ACCESS Health has recently partnered with the Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH), which is the nodal agency for the Hyderabad Science & Technology Cluster. The initiative is a part of the Office of Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India. The two organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together in fostering a research and innovation ecosystem.
The partnership between ACCESS Health and RICH aims to collaborate on various initiatives that will enhance public healthcare ecosystem competence, strengthen the research and innovation ecosystem, and provide domain expertise.
Some of the initiatives include building connections with Government bodies, Industries, and Research institutes; working together in fostering the research ecosystem through training, proposal reviews, domain expertise, and sharing of information; supporting start-up ecosystem in related areas of pilots, capacity building, market access, clinical validation studies, impact studies, landscape readiness assessments; developing Policy Analysis, Policy Briefs, Policy Advocacy, and policy influence by generating knowledge outputs; organizing and supporting in building relevant thematic areas of the stakeholders for round tables and workshops.
The partnership between ACCESS Health and RICH is a significant step towards building a research and innovation ecosystem that can bring positive changes in public healthcare. The initiatives that will be taken up as part of this partnership will contribute to enhancing the overall competence of the ecosystem, and we are looking forward to the outcomes that will be generated through this partnership.