The Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) of the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT H) is calling for applications for its fully-paid fellowship for the year 2020.
The CfHE fellowship is dedicated to achieving universal healthcare solutions by igniting the spark of entrepreneurship and providing successful applicants with training and incubation opportunities. The last date to apply is November 30, 2019. The Center is inviting applications for admission to the prestigious CfHE fellowship for the year 2020 starting from January 2020.
About the fellowship:
The fellowship provides a stipend of Rs 50,000 per month during the first year of training, which includes deep clinical immersions in private and public hospitals and exposure to the healthcare industry.
Successful applicants will learn about the bio-design process from IIT Hyderabad academics and will be offered access to mentors, industry professionals, investors, and advisors.
Speaking about the programme, Renu John, Co-Head of CfHE and Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, said, “The CfHE fellowship is a golden opportunity for aspiring healthcare entrepreneurs, as the center caters to all the needs of budding entrepreneurs.”
The programme comprises of a structured and comprehensive package of curriculum, facilitating the entrepreneurs in taking their innovation from lab-prototype to commercialization through topics like compliance aspects, entrepreneurship development, Intellectual Property rights, markets and new ventures, Business models and business plan development.
The successful start-ups selected from this fellowship programme will be given an opportunity to be incubated at CfHE Incubator with an incubation grant of 25 Lakhs to establish their companies. The start-up companies will be offered access to state-of-art rapid 3-D prototyping facilities and infrastructure at IIT Hyderabad, medical device standards and compliance protocols.
About the Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship:
The Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) was established in December 2015 at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad with an objective to catalyze healthcare innovation with a focus on affordable solutions to address healthcare needs of India. This program aims at bringing together engineers, clinicians, entrepreneurs and the business community on a single platform to design and innovate in the field of healthcare, biomedical devices, and services to create a social impact.
The Center plays a pivotal role in identifying the clinical gaps where the Biomedical engineers can make a big difference. The program focuses on changes at grass root level in an Indian context to address the unmet needs both in the rural and urban health care sector.
About IIT Hyderabad:
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) is one of the six new Indian Institutes of Technology established by the Government of India in 2008. In a short span of less than 10 years, the institute built on an imposing 570-acre campus and has been ranked among the top ten institutes for four consecutive years in the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) released by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.
News Courtesy: India Today
Comment here