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Trivitron Inks Pack With IIT Madras To Set Up Biomedical
R&D Centre In IIT Campus The Chennai-based medical
devices manufacturing company, Trivitron Health care Ltd, has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with IIT Madras to set up a Centre of Excellence for
Biomedical Research & Development and Design in the IIT Madras which would offer
own design, innovative and cost effective medical technology solutions to India
and other emerging markets.
The Centre, which would be known as 'Trivitron Innovation
Centre', will focus on inventions in medical technology, invent new concepts,
design unique products and obtain patents with an access to brilliant scientists
and academicians in the IIT campus.
Trivitron, which has a range of over 500 products for over 20
medical specialties, is the first company to set up South Asia's medical
technology park in India.
According to sources, the new initiative will make the
company to become a game changer by establishing its own design centre and
offering innovation, own designs and IPs in medical technology to the country
and emerging markets in the world. They hope that the innovation centre will
fuel Trivitron's goal to create a centre of excellence to design and develop MT
products for its own business needs and manufacturing and be a design and
development partner to its joint venture partners and top medical technology
players of the world.
IIT Madras has a record of producing some of the world's best
talents in the fields of engineering design with application in various fields
of technology including advanced biomedical applications for medical technology
products. The innovation Centre will help IIT experts to bring commercially
viable medical devices into the market through continuous interactions and
inputs from Trivitron Engineering, manufacturing & support team and also an
employment opportunity for students and project associates in Trivitron design
and development centre on and off campus.
In his speech, Dr G S K Velu, managing director, Trivitron
Group of Companies said, "Trivitron Innovation Centre at IIT Madras is going to
be the first physical infrastructure of its kind in IIT campus for design,
research & development of medical devices & equipments in India. We are pleased
to announce the alliance with the world renowned engineering institute, IIT
Madras to set up Trivitron Innovation Centre in IIT Madras campus. Our main
focus to set up the exclusive facility is to conduct research, design and
develop processes to bring out cost effective medical technology products to
cater to India and emerging markets in the world.
On the occasion, Dr M S Anand, director, IIT, Madras said, "Trivitron
Innovation Centre project will draw resources from all the core departments of
IIT through its professors and students. The joint initiative will also help
students to get a deeper insight in to the medical technology market and make
them better prepared to become an expert design and R&D engineers. Prof R
Krishna Kumar, head, department of engineering design, IIT Madras will be the
coordinator of the centre and will draw diverse talents & resources available
within IIT. |
