
In its continuous efforts to improve and technologically upgrade its prosthetic devices,
Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS)
has established partnerships with various science and technology institutions.
Research partners
- Stanford University, California, USA
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA
- The Dow Chemical Company, USA
- Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
- Virginia Tech University, Virginia, USA
- DELFT University, Netherlands
- Dr Armand Neukerman, founder of Xros, Palo Alto, USA
- Dow Chemical International Pvt Ltd (Dow India)
- Indian Space Research Organisation, Thiruvananthapuram, India
- Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
- Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
- Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
- Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India
- Rehabilitation Research Centre, Jaipur, India
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India
- Sudhir Mehta, Pinnacle Industries, Indore, India
- Nilesh Patel, Medicaps Industries, Vadodara, India
- National Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
- Polymedicure, Delhi, India
Research projects and partners
- Development of polycentric knee — Stanford University
- Further development of PU foot — Dow India and MIT
- Development of braking knee — MIT
- Development of rough terrain tricycle — MIT
- Development of terminal device for upper limb prosthesis — Stanford University
- Development of upper limb prosthesis — Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
- Designing of data collection software for amputees — Virginia Tech University