Merck Millipore is the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Germany and offers a broad range of innovative, performance products, services and business relationships that enable our customers’ success in research, development and production of biotech and pharmaceutical drug therapies. Through dedicated collaboration on new scientific and engineering insights, and as one of the top three R&D investors in the Life Science Tools industry, Merck Millipore serves as a strategic partner to customers and helps advance the promise of life science

Headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, USA the division has around 10,000 employees, operations in 67 countries and 2010 revenues of EUR 1.7 billion.

Merck Millipore in India is headquartered at Mumbai with 6 regional offices in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmadabad, Delhi, Kolkatta and Chennai with more than 1,000 employees. Merck Millipore has 7 Manufacturing facilities in India, which manufactures products for domestic and global markets.

India Innovation Award is a Indian scientific award that celebrates, encourages and inspires innovation in Indian scientific community working in government funded or not-for-profit research institutes in India. The awards are given to recognize individuals or groups who have innovated for the benefit of the society and have patented or published in reputed journal. The purpose of the award is to encourage innovation that will have a positive impact on the future of innovation in the scientific community. Unlike other Awards this award focuses mainly on innnovation in lifescience sector.