Launch of KIHT a major boost towards making India a global manufacturing hub for medical devices: AiMeD
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
November 15 , 2017
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The recently launched Kalam Institute of Health Technology (KIHT),
India’s first institute dedicated to medical technology located at
Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ), Visakhapatnam, will prove to be a
major boost towards making India a global manufacturing hub for medical
devices, according to the Association of Indian Medical Device Industry
(AiMeD), an association of medical devices manufacturers in the country.
Named after India’s 11th President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, KIHT has
been set up with the aim to identify critical gaps in medical
technology and suggest the government to do focused spending on such
areas and help bridge the gap between academic research and industrial
market access, by auctioning of patents and prototypes available with
government funded academic research institutions.
Congratulating
KIHT on its formal launch, Rajiv Nath, Forum Coordinator, AiMED said “We
are extremely happy that the 1st Governing Body meet of KIHT is a major
step towards making India a global manufacturing hub for medical device
sector and to build a robust system for innovation in the medical
devices sector in the country.”
AiMeD, representing the Indian
medical device industry, is also on KIHT’s Governing Board and will
spearhead and coordinate the indigenous development of medical devices.
In the first Governing Body meeting held in Delhi recently, KIHT has
been identified as nodal point for medical technology program support
cell for national biopharma mission; KIHT has been accepted as the
facilitator for DBT/BIRAC funded innovations for helping them with
certifications; and there was an approval accorded for technology
e-auction.
KIHT is being guided by stalwarts of the scientific
community like Dr. R. Chidambram, Principal Scientific Advisor to
Government of India as president and the Governing Body members include:
Prof. Vijay Raghavan - Secretary Department of Biotechnology (DBT) as
chairperson; Dr Poonam Malakondaiah - Principal Secretary (HM&FW),
Govt. of Andhra Pradesh; Dr.Renu Swarup - Senior Advisor, DBT & MD,
BIRAC; Rajiv Agarwal - Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy
& Promotion (DIPP), Govt. of India; Dr. Swati Basu - Scientific
Secretary, Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to Govt. of India;
Rajiv Nath - Forum Coordinator, AIMED; Prof. B. Ravi - Institute Chair
Professor, IIT Bombay, Mumbai; Prof.Balaram Bhargava - Executive
Director, School of International Bio-Design, AIIMS, New Delhi and Dr.
Jitendar Sharma - Managing Director & CEO, AMTZ, Visakhapatnam as
Executive Director.
The Governing body led by Prof. Vijay
Raghavan applauded the conceptualization and idea of KIHT to support
government of India for focused R&D policy in the medical devices
sector through its Cell for Research and Development (CRD).
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