Notification by UGC

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday notified the regulations for foreign universities to set up and operate their campuses in India.

The Regulations aim to facilitate the entry of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions (FHEIs) into India, in line with the recommendations of the National Education Policy 2020, and to provide an international dimension to higher education in India.

These Regulations outline the conditions and requirements for Foreign Higher Educational Institutions to set up their campuses in India. These Regulations aim to ensure that the education imparted in the campus is at par with that of the main campus in the country of origin and that its operations comply with the applicable laws and Regulations.

Foreign Higher Educational Institutions can offer study programmes leading to the award of certificates, diplomas, degrees, research and other programmes at the undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and post-doctoral levels

Eligibility criteria :

The Foreign Higher Educational Institution intending to establish campuses in India shall fulfil any of the following criteria at the time of application, that-

(a) it should have secured a position within the top five hundred in the overall category of global rankings at the time of application, as decided by the Commission from time to time; or
(b) it should have secured a position within the top five hundred in the subject-wise category of global rankings at the time of application or should possess outstanding expertise in a particular area, as decided by the Commission from time to time.

In the case of two or more than two Foreign Higher Educational Institutions intending to collaborate to establish campuses in India, each Foreign Higher Educational Institution should meet the eligibility criteria

Procedure for approval

(1) In case the Foreign Higher Educational Institution intends to set up more than one campus, it shall make a separate application to the Commission under the procedure laid down in these regulations.

(2) Upon fulfilment of the eligibility criteria, the Foreign Higher Educational Institution shall apply online to the Commission along with the non-refundable processing fee, as decided by the Commission from time to time.

(3) The Foreign Higher Educational Institution shall upload the following documents along with the application on the University Grants Commission portal, namely:-

(a) permission by the Governing Body or Board, by whatever name called, for establishing campuses in India;

(b) information on the proposed location, infrastructural facilities, fee structure, academic programmes, courses, curricula, availability of faculty and financial resources for setting up and operations of campuses in India, and any other details that may be sought;

(c) an undertaking to the effect that-

i. the quality of education imparted by it in its Indian campus is similar to that of the main campus in the country of origin; and

ii. the qualifications awarded to the students in the Indian campus shall enjoy the same recognition and status as if they were conducted in its home jurisdiction, that is, they shall be recognized in the country of origin of the Foreign Higher Educational Institution and shall be equivalent to the corresponding qualifications awarded by the Foreign Higher Educational Institution in the main campus located in the country of origin.

(d) the latest Accreditation or Quality Assurance report from a recognized Body; and

(e) any other document as specified in the application portal.

(4)The Commission shall constitute a Standing Committee to examine matters related to the setting up and operation of campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India.

(5) The Standing Committee shall assess each application on merit, including the credibility of the educational institutions, the programmes to be offered, their potential to strengthen educational opportunities in India, and the proposed academic infrastructure, and make recommendations thereof.

(6) In case the applicant is a Foreign Higher Educational Institution possessing outstanding expertise in a particular area, the Standing Committee shall consider its strengths, outstanding contribution, research capacities, institutional history, institutional prestige and influence, and professional recognition within the areas, among others.

(7) The recommendations of the Standing Committee shall be placed before the Commission within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt of the application, complete in all respects.

(8) Based on the recommendations of the Standing Committee, the Commission may within a period of sixty days, initially grant in-principle approval and issue a Letter of Intent to the Foreign Higher Educational Institution to set up campuses in India within two years from the date of approval.

(9) The Commission may reserve the right to give an extension, if required, on a case-to- case basis.

(10) The applicant Foreign Higher Educational Institution shall convey its readiness for the commencement of its academic operations to the Commission and the Standing Committee shall examine the readiness of the campus and give its recommendations.

(11) The Commission shall consider the recommendations of the Standing Committee and issue approval to the Foreign Higher Educational Institution, within a period of sixty days, for commencing the operation of a campus in India with or without conditions.

Application Portal to set up Campuses in India by Foreign Higher Educational Institutes (FHEIs) is live now.

Registration link for Eligible FHEIs to Register and apply : http://fhei.ugc.ac.in

IITM HTIC – BIRAC i4 and PACE: Demystifying the funding modalities

IITM HTIC – BIRAC i4 and PACE: Demystifying the funding modalities

IITM HTIC organizing a session on BIRAC funding schemes and insights into grant writing. The speakers from BIRAC will share information about funding opportunities available from BIRAC for students, academics and start-ups at different stages of their entrepreneurial journeys and provide insights into grant writing.

The session will cover various funding opportunities at BIRAC, guidelines of i4 (BIPP and SBIRI Schemes) and PACE (AIR and CRS) and other enabling services provided by BIRAC to ease the product development pathway. The Second half of the session would focus on grant writing (especially with reference to BIRAC schemes)

Speakers: Dr. Sonali Tandon (Chief Manager – Investment, BIRAC) and Dr. Prachi Kaushik (Manager – Investment, BIRAC)

Topic: BIRAC i4 and PACE: Demystifying the funding modalities

Date & Time: March 3rd, 2023 (Friday) at 11:30 AM

Registration link : https://forms.gle/XhWHCJdKuVoBxhLZ9

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the session.

Virtual Conference from TiECON Chennai 2021

TiECON Chennai 2021 – 14th Edition of the largest Entrepreneurship Conference of Tamilnadu

Announcement from #TiEChennai
TiECON Chennai 2021 is calling !

TiECON Chennai 2021, the 14th edition of the event, is scheduled to happen virtually between November 8th and November 12th, 2021, with speaker sessions in the evenings. This year, our focus will be on how fast and how drastically the rules of business are changing. To remain relevant, adaptability and agility have become very important. To stay in the game, businesses cannot just cope; they need to reinvent the rules. To speak about this changing environment, TiECON Chennai 2021 will be themed on Get Set. Resurge

Be part of Tamil Nadu’s Largest Entrepreneurship Conference.

We also request you to spread the word so that more people can join in this Celebration of Entrepreneurship.

CCC is the Outreach Partner for the program .

For more details and the schedule, please visit our conference website – tieconchennai2021.com 

This virtual conference is free, but registration is mandatory.  Please register using this link to be part of Tamil Nadu’s largest entrepreneurship conference.

Event Dates and Timings :

Nov 8th to Nov 12th 2021

Timings – 5 pm to 8 pm daily

Registration

Please register using this link

Spread the word so that more people can join in this celebration of entrepreneurship.

Organiser 
Akhila Rajeshwar
TiE Chennai
+91 9566269358
https://hub.tie.org/e/tieconchennai2021

Global Services Conclave

Global Services Conclave 2021 – India Serves: Exploring Potential Growth Sectors Beyond IT/ITes

Global Services Conclave 2021
“India Serves: Exploring Potential Growth Sectors Beyond IT/ITes”
10.00 AM-4.30 PM, Tuesday, 9th November 2021
New Delhi, Delhi 110021

The service sector has invited considerable interest among policymakers for its larger contribution to global output, contributing almost more than three-fifths of global GDP and about half of the employment opportunities across the world.

India’s service sector is no exception to the global service composition as its share is over 60 per cent of the national output. India has emerged as a global hub for the supply of various services, and today India exports over $200 billion of services annually, which contribute to 7% of India’s GDP. Services account for 54 per cent of India’s Gross Value Added (GVA) and account for more than 40 per cent of India’s total global exports. Services exports lead directly to the employment of approximately 2.6 crores people in India while leading to indirect employment as well.

Despite the pandemic, the sector has shown immense resilience and services exports stood at $ 206 billion in 2020-21 showing a decline of only 3 per cent. Throughout the decade (2010 to 2021) the CAGR of the services sector has been 6%. Based on trends and present performance of the sector SEPC has projected a target of $250 bn for services exports in the FY 2021-22 and a target of US$ 1 trillion including IT and ITES by 2030 as suggested by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

In the above context, SEPC is organising its first Global Services Conclave on 9th Nov 2021 which will be an annual feature of SEPC henceforth.

The Conclave will focus on deliberations and discussions to create a roadmap to achieve the projected target. While there will be talks on key service sectors, the focus will be on capacity building, enhancing competitiveness, MSME support, creating jobs, policy recommendations and more.

Looking forward to your participation as our distinguished Sponsor for this prestigious event. Please find attached the presentation on Sponsorship.

For any collaborations, sponsorship enquiries, please reach out to:

Mr Vikrant Wadhera +91 9910316373
Email – Vikrant.wadhera@servicesepc.org

Register for the Program Here :

TiE Mumbai’s Healthcare Summit

IIMPACT 2021 – 16th & 17th September 2021

TiE Mumbai’s Healthcare Summit IIMPACT 2021

GLOBALLY, HEALTHCARE & HEALTHTECH has been amongst the top 5 sectors to scale successfully to unicorn status 

Healthcare companies globally have cumulatively raised over USD 10 Bn over the last decade. They represent a vast variety of companies – from regenerative medicine, drug development, online physician service, appointment booking, health insurance, wellness apps, amongst others. Healthcare superstars have emerged from pretty much across the globe such as US, China, UK, Germany, Israel, France and South Korea. 

Simultaneously, the start-up landscape in India has matured significantly as well. Several Indian start-ups across sectors have managed to scale successfully, with more start-ups joining the vaulted Unicorn club in 2020 alone. 

Indian healthcare start-ups, have now started to see the scale of success, it, has been a great year for Indian healthtech, with Pharmeasy -becoming India’s first healthtech unicorn, and Krsnaa Diagnostics – a teleradiology player, getting a successful IPO 

What does it take to build scalable healthcare innovation in India ?

 IIMPACT Health 2021 looks at this question closely by curating the best minds in global healthcare. 

We look at the core issue healthtech start-ups face – scaling successfully – and bring together Thought Leaders, VCs, successful Indian and global healthcare & healthtech entrepreneurs, to decode what it takes to build a large, successful, healthcare company in India 

To understand opportunities in Healthcare, IIMPACT 2021 is an event you cannot afford to miss!

Event Details:

Date: 16th – 17th Sept 2021

Time: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM IST

Mode: Online (zoom)

Source –

https://hub.tie.org/e/global-shift-disruptions–age-of-unicorns–scaling-healthcare-innovation-in-india

CAHOTECH2021

6th Annual Health Technology Conference from CAHO ! Connecting Healthcare & Technology

About CAHOTECH

CAHOTECH offers a unique platform for healthcare providers to learn about disruptive technological advancements and futuristic trends. The event focuses on scalable technology solutions to make modern healthcare accessible, available, efficient and affordable to all. 

Over the years, CAHOTECH has connected hundreds of technology companies to thousands of healthcare organizations, introduced our healthcare partners to newer methods and technology to improve their quality and efficiency of care, and highlighted the best practices in making such purchases – ensuring that there is information sharing among consumers of healthcare technology in a fast-evolving market that is hard to keep track of.

Since 2020, the pandemic has transformed the event into a virtual event. We believe that such a transformation, though with its own flaws, also allows more people to attend the sessions with convenience and comfort. We are also able to get a larger base of speakers and ideas and this transformation into a virtual event is turning out to be a blessing in disguise.

2021 Edition

CAHOTECH 2021 is a 5 days virtual event, starting with the PitchFest and Hospital Innovations Showcase on 13th and 14th August respectively. The 3 days main conference sessions (brochure enclosed) will be from 3 pm to 7 pm on the following themes:

19th August: Scaling Technology Adoption

20th August: Digital Transformation in Healthcare

21st August: Interconnected Healthcare Ecosystem

Event Update at a glance :

Program Agenda

Download the full program agenda from here

Registration Details :

For delegate registration, here is the link to register –

https://www.caho.in/cahotech2021/

Already Registered Delegates Access to Conference :

CAHOTECH Conference Platform :
Delegate Access Link –
https://CAHOTECH-2021.hubilo.com/community
Please login with your registered email id.

For any login related queries, you may contact
Ms. Anitha Sudhakar @ +91 – 7904146046
Ms. Preetha Thangarajan @ +91- 7010549358

CAHOTECH Conference Platform :

Sponsors/ Exhibitors/ Partners Access Link –
https://CAHOTECH-2021.hubilo.com/community
Have to login with email ids registered with us.

For any virtual booth related queries, contact –

Mr. Prakash Sati @ 8130770805
Ms. Revathi @ 7428892074

For all latest updates about daily programs, speaker profiles, sessions etc, visit –

https://cahotech.com/day-1-scaling-technology-adoption/

https://cahotech.com/day-2-digital-transformation-in-healthcare/

https://cahotech.com/day-3-interconnected-healthcare-ecosystem/

DO REGISTER TODAY & JOIN US !

CAHOTECH2021 Conference

Connecting Healthcare and Technology – 19th – 21st Aug 2021

DELEGATE REGISTRATION CALL

Delegate Registration Link

About CAHOTECH

CAHOTECH offers a unique platform for healthcare providers to learn about disruptive technological advancements and futuristic trends. The event focuses on scalable technology solutions to make modern healthcare accessible, available, efficient and affordable to all. 

Over the years, CAHOTECH has connected hundreds of technology companies to thousands of healthcare organizations, introduced our healthcare partners to newer methods and technology to improve their quality and efficiency of care, and highlighted the best practices in making such purchases – ensuring that there is information sharing among consumers of healthcare technology in a fast-evolving market that is hard to keep track of.

Since 2020, the pandemic has transformed the event into a virtual event. CAHO believes that such a transformation, though with its own flaws, also allows more people to attend the sessions with convenience and comfort. CAHO is also able to get a larger base of speakers and ideas and this transformation into a virtual event is turning out to be a blessing in disguise.

2021 Edition

CAHOTECH 2021 is a 5 days virtual event, starting with the PitchFest and Hospital Innovations Showcase on 13th and 14th August respectively. The 3 days main conference sessions (brochure enclosed) will be from 3 pm to 7 pm on the following themes:

19th August: Scaling Technology Adoption

20th August: Digital Transformation in Healthcare

21st August: Interconnected Healthcare Ecosystem

For more information about CAHOTECH, visit

https://cahotech.com/

Contact Help Desk :

CAHO Secretariat
G-100, Sector-44, Noida
Uttar Pradesh – 201301Helpdesk:+91 9870318781

Hours:
Monday to Saturday, 09:00 to 20:00

CAHOTECH 2021

CAHOTECH STARTUPS PITCHFEST Session is rolled out !

Pitchfest for HealthTech / MedTech / Digitech Startups

Last date for Application – 10th August 2021
Pitch Date : 13th August 2021

Startups to register pitches here
https://www.caho.in/cahotech2021/registration/pitchfest.php

About the Event :

CAHOTECH is the annual healthcare technology conference, engaging with stakeholders to share the concepts & ideas leading the way for early and better adoption of technology in healthcare sector

CAHOTECH is giving an opportunity to startups to showcase their Innovations to leaders in the healthcare ecosystem (comprising CxOs, Angel Investors, Incubators and other stakeholders), who will co-create the future of healthcare with Startups.

PITCHFEST Brochure

Call for Sponsorships !

CAHO is inviting Industry and Industry Stakeholders from Healthcare Sector to support and encourage the Pitchfest by Sponsoring the Pitch Fest / Booking Virtual Stalls for Pitchfest Session. This is the Call of Action given to encourage Startups in healthtech, medtech, digitaltech space in healthcare products and services sectors.

Sponsorship Brochure

More details on Sponsorship and Partner benefits are listed in the portal

https://cahotech.com/partners-sponsors/

For more details, information, contact team here :

https://www.caho.in/contact-us

Investment Opportunities in India’s Healthcare Sector

Recent Report by Niti Aayog

Niti Aayog has recently released a report on Investment Opportunities in Indian Healthcare Sector.

This Report provides an overview of India’s healthcare sector, including insights about its employment generation potential, the prevailing business and investment climate as well as the overarching policy landscape. It also highlights the key drivers of growth for the sector and the third section elaborates upon the enabling policies
and investment opportunities in 7 key segments, including hospitals and infrastructure, health insurance, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, medical devices, medical tourism, home healthcare as well as telemedicine and other technologyrelated health services.

In the hospital segment, the expansion of private players to Tier 2 and Tier 3 locations, beyond metropolitan cities, offers an attractive investment opportunity. According to Invest India’s Investment Grid, there are nearly 600 investment opportunities worth USD 32 Billion (INR 2.3 Lakh Crore) in the country’s hospital/ medical infrastructure sub-sector

I have shared some key inputs from this report which is available in the public domain (https://niti.gov.in/node/1475 ) and wrote a short article in the Information Bulletin of Andhra Chamber of Commerce. Considering my longest innings in healthcare sector and having watched from close quarters about the private investments patterns into this domain, I have shared my thoughts, views on why the FDI investments route is not the right solution for pumping investments into healthcare domain.

My article is there in page 20 of Chamber’s bulletin which can be downloaded from here :

About the Author :

Ms Rama Venugopal, Executive Director