HEALIATE 2016, INNOVATE TO HEAL

Narayana Health, C-CAMP (The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms) and Axilor Ventures have come together to create a platform to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare. The platform will enable healthcare entrepreneurs to collaborate, seek advice from leading experts and provide access to research and clinical resources. The platform will also build a community of healthcare entrepreneurs.

challenge

Healiate is a directed innovation challenge, organized by Narayana Health, C-CAMP (The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms) and Axilor Ventures. The first edition of ‘Healiate ’, seeks entrepreneurs with innovative solutions to prevent and manage diabetes, a growing disease burden in India.

READ MORE ABOUT THE DIRECTED CHALLENGE ON DIABETES

The five most promising contestants will be eligible for a grant of INR 200,000 each and an opportunity to commercialise the idea.

Are you up to the challenge? Click “Register” to enter your idea today!

Award

    For the Top 5 contestants:

  • Eligible for a grant of INR 200,000* each and an opportunity to commercialize the idea

  • Direct admission to Axilor’s Accelerator Program or C-Camp’s incubator Program

  • Access to hospitals, research labs and experts

  • Opportunity to secure funding of up to INR. 75,00,000 (through a combination of grant and seed capital)

* The grant will be awarded in the name of the company set up to commercialise the idea

The Process

Step I: This contest begins with one simple step: REGISTRATION.

Step II: Complete the online form and upload your solution idea.

Step III: Shortlisted contestants will be intimated by February 18, 2016

Step IV:The top five contestants will have the opportunity to present at the Symposium in Bangalore in the last week of February

Criteria

KEY EVALUATION CRITERIA

The submission will be evaluated on the potential impact of the solution/ idea to:

  • Improve access, affordability, effectiveness or prevent the onset of diabetes improve access, affordability and effectiveness in managing or preventing diabetes

  • Provide evidence of delivering outcomes better than existing alternatives or offer completely new ways of preventing or managing diabetes

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The submission can be in the form of a document or presentation answering the following questions:

  • What is the problem you are solving in managing or preventing diabetes?

  • Why did you select this problem to solve?

  • In one line, describe your solution in managing or preventing diabetes?

  • What competing alternatives exist for your solution? How is your solution better than existing alternatives?

  • Who will primarily use your solution and how will it benefit them? Who will pay for this solution (if different from the user)?

  • Tell us about yourselves (share your LinkedIn profiles) and why you are best qualified to solve this problem)

Timelines

2016

1
JANUARY
Launch of the contest
12
FEBRUARY
Last day to submit solution / idea
18
FEBRUARY
Announcement of top submissions
END OF
FEBRUARY
Symposium
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