The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has been adjudged as ‘The Most Innovative Institute of the Year’ for its disruptive innovations by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). This award is one of the categories in CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2020 and was bestowed during the ‘26th DST-CII Technology Summit’ held virtually on December 9, says a press release from the institute.
The innovations highlighted in this award include the VITALSENS platform for clinical-grade wearable health monitoring, which includes the ‘wireless continuous multi-parameter patient monitoring device’ and related smartphone apps, developed by Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam, Faculty Head, Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC), IIT Madras.
‘Arise,’ India’s First Standing Wheelchair developed by Sujatha Srinivasan, Faculty Head, TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research and Device Development, IIT Madras and ‘Shakti,’ the nation’s first indigenous microprocessor,…