From delivering medicine to managing drone fleets, Vyorius CEO Nishant Singh Rana shares his startup journey and insights. He discusses how Vyorius evolved from a drone manufacturer to a rising innovator in unmanned systems management.

One standout story is their collaboration with the Indian government during COVID-19, where drone deliveries in Manipur cut vaccine delivery times from 1.5 hours to just 15 minutes!

Now based in Japan through the OIST Innovation Accelerator, Nishant is focusing on expanding in Asia, working with airlines, logistics companies, and more. His vision? Skies filled with autonomous vehicles, transforming industries while shifting human roles to higher-value tasks.

Curious about the future of drones and autonomous systems? Listen to the full podcast here for more on Vyorius’ innovative approach and Nishant’s entrepreneurial advice.

医薬品の配送からドローン群の管理まで、Vyorius （ヴィオリアス）のCEOニシャント・シン・ラナさんは、自身のスタートアップの道のりと洞察を語ります。ニシャントさんは、Vyoriusがドローンメーカーから無人システム管理の革新的な新興企業へとどのように進化してきたかを説明します。

コロナ禍では、インド政府と協力しました。インドのマニプール州では、車やボート、徒歩でワクチンを届けていましたが、従来は1時間半かかっていた配送が、ドローンを使うことでわずか15分に短縮できました。

現在、 OIST Innovation Acceleratorを通じて沖縄に拠点を置くニシャントさんは、航空会社や物流会社などと協力しながら、アジアでの事業拡大に注力しています。ニシャントさんのビジョンは、空が自律型航空機で埋め尽くされ、産業が変革し、人間の役割をより価値の高い業務へとシフトさせることです。

ドローンや自律システムの未来に興味がありますか？ Vyoriusの革新的なアプローチとニシャントさんの起業アドバイスの詳細はこちらのポッドキャストをお聞きください。

In our latest OIST podcast episode, science communicator Merle Naidoo talks to Prof. Síle Nic Chormaic, head of OIST’s Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit. She joined the sixth cohort of Team Homeward Bound, spending 20 intense days of learning and networking on board the vessel Island Sky. Prof. Nic Chormaic explains how she secured the opportunity of a lifetime to visit the frozen continent, the highlights and challenges of her journey, and the precarious future of Antarctica.

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has been selected by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) as a recipient of the "COI-NEXT" program in 2022, which aims to realize a sustainable society based on mind, body, and natural environment, and will establish the "Global Bioconvergence Innovation Center" in 2023.  

One year after its establishment, how has the Center's project developed and how will it develop in the future?  

On February 20, 2024, the Center's annual symposium "Cutting-Edge Science for Social Implementation" was held. Many stakeholders gathered to share the current status of the Center's projects and confirm the future direction of the Center's activities. 

This time on the OIST Podcast, DJ Nick Luscombe, OIST Podcaster-in-Residence reports on the event. 

In this episode, you can listen to: 

• Talk by Hidehiko Otake, CEO, Corundum Systems Biology 

Learn more about the OIST COI-NEXT Program: https://bioconvergence.jp/en/ 

About the COI-NEXT Symposium 2023: https://groups.oist.jp/bioconvergence/fy-2023-coi-next-annual-symposium 

About the MANTA Project: https://www.oist.jp/news-center/news/2022/4/25/oist-and-corundum-systems-biology-jointly-establish-fully-automated-multi-omics-microbiome-data 

OIST COI-NEXT Symposium 2023, reported by the OIST Podcaster-in-Residence 

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has been selected by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) as a recipient of the "COI-NEXT" program in 2022, which aims to realize a sustainable society based on mind, body, and natural environment, and will establish the "Global Bioconvergence Innovation Center" in 2023.  

One year after its establishment, how has the Center's project developed and how will it develop in the future?  

On February 20, 2024, the Center's annual symposium "Cutting-Edge Science for Social Implementation" was held. Many stakeholders gathered to share the current status of the Center's projects and confirm the future direction of the Center's activities. 

This time on the OIST Podcast, DJ Nick Luscombe, OIST Podcaster-in-Residence reports on the event. 

In this episode, you can listen to: 

• Talk by Lauren Ha, Associate Vice President, OIST Innovation 

Learn more about the OIST COI-NEXT Program: https://bioconvergence.jp/en/ 

About the COI-NEXT Symposium 2023: https://groups.oist.jp/bioconvergence/fy-2023-coi-next-annual-symposium 

About the OIST Innovation: https://groups.oist.jp/innovation 

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has been selected by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) as a recipient of the "COI-NEXT" program in 2022, which aims to realize a sustainable society based on mind, body, and natural environment, and will establish the "Global Bioconvergence Innovation Center" in 2023.  

One year after its establishment, how has the Center's project developed and how will it develop in the future?  

On February 20, 2024, the Center's annual symposium "Cutting-Edge Science for Social Implementation" was held. Many stakeholders gathered to share the current status of the Center's projects and confirm the future direction of the Center's activities. 

This time on the OIST Podcast, DJ Nick Luscombe, OIST Podcaster-in-Residence reports on the event. 

In this episode, you can listen to: 

• Talk by Prof. Gail Tripp, Human Developmental Neurobiology Unit, OIST 

Learn more about the OIST COI-NEXT Program: https://bioconvergence.jp/en/ 

About the COI-NEXT Symposium 2023: https://groups.oist.jp/bioconvergence/fy-2023-coi-next-annual-symposium 

About the Human Developmental Neurobiology Unit: https://www.oist.jp/research/research-units/hdnu 

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has been selected by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) as a recipient of the "COI-NEXT" program in 2022, which aims to realize a sustainable society based on mind, body, and natural environment, and will establish the "Global Bioconvergence Innovation Center" in 2023.

One year after its establishment, how has the Center's project developed and how will it develop in the future?

On February 20, 2024, the Center's annual symposium "Cutting-Edge Science for Social Implementation" was held. Many stakeholders gathered to share the current status of the Center's projects and confirm the future direction of the Center's activities.

This time on the OIST Podcast, DJ Nick Luscombe, OIST Podcaster-in-Residence reports on the event.

In this episode, you can listen to:

• Talk by Dr. Karin Markides, OIST President and CEO
• Talk by Masayuki Kurihara, Corporate Development Director, OIST Innovation

Learn more about the OIST COI-NEXT Program: https://bioconvergence.jp/en/

About the COI-NEXT Symposium 2024: https://groups.oist.jp/bioconvergence/fy-2023-coi-next-annual-symposium

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has been selected by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) as a recipient of the "COI-NEXT" program in 2022, which aims to realize a sustainable society based on mind, body, and natural environment, and will establish the "Global Bioconvergence Innovation Center" in 2023.

One year after its establishment, how has the Center's project developed and how will it develop in the future?

On February 20, 2024, the Center's annual symposium "Cutting-Edge Science for Social Implementation" was held. Many stakeholders gathered to share the current status of the Center's projects and confirm the future direction of the Center's activities.

This time on the OIST Podcast, DJ Nick Luscombe, OIST Podcaster-in-Residence reports on the event. 

In this episode, you can listen to the Panel Discussion, featuring following panelists:

• Hiroaki Kitano, Professor (adjunct), Integrated Open Systems Unit, OIST
• Tim Ravasi, Professor, Marine Climate Change Unit, OIST
• Ulf Dieckmann, Professor, Complexity Science and Evolution Unit, OIST
• Koshu Kunii General Partner, Lifetime Ventures
• Natalia Koshkina, R&D Projects Coordinator, The Global Bioconvergence Cetner of Innovation, OIST
• Masayuki Kurihara, Corporate Development Director, OIST Innovation
• Chaired by Nicholas Luscombe, Professor, Dean of Research, OIST

Learn more about the OIST COI-NEXT Program: https://bioconvergence.jp/en/

About the COI-NEXT Symposium 2024: https://groups.oist.jp/bioconvergence/fy-2023-coi-next-annual-symposium

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has been selected by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) as a recipient of the "COI-NEXT" program in 2022, which aims to realize a sustainable society based on mind, body, and natural environment, and will establish the "Global Bioconvergence Innovation Center" in 2023.

One year after its establishment, how has the Center's project developed and how will it develop in the future?

On February 20, 2024, the Center's annual symposium "Cutting-Edge Science for Social Implementation" was held. Many stakeholders gathered to share the current status of the Center's projects and confirm the future direction of the Center's activities.

This time on the OIST Podcast, DJ Nick Luscombe, OIST Podcaster-in-Residence reports on the event.

In this episode, you can listen to:

• Opening remarks by Prof. Nicholas Luscombe
• Special remarks, “Expectation to COI-NEXT Program at OIST” by Mr. Ichiro Ikeda, Director, University-industry Collaboration and Regional R&D Division, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
• Plenary Lecture by Prof. Fumihiro Haga, The University of the Ryukyus (Deputy Project Leader of COI-NEXT.

Learn more about the OIST COI-NEXT Program: https://bioconvergence.jp/en/

About the COI-NEXT Symposium 2024: https://groups.oist.jp/bioconvergence/fy-2023-coi-next-annual-symposium

This is third podcast episode where DJ Nick Luscombe, OIST Podcaster in Residence, checks out OIST's Visiting Program (TSVP). In this documentary, you will experience a day in the life of visiting researchers on the OIST campus. In the TSVP office area, we will meet the people who are running the program and hear from visitors about their research. Experience what it is like to be a part of the Visiting Program.

Check out the TSVP’s website: https://groups.oist.jp/tsvp.

This time on the OIST podcast: Prof. Ulf Dieckmann, head of OIST’s Complexity Science and Evolution Unit, gives a glimpse into his work at the interface of math, biology, and physics. This episode is part of our series on OIST’s Global Bioconvergence Center of Innovation, which is dedicated to the “One World, One Health” approach, and was hosted by our podcaster in residence DJ Nick Luscombe. Together they spoke about complexity science’s contribution to improving environmental and mental health.