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20 As India battles the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, startups, corporates, and individuals are all rallying together to ensure that they are doing their bit. The biggest challenge in the second wave is the dearth of oxygen cylinders along with crucial medicines.  B2B ecommerce startup Moglix has been supplying PPE, oxygen concentrators, oximeters, thermometers etc. to essential goods and services companies to ensure their employees are protected. It has also distributed 15 million+ PPE kits and safety items amid this pandemic. Rahul Garg with Ratan Tata. The startup has deve...

Nocca Robotics sees 20-25 times jump in demand for Covid ventilators, seeks Centre's help SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 19, 2021, 05:46 PM IST Share Synopsis The startup firm, which has developed low cost COVID-19 specialised ventilator, said the device is priced around Rs 2 lakh a unit, and it is 25-30 per cent cheaper compared to its competitors. Agencies Company Image Startup firm Nocca Robotics saw a 20-25 fold jump in demand for Covid ventilators last week and requested the government to ease norms to procure components required for making the equipment. Nocca Robotics co-founder Nikhil Kur...

Making Excellence a Habit: The Secret to Building a World-Class Healthcare System in India By Dr. V Mohan, Penguin Random House One of India’s leading diabetologists, Dr V Mohan writes in his memoir about the fundamentals that according to him, make a person achieve meaningful success and conquer fear about failure. He lists hard work, passion for what you do, and focus as a winner's secrets, among other qualities. The book is a handy guide to success based on his personal anecdotes about perseverance, determination, resilience and dedication.As someone who has contributed to research, edu...

: Sunday, April 4, 2021, 7:00 AM IST The Ventilator Project book review: A riveting story of the invention of world-class ventilator during Covid lockdown On March 16, 2020, when the country recorded 60 cases of Covid-19, Prime Minister Modi announced a Covid-19 Solution Challenge. Professor Bandyopadhyay of IIT-Kanpur, headed by its dynamic Director, Abhay Karandikar, responded by sending out the challenge to all IIT-Kanpur-incubated start-ups Indian science and technology institutions are commonly perceived as ivory towers being pampered at taxpayers’ cost. But the Covid-19 pandemic p...

The Nocca Robotics ICU ventilator   | Photo Credit: Special arrangement In their book, Srikant Sastri and Amitabha Bandyopadhyay describe how the Nocca Robotics team created the lifesaving ventilator in just 90 days It was late March 2020, and WHO had just declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. India needed ventilators — reliable and affordable. In the midst of the lockdown, a group of 20 people came together over Zoom and WhatsApp — young techies and seasoned medical professionals, entrepreneurs and academics — and pulled off the unimaginable: in just 90 days, the Nocca Robotics team (...