BHU scientist awarded grant for her healthcare startup under govt’s Amrit Grand Challenge programme

BHU scientist Dr. Garima Jain has been awarded a grant for her healthcare startup under the Indian government’s Amrit Grand Challenge programme.

BHU scientist Dr. Garima Jain has been awarded a grant for her healthcare startup under govt’s Amrit Grand Challenge programme

By India Today Web Desk: Dr. Garima Jain has received the Stage 1 grant for her startup project under the prestigious ‘Amrit Grand Challenge’ programme titled ‘JAN CARE’, funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. Dr. Jain is a scientist at the Centre for Genetic Disorders, Banaras Hindu University.

Through cutting-edge diagnostic approaches, Dr. Jain, the originator of ‘mirNOW’, hopes to enhance patient care and results using her expertise in cancer genetics.

With the aim of making these treatments available to everyone, mirNOW is developing tests for early, actionable, and personalised diagnostics of cardiovascular and cancer disorders. This startup aims to find fresh biomarkers and offer cutting-edge medical remedies.

In this competition, 75 start-up innovations in the fields of telemedicine, digital health, big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain were chosen.

ABOUT AMRIT GRAND CHALLENGE

The Jan Care – Amrit Grand Challenge for innovation was introduced by the Indian government and NASSCOM in partnership with a number of business, investor, hospital, and incubator partners.

The initiative was designed to find and assist up to 75 health tech innovations for improving healthcare delivery in India, including telemedicine and digital health initiatives by startups and innovators.

ABOUT MIRNOW

According to Dr. Jain, MirNOW is committed to the development, delivery, and discovery of early diagnostic remedies that can enhance and save lives.

“As we continue to develop and improve our goods, we are thrilled to be able to display our work at JAN CARE and receive funding and insightful comments,” she said.

She explained that the grant will be used to create a diagnostic tool that uses miRNA biomarkers and a machine learning-based algorithm to predict the malignancy of prostatitis.

“For a country like India, we need many more scientists like Dr. Garima who are excited about utilising breakthroughs in scientific knowledge to make healthcare accessible,” stated Profession Anil Kumar Tripathi, Director of the Institute of Science.

Professor Parimal Das, Coordinator, CGD, congratulated Dr. Jain and stated that with Dr. Garima’s project, CGD now also enters the entrepreneurial world.