Johari Digital Healthcare launches great Johari Centre of Excellence

Johari Digital Healthcare Limited launched the Johari Centre of Excellence (CoE) at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Technology Park on 3 January.

The collaboration between Johari Digital Healthcare Limited and IIT Jodhpur is a step towards making India self-reliant in the manufacturing of medical devices.

The moments turned special as the launch of CoE was held in the presence of Professor Santanu Chaudhury, Director, IIT Jodhpur, Professor Sampat Raj Vadera, Deputy Director, IIT Jodhpur, Mr Satyendra Johari, CEO & Founder and Mrs Nisha Johari, Co – Founders, Johari Digital Healthcare Limited and other dignitaries.

Satyendra Johari
Mr. Satyendra Johari, CEO & Founder, Johari Digital (JDHL), said this collaboration is a win-win situation for both Johari Digital Healthcare Limited and IIT Jodhpur.

It will enable core research into innovations for world-class product development in the country. Commercialization with complete quality control needs a lot of effort in research and development.

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Johari Digital Healthcare Limited can play an important role to bridge this gap, he said. With the healthcare market embracing contemporary technologies of Artificial intelligence and data-based remote healthcare, this Centre of Excellence of Johari Digital Healthcare Limited at IIT Jodhpur will establish vital synergy between academia and industry for advanced healthcare technologies.

It will be a unique opportunity to develop accessible, affordable, and quality healthcare devices at a higher pace and scale to meet the global demand.

Director of IIT Jodhpur
Professor Santanu Chaudhury, Director of IIT Jodhpur speaking at the launch of CoE of Johari Digital Healthcare Limited said there are several emerging technologies coming up at IIT Jodhpur potentially in different spaces.

Some of these technologies are in the space of electronics as well as mechanical applications where joining hands with Johari will bring a set of products through this collaboration which will be conceptualized, indigenously developed and engineered so as to bring up products of Indian origin, he said.

Speaking further during the launch of CoE of Johari Digital Healthcare Limited he said such CoE will lead to the development of products which have originated from India, the entire IP as well as the manufacturing capability will also be with India.

For a new IIT like IIT Jodhpur, this alliance with a global player like Johari in Jodhpur has huge value. This will nucleate a medtech industrial ecosystem in the country, he said.

Nisha Johari
Mrs. Nisha Johari, Cofounder, Johari Digital Healthcare Limited said such a Centre of Excellence will give budding engineers the opportunity to get absorbed for world-class product development within the country.

It can help stop the brain drain from premium institutes like IIT and we look forward to a great future through this venture, she said speaking during the launch of CoE of Johari Digital Healthcare Limited.

Johari Digital Healthcare Limited

Johari Digital Healthcare Limited is a global medtech company with 40+ years of expertise in medical devices manufacturing. The manufacturing facility complies with MDSAP, ISO 13485:2016, and FDA (21 CFR 820) standards and processes.

Johari’s versatile product development portfolio has innovative life science products, diagnostic devices, medical technologies based on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and therapeutic devices.

Global medtech giants and innovative start-ups rely on the company for manufacturing solutions. Johari Digital Healthcare Limited now has an active presence on the IIT Jodhpur campus and this will cater to the growing demands of the fast-evolving healthcare and medical market.

About IIT Jodhpur

Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur was established in 2008, to foster technology education and research in India. The institute is committed to technological thought and action to benefit the economic development of India.

Scholarship in teaching and learning; scholarship in research and creative accomplishments; and relevance to industry are three driving forces for us at IIT Jodhpur.

IIT Jodhpur functions from its sprawling residential Permanent Campus of 852 acres on National Highway 65, North-Northwest of Jodhpur towards Nagaur.

This campus is meticulously planned and envisioned to stand as a symbol of academics. A large parcel of the Permanent Campus (of about 182 acres) is set aside for the development of a Technology Park to strengthen institute-industry interactions.

The institute is committed to a multidisciplinary approach of technology development. Hence, it has established state-of-the-art laboratories for basic research and has organized its academic degree activities through Departments and its coordinated research through Centers for Technologies.