Talk by Mr. Praveen Nagpal, COO, BPL Medical Technologies
Mr Praveen Nagpal (COO, BPL Medical Technologies) has provided a global overview of healthcare indicators and India's placement in this context. How India has observed a growth trajectory, and what is required to develop a mature healthcare ecosystem to boost its growth. The talk sheds light on the different segments of the medical device industry and their respective growth potential, challenges, and opportunities available. Examples of how disruptive technologies like IoT, novel design and manufacturing tools, etc., can make a difference and achieve the Atmanirbhar Bharat Made-in-India goal of the Government of India. There lie ample opportunities for academia to be involved in the innovation of medical products and subsystem improvisations. Finally, the talk culminates with a snapshot of BPL Medical Technologies' (BPLMT) current products and those new products developed indigenously by the R&D team.
With all the innovation work and technology research activities, I was pleasantly surprised to see the depth of work and the potential to scale. I am sure we will be successful in identifying areas of mutual collaboration.
Prakash Sesha
Lockheed Martin Fellow
The time is right to collaborate with entities like IITK Research Park to identify areas of technology of dual interest to both global markets and GoI. We look forward to working with IIT Kanpur esp. in Defence sector.
Kunal Kasera
Founder, TruFarm
Our partnership with Technopark has brought immense strength to our Engineering and R&D departments. Now, I have a reliable partner with whom I can propel various R&D activities to create proprietary TECHNOLOGY which otherwise would have been impossible or highly capital intensive.
Prasad Babu
Geo Climate Risk Solutions
Being an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and having closely experienced its research and innovation environment par excellence, it was my obvious choice to return to IITK for setting up our company’s R&D centre in Technopark.
