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Open Letter to prime minister of India from a Biomedical Engineer

SAVE BIOMEDICAL INDUSTRY

Respected Prime minister,

  • I am Avinash Vemula, Biomedical Engineer working for Novartis Healthcare ,India.
  • We are so much inspired by the decisions you are taking for the progress of the country. We are blessed to have a leader like you sir for the developing India.
  • I want to bring to your kind notice about the happenings of biomedical engineers and their career in India.
  • First I wanted to tell you the importance of biomedical engineering in India, we biomedical engineers will be equipped with the knowledge of medical subjects and electronics to cater the needs doctors, hospitals, health care professionals to make them understand the functioning of the medical equipment’s, safety standards, protocols and the best possible treatment possible from the technology.

Biomedical project Competition in NIT Raipur

Vigyan is here again…………

The TechnoCracy (Technical Committee) of NIT Raipur brings you Vigyan……

Vigyan invites participants from various branches to apply their domain specific knowledge to the problems for the betterment of Human society…..!!!!

Here are the problem Statements for Biomedical Engg. Domain:-

1. Design a Blind Stick285 million people are visually impaired worldwide according to WHO statistics. A huge chunk of this people lives in the developing world. Scientists and engineers all over the world are going beyond the boundaries of their disciplines to innovate and come up with solutions for addressing the needs of the visually impaired people. The challenge is to design a path navigating stick to guide the visually impaired patients.

10 Biomedical Engineer Jobs in Tamilnadu

Company Profile:

Medifocus India Pvt Ltd.

Our company head office is in West Mambalam, Chennai. Ours is a medical equipment marketing company and we are indulged solely in sales of leading equipment manufacturers like Schiller, Phillips, Covidien, etc..

Job profile: 1. Learn and acquire complete knowledge about Unique Selling Point and technical aspects of the equipment.
2. Demonstration of the equipment (if customer is in need of it)
3. Sales
4. Installation of the equipment.

This is the best place to excel both in sales and technical skills.

Ph.D and Postdoc Positions in Thailand

Scholarship(2014) for Post-Doc and Docteral Program in Biomedical Engineering,
Mahidol University,Thailand

BioNEDD Lab and Depatment of Biomedical Engineering are pleased to offer scholarship for a doctoral program 

(international program) in drug delivery system /Biomaterials fields.
– Applicants can send the applications including detailed CV and transcripts to pinunta.n@gmail.com (our research assistant)
– Highly motivated applicants with a relevant background in polymer science, chemistry and chemical engineering, medical technology, biotechnology, and nano are encouraged to apply.
– You may be offered a scholarship cover:
     – 50 % subsidy of tuition fee
     – Monthly allowance 

For more infomation please contact pinunta.n@gmail.com (Pinunta)

Pinunta Nittayacharn (Petch)
Research Assistant 
BioNEDD Laboratory (www.bionedd.org)
Department of Biomedical Engineering, 
Faculty of Engineering, 
Mahidol University,Thailand

4th International HTA Fellowship, HTIC IIT Madras

HTIC is an R&D centre (http://htic.iitm.ac.in/) formed as a joint initiative of IIT Madras and Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India to address the unmet need for affordable and accessible healthcare technologies in the country. It brings together engineers, researchers, healthcare professionals, industry, and government forming a vibrant and fertile innovation ecosystem.

HTIC is conducting the 4th International Fellowship on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) from 28th July to 2nd August, 2014. We would like to invite participation from faculty and students of your organisation for this fellowship program.

Top 7 Innovations in Healthcare 2014

This year we’ve witnessed amazing innovations in technology with everything from wearable tech like Google Glass or Nike+ to the recent introduction of Coin, one card that stores all your credit cards, debit cards, personal accounts, business accounts and other cards typically filling your wallet. The healthcare industry was no exception to the rise in disruptive technology changing the way people are impacted. What are some of the most influential healthcare technologies you’ve seen appear this year?

Without a doubt the pace at which new technology is impacting our everyday lives is increasing at lightning speeds. As of today, 29% of Americans say their phone is the first thing and last thing they look at everyday which is a telling sign of how connected we are becoming to technology.