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Haffkine Institute for Training, Research & Testing An Autonomous Institute of Govt. of Maharashtra Registered under Societies Register Act.1860 Recognized as “Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by Govt. Of India, Ministry of Science & Technology An ISO 9001:2008 Certified Organization MEDHA 2019– Bring your Idea to Life MEDHA is a weekend Hackathon for young working professionals and final year students from different disciplines to explore medical device innovation. Participants should have interest in healthcare domain and demonstrated creativity potential. Those with some new idea worth pursuing and commitment to take it forward will be preferred. The Hackathon is planned at Haffkine Institute for Training, Research & Testing, Parel, Mumbai on 13th – 14th July 2019. It is supported by BETiC IIT Bombay, KJ Somaiya College of Engineering & MGM Institute of Health Sciences. MEDHA pre-registration is now active on betic.org website, and available at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFbJkoVv2QIFeZtFhqdxg_vMhSFvJxBuxAb F_PDE4ETcCxcA/viewform Here is the LinkedIn post about MEDHA, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/medha-medical-device-hackathon-mumbai-pune- nagpur-july-bhallamudi/ Last date of pre-registration is 25/06/2019 Participants will be selected based on their biodata and portfolio of projects uploaded during pre-registration. Please see the attached brochure for details. Contact: +91 22 24160961 ; E-mail: [email protected] Mrs. Suvarna Pachpore Mr. Pavankumar Todkar Dr. Anuya Rege Ext.: 225 Ext.: 240 Ext.: 212 Acharya Donde Marg, Parel, Mumbai-400012, Tel:+91 22 24160947/61/62 Fax: 91 22 24161787, www.haffkineinstitute.org, Email: [email protected] Medical Device Innovation – Bring Your Idea to Life! MEDHA 2019 PRE-REGISTER! By 25 June 2019 MEDICAL DEVICE HACKATHON WATCH TEAM UP CREATE PRESENT Curated videos of Doctor + Designer + Brainstorm, Sketch, Win Fellowships clinical problems Mech + Electronics Fabricate prototype at BETiC Centres VENUES 13-14 July Supported by BETiC Haffkine Institute of Testing, Research & Training, Parel, Mumbai IIT Bombay | COE Pune | VNIT Nagpur KJSCE Mumbai | MITADT Pune | SIU Pune 20-21 July MGMIHS Navi Mumbai | BJMC Pune Venture Centre, NCL Innovation Park BKLWH Dervan | DMIMS Wardha Pashan, Pune CAD Powered by 27-28 July G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering Hingna Road, Nagpur Click logo to download Fusion 360 E-Mail: [email protected] for details. MEDHA 2019 PRE-REGISTER! By 25 June 2019 MEDICAL DEVICE HACKATHON What is MEDHA? MEDHA is a weekend hackathon bringing together inter-disciplinary teams to explore medical device innovation. Who is organizing? BETiC–Biomedical Engineering and Technology (incubation) Centre network, comprising IIT Bombay, VNIT Nagpur and COE Pune, with partner institutes. When and where? 13-14 July: Haffkine Institute of Testing, Research & Training, Parel, Mumbai 20-21 July: Venture Centre, NCL Innovation Park, Pashan, Pune 27-28 July: G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Hingna Road, Nagpur What will happen? Saturday: Watch curated videos of clinical problems and form teams. Then brainstorm, sketch concepts, fabricate prototypes in the evening & night. BETiC mentors will provide prototyping materials, facilities and guidance. Sunday: Present working model of the innovative device to expert jury panel. Who can participate? Working professionals / final year UG/PG students / team of four from: Medical: Biomedical / Medicine / Physiotherapy Design: Industrial Design / Product Design / Visual Arts Engineering-I: Mechanical / Manufacturing / Materials Engineering-II: Electronics / Instrumentation / Software Each team must have at least one each of above backgrounds. At least one of them must have industrial or entrepreneurship experience. Is there a selection? Yes, interested candidates need to pre-register (see below). They will be requested to send their biodata and portfolio of creative work, based on which they will be selected and invited to participate. Any fees? Prizes? Selected candidates are required to pay a non-refundable fee of Rs.1000. All teams presenting working prototypes will get prizes. Top innovators will win a chance for advanced training and fellowships to convert ideas into products, and start their own companies for commercialization. What about logistics? Participants need to make their own arrangements for travel and local stay. Working lunch, dinner and midnight snacks will be provided. How can I register? Visit www.betic.in → Opportunities → MEDHA to pre-register and opt the location. Details of selection process will be communicated via e-mail. Write to: [email protected] for details. Deadline: 25 June 2019..