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IIT Madras launches Department of
Medical Sciences & Technology The aim of this new initiative is to equip
scientists and engineers with the necessary skills to advance medical research
Posted On: May 12, 2023
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) on
Thursday launched a Department of Medical Sciences and Technology, which will
offer four-year B.S. program in medical sciences and engineering. This course
will be a first-of-its-kind in India.
The courses to be offered by the department are BS in Medical
Sciences & Engineering (4 Year Programme); PhD Programme for Doctors; MS by
Research for Doctors; MS in Medical Sciences and Engineering and PhD Programme
for Science & Engineering Graduates.
The Department was launched in the presence of Lakshmi
Narayanan, Co-Founder, Cognizant and V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, the
release said.
Curriculum
The course offers an interdisciplinary approach to prepare
students for designing life-saving medical devices, drug discovery, artificial
intelligence in medicine, and fundamental medical research. The department will
train physicians to effectively apply technology in their clinical practice and
lay the foundation for physician-scientists training in India.
Top medical doctors in India and abroad, who were also
closely involved in the development of the curriculum, will be ‘Professors of
Practice’ in this department, which has already established tieups with premier
hospitals and medical institutions in India, the release said.
By providing the necessary resources and platform, IIT Madras
hopes to enable researchers to create innovative technologies that will improve
the lives of patients for generations to come. The Institute also aims to
establish an exceptional research facility for medical sciences and technology
to develop and train physicianscientists and engineering physiologists to become
the future leaders in their fields.
The Institute will also conduct both fundamental and applied
research programs that connect various medical disciplines. By providing the
necessary resources and platform, we hope to enable our researchers to create
innovative technologies that will improve the lives of patients for generations
to come, the release said.
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/education/iit-madraslaunches-department-of-medical-sciencestechnology/article66840033.ece
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ICMR issues list of technologies supported
under ICMR- MDMS to foster indigenous manufacturing of medical devices
Posted On: July 7, 2023
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued list
of technologies supported under ICMR-Medical Device and Diagnostics Mission (MDMS)
Secretariat to foster indigenous manufacturing of medical devices and
diagnostics.
This will be implemented through different schemes which will
strengthen the healthcare system in line with the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative of
the Government of India (GoI).
“Such ICMR supported technologies having potential public
health impact have reached a stage wherein they need support for validation by
conducting pre-clinical and/or clinical studies as listed below,” according to
an ICMR official.
Orthopaedic screw for National Programme for Health Care of
the Elderly (NPHCE), Novel 3D Printed Metallic Lattices for Sustained in-situ
Delivery of Drugs for National Cancer Control Programme, Drug Eluting Scaffold
for National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes,
Cardiovascular Diseases and stroke (NPCDCS), Microneedle based painless vaccine
delivery device (solid needles), Microneedle based painless vaccine delivery
device (hollow needles), and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) for National
Programme on Prevention and Control of Diabetes, CVD and Stroke are some of the
devices in the list.
Other technologies include i-scope: Automated Microscopy for
Cervical Cancer Diagnosis (pap smear), smartphone based fluorescence
spectroscopic device for cervical cancer detection, reusable and adjustable
biopsy gun, flexible laparoscopy surgery instrument, cancer prosthetic bone
graft and genie-HPV- molecular assay for National Cancer Control Programme.
Other more relevant technologies include screening device for pre-eclampsia,
hearing screening device, nLite360 - World's 1st intelligent phototherapy device
which provides a customized treatment to the dynamic jaundice conditions,
Nemocare Raksha-an IoT enabled system that comprises of a medical grade wearable
ICMR backed by AI engine that can remotely and continuously monitor new-borns
for distress detection and management for maternal and child health, RF ablation
device for PCOS, non-invasive PoC diagnostics fo neurological conditions like
epilepsy for National Mental Health Programme, portable and affordable
smartphone based ophthalmic screening device for National Programme for Control
of Blindnes, ocular
drug delivery device, total elbow prosthesis and DiaPatch with ActiFlush
technology: The world's first smart flushable diaper for National Programme for
Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE), WoUnder- Patch (diabetic patch) and Artsens-Image
Free Ultrasound For Vascular Ageing and Screening for National Programme for
Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and stroke,
developing affordable and AI-enabled handheld x-ray device for tuberculosis and
development of point of care nucleic test for detection of viral load in real
time for Diagnosis National TB Control Programme, portable point-of-care device
for albumin/direct bilirubin/total bilirubin detection/total protein in serum
for liver/kidney disorders for non-communicable diseases; National Programme for
Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE) on-communicable diseases; National Programme
for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and
Stroke.
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