Recently, the Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone in association with CII launched the ‘CII AMTZ Startup Day’ at Kalam Convention Center at AMTZ Campus. The entire effort has been spearheaded by two of the biggest incubators housed within the AMTZ campus, Biovalley and Medivalley. More than 250 participants attended the event making it one of the biggest efforts in the medical startup ecosystem.

Dr. Renu Swaroop, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and shared her thoughts. Dr Swaroop lauded the humungous efforts made by the Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone under the leadership of Dr Jitendar Sharma, MD&CEO, AMTZ in a short time and setting the example for delivering quality with speed. She underscored the importance of bringing together of various stakeholders such as manufacturers, startups, financiers, incubates and various other policy making bodies such as WHO and CII. Dr Swaroop opined that this would definitely lead to bringing measurable changes in the startup ecosystem.

In his opening remarks, Dr Jitendar Sharma thanked the Department of Biotechnology and various other departments that have been supportive throughout this journey.

Representing CII, Mr Srinivas Raju, Vice Chairman, Visakhapatnam Zone, recollected the origination of idea at the World Economic Forum at Davos. He said, going forward, CII and AMTZ would work together with various industry bodies, influencers, policy making bodies across the spectrum and bring forth outcomes that are measurable and those that would be immensely beneficial to the start-up eco system.

Dr Madhur Gupta representing the WHO India office took the audience through the journey of WHO in driving frugal innovations and various policy interventions in the area of medical technology and access to medical devices.

The event was divided in to four sessions. Each session had speakers from various segments starting with Industry leaders to patent service providers. The Key speakers included Dr Suresh Kumar, Scientist F, Government of India, Dr Alka Sharma, advisor, Medical Bio technology Division, Dr Prakash Bachani, Head, BIS, Prof. B. Ravi, IIT, MrRajivnath, Forum Coordinator, AIMED, MrRajanGhadiok, President, Asia Pacific Operation, SS Innovations, MrSunill Khurana, CEO& MD, BPL Medical Technologies and  MrsHimabindu, Managaing director, Novel Patent Services. Stakeholders who participated in the event benefitted immensely from the eminent speakers and have expressed their interest for the second edition of the event.

Kalam Institute of Health Technology(KIHT) also signed two MoUs, one with Centurion University that encompasses technology transfer and knowledge exchange promoting innovation in technology domains pertaining to health care and the second one with Center of Excellence for Maritime and Ship Building enabling focused training and knowledge exchange on state-of-the-art instrumentation and simulation in technologies pertaining to health care

The event also saw participation from more than 100 START UP’s, Manufacturers, 3D printing agency, Think 3D and TUV Rheinland, Financiers such as HDFC, Yes Bank, SIDBI and SBI, Insurance provider, NTrust and students from universities like the GITAM University. A one to one interaction was arranged between all the above stakeholders in order to make this event more outcome oriented and not just limit it to a conference.

The B2B Mentors included Mr Aniruddha Rajurkar, Dr Reddy Labs, Dr Nita Sachan, Head Strategy, Cyient, Dr Pankaj Negi, President, Fuji-Astarael, Dr. V Satyanarayana – Managing Director, Sipra Labs, Mr.SrinivasSavaaram, Managing Director, Alcove Ventures.

The day-long session ended with a resolve to finding lasting solutions to the problems that are being faced by the Start Up Eco System by involving all the stakeholders across the spectrum.

Recently, the Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone in association with CII launched the ‘CII AMTZ Startup Day’ at Kalam Convention Center at AMTZ Campus