, the Buimerc India Foundation has committed to funding ₹52 lakh towards a research project titled “Design, Development & Fabrication of SSW Criteria-Based Trans-Tibial/Trans-Femoral Regenerative Effort Assistive Prosthesis for Youth/Elderly”. The project, to be conducted at the POHA Research Centre, aims to develop a low-cost pneumatic controlled biomimetic articulated passive prosthetic spring-loaded system for early and late swing and stance control knee, along with a regenerative effort assistive foot assembly.
At the MoU-signing meeting, Vice-Chancellor S.V. Kota Reddy explained through a presentation about the contributions made by the university to the field of technology and societal-driven research.
