Making Strides in Healthcare to Solidify Digital-First Approach

With a mission to transform tech education in the country, Plaksha University introduced a new way of learning after six years of intensive planning and consulting with leading universities, academicians and technologists.

Matching strides with Plaksha’s resolve to break the barriers, Indegene - a digital-first, life sciences commercialization company, came on board as one of the industry partners to nurture a new generation of catalytic leaders and to further solidify the mission of bringing the best-in-class education to the health tech space.

Underlining the strategic intent of the partnership, Manish Gupta, Co-founder and CEO at Indegene says, “In a talent-starved world, many of the engineering graduates are still considered unemployable. And this is the reason why Plaksha’s unique research and entrepreneurship-led technology curriculum is critical to developing empowered and empathetic future leaders. We are impressed with the eminent academic board Plaksha has assembled and count ourselves fortunate in supporting their mission.” 

Indegene sponsored Faculty Chair for Digital Health

For an educational institution to succeed, attracting the best faculty is the primary. In today’s times, this is an arduous task with an increase in opportunities, emerging competition and increased investment in resources involved. Indegene took a great step forward by sponsoring a Faculty Chair for Digital Health. Prof Ravi Jasuja, Director of Translational Research and Discovery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was appointed as the Indegene Chair Professor for Digital Health to serve as an Advisor for the Indegene Digital Health initiative at Plaksha, and help bring an independent, academic perspective to improve the healthcare ecosystem.

The partnership strengthens Plaksha’s focus on digital healthcare and healthcare innovation, bringing together technology, research and industry expertise to address emerging challenges in health tech in India. By exploring areas such as AI in healthcare and biological engineering, Plaksha aims to equip students and researchers to develop solutions for a rapidly evolving digital-first health ecosystem.

“Digital based solutions for the healthcare sector are a critical unlock for India. With a joint vision to work on digital health, we are very excited by the support from Indegene that will help us realize our mission to become one of the most coveted places in India for technology education. It will ensure the students are better equipped to start their professional careers, with sufficient exposure and understanding of real-world problems” says Neeraj Aggarwal, Founder & Trustee at Plaksha, Chairman-Asia Pacific at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

With tech adoption becoming a new normal within the healthcare sector, it is imperative to put an added emphasis on the digital-first approach. And this is where Plaksha’s thematic research centers come into play. “Driving collaboration with industry and government bodies is exactly what the world needs to solve some of its toughest challenges. We are excited to partner and draw on this expertise to provoke the right thinking and enable the future of healthcare in a digital-first era”, adds Sanjay Parikh, Co-founder and EVP at Indegene.

The Indegene Digital Health Initiatives at Plaksha include identifying ways to provide real-world opportunities to students such as mentorship, sponsoring participation in global conferences, and internships to gain hands-on experience with digital transformation programs in healthcare.

“We are inspired by Plaksha’s purpose to reimagine technology education and research. Given our work at the cutting edge of technology, we know first-hand the importance of technology education and research. We eagerly look forward to building on these initiatives along with their teams,” Manish adds.

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