This woman entrepreneur’s medtech startup protects newborns with a ‘Raksha’ device
Pratyusha Pareddy is the Co-founder of medtech startup Nemocare Wellness, whose product ‘Raksha’ is an easy-to-use wearable device, which wraps around the foot of the newborn, and monitors six main vital signs.
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Pratyusha Pareddy, Co-founder of Nemocare Wellness, belongs to a family of doctors. She decided to pursue engineering and product design from the
National Institute of Design. However, she gravitated towards addressing unmet needs in the healthcare sector.
“At NID, I learnt how marrying top-notch tech with responsible and simple design thinking principles can create wonders. The projects I had taken up at NID like improving rural maternal healthcare helped us travel extensively in rural Gujarat to understand how healthcare works at the grassroots level, as well as how simple design intervention can drastically improve the lives of people at the bottom o
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Developing a functional prototype is a key milestone in a hardware startup’s journey. The next challenge thereafter is gearing up for a market launch and developing a market-ready product that can be produced in thousands.
It is here that Qualcomm Design in India Challenge (QDIC) has played a key role in enabling startups with technology and mentorship support to address key product development challenges and make them mass-manufacturing ready. We bring to you how QDIC, in its fifth year, has been able to support four health and wellness startups, part of the latest cohort, in their product development journey as they work towards creating impact.