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We are working
with a vision to see a
world where no
mother or newborn dies
during pregnancy/
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delivery/post-delivery
jaundice, pneumonia and many more. During his
undergraduate study, he realized that technology can solve
most of the healthcare related problems and that motivated
him to pursue a post-graduation in biomedical engineering.
After completing his PG, he started visiting villages in India
to explore health related problems. While talking to
community, pregnant women, mothers, midwives and
doctors, Arun was able to connect the dots with his
childhood memories. He realized that maternal & child
health is a huge problem in India and many deaths can be
prevented by simple affordable innovations. Further, Arun
visited more than 200 healthcare settings across India to
explore problems related to maternal & child healthcare and
decided to work on the problems through Janitri
Innovations. “The biggest challenge is getting the right people in the
team,” says Arun. The team includes people from
electronics, product design, public health, mechanical,
software and biomedical expertise. The combination of the
skills in the current team is good enough for the product
design and pilot product production. Janitri Innovations
ensures to provide quality product, on ground training,
refresher training and quality maintenance. This helps them
to establish a long-term relation with the customers.
A Constantly Evolving Journey
“For any organization, team matters. We are a social
healthcare startup and we look for a candidate who is
passionate for his/her expert area and social sector,” says
Arun. At Janitari Innovations, they follow the process of
“do early, fail early” and innovate on daily basis for their
product development, pilot, and internal process etc. They
try to test the product or feature in the hospital (urban and
rural) in real time to get the feedback of the relevant stake Future Roadmap
Janitri Innovations currently collaborates with state health
department, hospitals, PPP mode healthcare organizations
& foundations across India for problem identification,
validation and product pilot. Their team spends a good
amount of time in the field to understand the grass root
level requirement which help them in better product design
and pilot study. They aim at utilizing the same methodology
for future products.
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holders (nurses, doctors, patient). Based on the feedback,
they take quick decision on modification or inclusion or
removal of any technology component. They also keep an
eye on their competitors across the globe and the market
requirements.
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