Siemens India's premier R&D Institute, SAMEER, under the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has signed an MoU with Siemens Healthineers to contribute towards the development of new, improved, low-cost, and innovative technologies for advancing healthcare and diagnostic access in India.
The MoU is a major step to help India move from being a consumer of foreign technology to a producer of technology, devices, and products. It shows the willingness of the Government to partner with global companies who are interested in setting up manufacturing bases in India.
SAMEER, which is the acronym for Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research, specializes in RF Microwaves Radar and Communication Systems, E3 testing, and Medical Electronics.
The government is hopeful that the partnership while synergizing the expertise of SAMEER and Siemens Healthineers in healthcare technologies, particularly in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Linear Accelerators (LINAC), will pursue joint activities that will improve access to MRI in India.
The partnership will help in creating local industry access for Siemens Healthineers, and in turn, SAMEER will get access to next-generation research in advanced healthcare technologies. These initiatives will enable India’s health mission towards deploying healthcare technologies for early diagnostics and treatment to save lives across the country.
Currently, SAMEER is developing IMRI (Indigenous Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Technology under the Sushrut MRI (Indian MRI) system.
