An InnovatioCuris initiative

From diagnostic need to better decisions

Right test. Right time. Better action. India-need-led, globally innovation-sourced.

BurdenNeedDefineDiscoverEvidenceValidateConnectAdoptActScaleImpact

About the division

The third standing community of InnovatioCuris, alongside the IC InnovatorCLUB and IC Nursing InnovatorFORUM — this one built around diagnostics.

Need-led

We start with the diagnostic uncertainties causing the most avoidable harm — not with products looking for a stage.

Origin-neutral

Relevance, not nationality. Innovations from anywhere are judged on the same evidence.

Last-mile

The last mile is wherever useful diagnostic information fails to reach a person in time to change their decision.

Objectives

Eight steps, from the gap at first contact through to adoption at scale.

01
IdentifyCritical diagnostic gaps at the last mile.
02
PrioritiseNeeds where rapid testing changes first-contact decisions.
03
DefineSpeed, accuracy, affordability, portability, ease of use.
04
ScoutIndian and global rapid, point-of-care and non-invasive diagnostics.
05
EvaluateReliability, usability, affordability, scalability, real-world fit.
06
ValidateThrough clinical and field-testing partnerships.
07
ConnectInnovators with clinicians, labs and adoption partners.
08
AdoptLink results to treatment, referral and follow-up pathways.

First focus — next six months

Rapid, non-invasive haemoglobin testing for the last mile

Submit an innovation

Seven questions every innovation must survive

NeedDoes it solve a problem that matters?
TruthCan we trust the result?
TimeDoes it arrive in time to matter?
AccessCan the person actually get it?
ActionDoes the result change something?
FitDoes it work in the real setting?
ScaleCan it grow without losing quality?

The team

Laboratory governance, transfusion medicine, quality accreditation, pathology and clinical microbiology.

Prof. Ashok Rattan
Prof. Ashok RattanMD Microbiology, MAMSLab governance & IVD strategy
Prof. Kamini Khillan
Prof. Kamini KhillanMD PathologyTransfusion medicine & haemoglobin
Dr Sangeeta Pathak
Dr Sangeeta PathakMDTransfusion medicine & blood policy
Dr Puneeta Bhatia
Dr Puneeta BhatiaMD BiochemistryLab quality & accreditation
Dr Gaurav Shelgaonkar
Dr Gaurav ShelgaonkarDNB Pathology, MNAMSQuality control & digital pathology
Dr Manjari Kishore
Dr Manjari KishoreMD, DNB PathologyHistopathology & nephropathology
Dr Ramakrishna Pai J
Dr Ramakrishna Pai JMD Microbiology, MBAClinical microbiology & AMR

Become a member

For clinicians, labs, industry, policy and research.

Submit an innovation

Open to innovators worldwide. Haemoglobin testing is the current priority.

We do not innovate for the test. We innovate for what becomes possible for the person.

IC Diagnostic Division — an InnovatioCuris initiative. Right Test. Right Time. Better Action.