DPSRU Innovation & Incubation Foundation (DIIF), with the support of CL Educate ltd. , Indian Pharmaceuticals Association (IPA), Delhi Branch and Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India has launched one of its kind health care hackathon "Health Hack". Health Hack is a platform where young innovators come together and create projects / innovations to solve health care issues in a short span of time. The main objective of organizing the Health Hack was to promote innovation with an aim to create solutions to medical problems and barriers and boost in Healthcare sector through Technology Transfer and focus on High value production to provide world class affordable, acceptable and accessible health care products. Against above background, DIIF organized a Workshop on Solving Healthcare Issues through Innovation' on 23rd March, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m. at DPSRU Campus, New Delhi.
Try to solve the problem area around yourself and be brave & be open to the challenges will make yourself an innovator said by Prof. Ramesh K. Goyal, Vice Chancellor, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Director ,DIIF.
Prof. Harvinder Popli, Principal & Dean, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Director, DPSRU Innovation and Incubation Foundation, set the pace for the workshop and motivated the applicants of the Hackathon to participate with full enthusiasm and sensitized them towards innovation.
Dr. Naresh Sharma, Deputy Drug Controller of India, CDSCO stressed upon need & importance of innovation in Healthcare sector.
Dr Jitendra N Verma, Founder & Managing Director, Lifecare Innovations (P) Ltd. shared about the challenges he faced during drug development in India and Abroad.
Ms. Reena Bhatnagar, stressed upon the need and importance of marketing tools like digital marketing required to promote startups etc.
The other speakers were Ms. Poulomi Ganguli and Ms Megha from C L Educate Ltd., who enlightened all the stakeholders with some very useful propositions to become entrepreneurs by doing innovative things differently.
The other eminent guests present at the workshop were Prof. Dr. Raman Dang, Registrar, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Dr. D. P. Pathak, Director, DIPSAR.
The workshop was attended by around 200 delegates.
The workshop was concluded by a formal Vote of Thanks by Mr. Sameer K. Ahuja, Research Program Manager, DPSRU Innovation and Incubation Foundation, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University.