On 14th December, 2008, Dr. Pongrama Ramasoota, Deputy dean for research & Innovation, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, and his team; Dr. Chomrach Sirigul, Miss Pannamthip Pitaksajjakul, and Mr. Pholsak Piyatat, were awarded the IFIA Scientific Gold medal from International Federation of Invertors Association (IFIA), and Silver Prize from Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA), from the Invention of “Rapid detection of aerosol MDR-TB and Legionella using modified impinger and Polymerase chain reaction (PCR).”

The awarding ceremony was held under “Seoul International Invention Fair (SIIF) 2008”, at Grand Ballroom, COEX Mall, Seoul, South Korea. Which, there were 479 Inventions from 34 countries.

IFIA is a non-profit and non-governmental organization created by seven European inventor associations in 1968, whose purpose is to improve the status of inventors and promote cooperation between inventors associations. Currently, it consists of 84 member countries. (http://www.invention-ifia.ch/)