The India Expert

Ascension Health to partner with India’s Narayan Hrudayalaya hospital for location in the Americas!

Gunjan — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:42:22 +0000

Catholic healthcare organization, Ascension Health Alliance runs the largest American faith-based nonprofit medical care system. In an unusual partnership, it is helping set up a 140-bed multi-specialty hospital on Grand Cayman Island, which will provide services such as open-heart/bypass surgery, angioplasty, heart-valve replacement, cancer treatment, bone-marrow transplant, nuclear medicine, organ transplant and orthopedics. The partner [...]

Global Engineering talk at Industrial Research Institute resonates with audience, May 9, 2012

Gunjan — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:49:05 +0000

Last Wednesday Dr. Navin Kunde of the Clorox Company and I spoke at the Annual Meeting of of the Industrial Research Institute with over 300 global executives in attendance. The material include examples of small and large R&D initiatives in India/China by some of most reputed companies in Europe and America. I’ve received dozens of [...]

Becton Dickinson expands R&D capability in India

Gunjan — Fri, 04 May 2012 05:01:57 +0000

India’s HCL Technologies has signed an engineering and R&D services deal with Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD). BD manufactures and sells medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products. The New Jersyey based multinational will focus on creating solutions by leveraging HCL’s capabilities and service expertise like sustenance engineering and product – testing services delivered [...]

Two India-based companies launch Malaria drug for India and the world

Gunjan — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:13:05 +0000

India’s Cipla and Ranbaxy Laboratories (owned by Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo) both announced novel combination therapies for on World Malaria Day — with eyes on markets in India, Africa, South America and Southeast Asia. The products — Ranbaxy’s Synriam and Cipla’s Meflian Plus — are combinations of existing molecules arterolane maleate +piperaquine phosphate (Ranbaxy’s drug) and [...]

Nuclear energy production rises 22 percent in India

Gunjan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:31:01 +0000

Aided by imported uranium and new plants, India’ s Nuclear Power Corporation (NPCIL) generated 32,455 million units of electricity in the year ended March 31, 2012, 22.5 per cent higher than the year before. Currently, NPCIL operates 19 nuclear power reactors in the country. NPCIL said revenue was $1.9 billion compared to about $1.5 billion [...]