श्री चित्रा तिरुनाल आयुर्विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, त्रिवेंद्रम
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum
Bringing Life to Innovation and innovation to life
The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India has identified the Biomedical Technology Wing of the Institute as Technical Research Centre for Biomedical Devices (TRC), the nodal research centre for the development of medical devices in the country. The centre is proposed with a mandate of developing medical device technologies in five identified segments, viz. Cardiovascular, Neuroprosthetics, Hard Tissue Devices, Biological & Combinational Products and In Vitro Diagnostics. A Medical Device Regulatory Compliance Facility (MDRCF) for supporting the Indian Medical Device Industry in the areas of medical device regulatory compliance, an Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC) for training manpower for the industry and a Technology Business Incubator for Medical Devices and Biomaterials (TIMed) are also components of the TRC.