The great Robert Noyce once said, “At the heart of what is possible is innovation and imagination”. Since I came back to India, I have been even more fascinated by the statement and how aptly it summed up the situation in the country. For centuries India has been a land of promise and potential, …
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Healthcare start-ups revolutionising Indian healthcare?
Indian Healthcare sector is one of the largest sectors contributing to 6% of the country’s GDP. Yet, with 21% of world’s disease burden, the doctor patient ratio being as bad as 1:1700 and out of pocket expenditure as high as 62% of total healthcare spending, the sector is riddled with structural…
Why most healthcare start-ups are bleeding
Ahmedabad: Not many digital healthcare start-up has achieved break-even mainly because of the absence of ‘assisted e-commerce’ in an industry driven mostly by doctors, pharmaceutical companies and their associations. Slow growth, difficulty in getting all the stakeholders, including consumers, on…
Laghu Udyog Bharati signs skills development pact with NSDC
Laghu Udyog Bharati, an RSS affiliate associated with small industries, has signed an MoU with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to impart training to students in various sectors. The training will be provided in sectors like apparel, automotive, beauty and wellness, textiles, gems an…
Budget 2017 showcases govt’s strong focus to change status quo of nation: Vivek Naidu, Kodak Alaris India
The Union Budget 2017-18 showcases the government’s strong focus to change the status quo of the country, from a ‘developing’ to ‘developed’ economy. A few aspects outlined in the budget clearly emphasises this stance, namely through the allocations stipulated for the housing and SME sector and i…
Medicians | A disruptive innovation in healthcare industry
With nothing in hand but a vision to make a difference in the healthcare and pharmacy space has incepted a youg start-up – Medicians – to completely revolutionise the concept of get well soon(er)! “Medicians is about disrupting healthcare industry with the kind of products we have for…
Founded in US, start-up 75F targets Rs 100 cr revenue in India
A startup founded by Indian duo Deepinder Singh and Pankaj Chawla in the US is now tapping the Indian market to offer solutions that harness the power of Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing to predict a building’s energy needs. Started in 2012, 75F uses IoT to control Heating Ventilation…
Healthcare start-up Core Diagnostics raises Rs. 81 cr from investors
Core Diagnostics, a healthcare start-up, said that venture capital firms Eight Roads Ventures and F-Prime Capital Partners would invest $12 million (Rs 81 crore) in the company. Existing investor Artiman Ventures is also participating in this funding round. Founded in 2012, Core provides diagnost…
Healthcare IT firm Indegene Lifesystems acquires US-based Enicma Group for Rs 109 cr
Mumbai: Healthcare IT firm Indegene Lifesystems has acquired US-based Enicma Group for $16 million (Rs 109.54 crore) to ramp up its analytics and omni-channel digital solutions capability for the pharma industry. Manish Gupta, Chief Executive of Bengaluru-headquartered Indegene, said life science…
India can emerge as a dark horse in the world of Artificial Intelligence
AI is changing the world. In our lifetimes, we have seen a cloud revolution come in, then came in the mobiles. Now is the time for AI revolution. Similar sentiment was expressed by Sundar Pichai recently, when he said “I think we will evolve in computing from a mobile-first to an AI-first w…