Mangalore, Mar 11:  Expert Vision Labs Pvt. Ltd. incubated at the NITK-Science and technology Entrepreneurs Park (STEP), Surathkal, won the national ISBA award 2011 for the best start up company in the Instrumentation and control category. The award is instituted by the Indian Science and Technology Park’s and Business Incubator’s Association (ISBA).

Naveenchandra Hegde, director and  co-founder of Expert Vision Labs, received the award from Kartikeya Sarabhai at the 5th ISBA Conference at the National Institute for Design, Ahmedabad on Tuesday March 8.

Expert Vision Labs was founded by Naveenchandra Hegde and Nelson Pereira and has its development centre at the NITK-STEP, Surathkal . The company develops and markets Instruments based on imaging and vision technology.  These Instruments are designed to work with the company’s proprietary Biovis Imaging software. The Biovis range of products are used by hundreds of scientists, researchers and QC personnel in India and abroad. Expert Vison has designed and developed products for  Genetics, Plant science research, Particle sizing, Semen analysis, Bacterial colony counting, Metallography and Image analysis

Nelson Pereira, Co-Founder and Technical director says “This award comes as a huge motivation for us as it’s an appreciation of Innovation in instrumentation. We are indebted to Prof. Suresh Bhat, Director and his team at the NITK-STEP, Surathkal, for encouraging and supporting us throughout. Hopefully such awards will encourage young people to turn entrepreneurs and develop products indigenously  especially with the generous support available from institutions such as the NITK-STEP”.