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The
Most Innovative
Companies Bringing
AI to Healthcare
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Competent Women with a Vision
Established in July 2016 by two women Co-founders, Dr.
Geetha Manjunath and Ms. Nidhi Mathur with diverse
expertise, Niramai has achieved a lot in a very short span.
Geetha, who is the CEO and CTO at Niramai, holds a PhD
in Artificial Intelligence from IISc and has led large teams
to deliver innovative solutions in Hewlett Packard Labs and
Xerox Research. She has over 25 years of research
expertise in the IT industry and has several patents,
publications, national, and international recognitions to her
credit.
Nidhi on the other hand plays the role of COO and CFO at
Niramai. She is an MBA from IIMB with specialization in
strategy and marketing, and has expertise in
commercializing new-to-the-world innovations. This
remarkable duo have helped in developing Niramai to a
position of strength and achieved excellence for the
company.
of mammography, it makes the
solution more affordable and
accessible.
• Accurate: Niramai test
We provide
has shown good
accuracy of detecting
complete
breast abnormality
hardware-software
in women of all age
solution for breast
groups.
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cancer screening
“AI/Deep Learning
that is safe, non-touch,
Technologies are
cost-effective,
definitely useful in a
a portable solution
country like India
for large-scale
where there is a
shortage of skilled
screenings
medical professionals and
increasing pressure of
healthcare delivery system,”
asserts Geetha. “Niramai makes
cancer diagnosis objective, simpler and
effective for Radiologists by helping them make more
reliable clinical decisions with the help of technology.”
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Future Plans of Niramai
Distinctive Features
Since its inception, for the past two years Niramai has
focused on protecting IP, launching the product,
establishing clinical validity, and establishing centers across
three states. The key and one-of-its-kind benefits of these
solutions are:
• Unique screening experience: Its breast screening test
that is radiation free, non-contact, painless and is
completely privacy-aware. During the test, no one
touches, compresses, or even sees the women being
screened.
• Age-agnostic: Breast cancer incidences among young
women are on a rise and traditional methods remain
ill-suited for preventive screening for young women.
Niramai test works on women of all age group, not just
above 45 years of age. The lesser known fact is that
breast cancer can also happen to men, and its test is also
suitable for screening men.
• Safe: This test is completely safe and can be taken as
often as needed without any side effects.
• Affordable: This test used off-the-shelf thermal sensors.
Since the capex for that equipment is less than one tenth
DECEMBER 2018
Niramai is working towards increasing the awareness about
its solution among women population as well as
practitioners. It is partnering with leading medical
specialists to create additional proofs of the efficacy of the
solution and establish the complete workflow to
recommend how this solution can be an integral part of
health services delivery.
Niramai is also looking at extending the application of the
innovation to areas other than breast cancer screening. With
efforts like that, we will gradually move the solution
towards being the standard modality accepted by a wider
section of medical community.
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