Hackathon saw participation from around 100 innovators to find solutions to some of the most pertinent health related issues faced by the Indian diaspora
The Mumbai leg of Med4Dev India-Israel Innovation in Affordable Healthcare, a hackathon jointly hosted by Pears Program For Global Innovation, University of Tel Aviv and Prin LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WeSchool) successfully concluded with the prize distribution ceremony, which was conducted at WeSchool.
The Hackathon saw around 100 innovators come together to find solutions to some of the most pertinent health related issues faced by the Indian diaspora. The first of its kind event, was held across four cities; Tel Aviv, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai, in order to develop low cost, accessible innovative ideas and prototype solutions (hardware and software) to address healthcare challenges of low and lower-middle income communities in India.
The cash prize of Rs1,00,000 for the best promising idea was won by a team from Mumbai consisting of Dr Varun Kommalapti and Rahul Bisht. They have designed a system for monitoring patients’ adherence to treatment through Smart Code Remote Monitoring system (SCRMS) for IMS Health.The other top two teams from Mumbai were Ravinder Nain, Parag Sathye, Mihir Shahani and Shuhaid Lambe. They have designed a paperless tracking system of children’s immunisation using biometrics for Doctors For You. Subhed Chavan and Suraj Anchan received appreciation for their website with a spiritual touch designed to crowd fund money for cancer treatments for Manipal hospitals.
Vishal Gondal, Founder and CEO, GOQii Technologies was the guest of honour at the event at WeSchool in Mumbai. The finale saw the winning teams receiving awards from the hands of dignitaries like Nimrod Assouline, Deputy Chief of Mission, Consulate General of Israel in Mumbai.
The Hackathon was supported by a conglomerate of prestigious bodies like: Start-up Nation Centre (Tel Aviv),The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE, Mumbai), T-HuB (Hyderabad),10,000 start-ups (A NASSCOM Initiative, Hyderabad), Creators (Tel Aviv), Arambhan group and a number of others from the NGO, Healthcare and Corporate space.
EH News Bureau