KMTC plans clusters to boost med devices sector

IN A novel initiative, Kerala Medical Technology Consortium (KMTC) is planning to set up medical-device clusters in major cities in the state that will link universities, industries, startups, and hospitals and encourage them to come up with advanced technologies and devices.

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"We need to encourage collaboration between universities, research institutions, hospitals, and startups. We have facilities in Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Palakkad, and Kozhikode. These are all potential locations. However, there is no collaboration. KMTC has been interacting with each of these groups—industries and universities and hospitals—to set up medical technology and medical-device clusters in the state," C Padmakumar, special officer, KMTC, told TNIE on the sidelines of the Invest Kerala Global Summit (IKGS) 2025.

The consortium has been organising events to make the collaboration possible.