{"id":665770,"date":"2025-12-19T00:24:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T04:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/?p=665770"},"modified":"2025-12-19T00:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T04:25:10","slug":"ust-and-iitm-incubation-cell-sign-mou-to-accelerate-deep-tech-startups-in-healthcare-and-life-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/665770\/","title":{"rendered":"UST and IITM Incubation Cell Sign MoU to Accelerate Deep Tech Startups in Healthcare and Life Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mentorship & Funding Support announced for Winners of Pitch to Win – Pharma 4.0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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UST – IIMIC Pitch to Win Pharma 4.0 Winner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thiruvananthapuram:<\/strong>\u00a0UST<\/strong>, a leading AI and technology transformation solutions company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the\u00a0IIT Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC<\/strong>), India\u2019s premier deep tech startup hub anchored at IIT-Madras,\u00a0<\/strong>to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and research-driven solutions in the healthcare and life sciences sector.<\/p>\n

The MoU aims to create a collaborative framework between UST and IITMIC to drive innovation through joint programs, engagement with incubates, and industry partnerships, especially in high\u2011impact domains. This agreement establishes a scalable, structured yet flexible partnership between UST and IITMIC to identify high\u2011potential startups, provide them with mentorship and targeted funding, and systematically expand pilots and proof\u2011of\u2011concepts, form strategic collaborations, and create go-to-market opportunities.<\/p>\n

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UST – IIMIC Pitch to Win Pharma 4.0 First Runner Up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A first in a series of joint innovation programs, this collaboration of UST and IITMIC, in partnership with\u00a0Pfizer<\/strong>\u00a0as Knowledge Partner and\u00a0AWS<\/strong>\u00a0as Technology Partner, jointly conducted the\u00a0Pitch to Win: Pharma 4.0 Edition<\/em><\/strong>. The innovation challenge received over ninety startup applications from 32 cities across India, reflecting the growing momentum of India\u2019s healthcare and life sciences startup ecosystem. The top ten finalists received a month\u2019s worth of mentorship support from UST and finally presented before a distinguished jury panel at the final pitch day, held at IITMIC, Chennai.<\/p>\n

The top three winners of the Pitch to Win \u2013 Pharma 4.0 Edition were\u00a0Nucleo-Vir Therapeutics<\/em>\u00a0(Winner),\u00a0ChemBioSens<\/em>\u00a0(First Runner-Up) and\u00a0LN Infosphere Tech Transformers\u00a0<\/em>(Second Runner-Up). They received cash awards of \u20b91,25,000, \u20b975,000 and \u20b950,000 respectively. In addition, UST will offer a total conditional funding of up to \u20b945 lakh to the three startups, along with GTM and other strategic support. The awards were given away at a function organized at UST Thiruvananthapuram.<\/p>\n

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UST – IIMIC Pitch to Win Pharma 4.0 Second Runner Up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Manu Gopinath, President, UST<\/strong>, said,\u00a0\u201cOur partnership with IIT Madras Incubation Cell is a strategic leap in how we harness deep tech innovation across industries. With IITMIC\u2019s proven incubation ecosystem and access to cutting-edge research, we are not just backing startups; we are nurturing bold founders, accelerating research-driven ideas, and building a strong pipeline of solutions that can transform businesses, communities, and society at large. By combining IITMIC\u2019s cross-domain innovation capabilities with UST\u2019s global reach, industry partnerships, and mentorship, we are creating a scalable platform to bring impactful, next-generation technologies from the lab to the market.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Tamaswati Ghosh, Chief Executive Officer, IITMIC<\/strong>, added,\u00a0<\/em>\u201cThis collaboration with UST reflects our shared vision to advance India\u2019s deep-tech innovation landscape, particularly in healthcare and life sciences. Through initiatives like\u00a0Pitch to Win: Pharma 4.0<\/em>, we\u2019re not only nurturing high-potential startups but also building bridges between academia, industry, and investors to scale impactful solutions that can improve lives globally.\u201d<\/p>\n

This partnership underscores UST\u2019s dedication to advancing research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship, leveraging its global expertise to accelerate next-generation solutions within India\u2019s Life Sciences 4.0 ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mentorship & Funding Support announced for Winners of Pitch to Win – Pharma 4.0 Thiruvananthapuram:\u00a0UST, a leading AI and technology transformation solutions company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the\u00a0IIT Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC), India\u2019s premier deep tech startup hub anchored at IIT-Madras,\u00a0to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and research-driven solutions in the healthcare and life sciences sector. The MoU aims to create a collaborative framework between UST and IITMIC to drive innovation through joint programs, engagement with incubates, and industry partnerships, especially in high\u2011impact domains. This agreement establishes a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":665772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665770"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665776,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665770\/revisions\/665776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}