Rahul Panicker | |
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| Born | Mavelikkara, Kerala, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Occupation(s) | President and Co-founder Embrace Innovations |
| Known for | Co-founder at Embrace, and President and Co-founder at Embrace Innovations |
Rahul Alex Panicker is a technology leader and entrepreneur, formerly Chief Innovation Officer at the Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence, [1] and best known as the President and Co-founder of Embrace Innovations[2] and Embrace, a social enterprise startup that aims to help premature and low-birth-weight babies, through a low-cost infant warmer.[3][4]
Until early 2016, Panicker served as the President of Embrace Innovations, a social enterprise that designs and brings to market healthcare technologies for the developing world, starting with an infant warmer. The Embrace infant warmer costs less than 1% of a traditional incubator, and is currently being distributed across clinics in India, and over 15 developing countries.[5][6][7] He is also a member of the FICCI Health Innovation Task Force in India.[8] Starting 2016, he has been engaged in exploring and speaking about the potential impact of AI and what societies can do to prepare for the future, including at TEDx IIT Kharagpur.
- ^ "EmTech Digital AI for Social Good Rahul Panicker, Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence". MIT Tech Review. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ Mischler, Michèle. "Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2013". Schwab Foundation. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ Dooley, Sean (17 December 2010). "Embrace Infant Warmer Could Save Thousands".
- ^ Ahmad, Samreen (9 April 2012). "Spreading life-saving warmth". Tehelka.
- ^ Deepa, Balakrishnan (12 September 2012). "Portable incubators in 4 states a new lease of life". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013.
- ^ Udayabhanu, Prem (24 December 2015). "The Keralite who made it to MIT's top 35 Innovators' list". Manorama Online.
- ^ Ranganna, Akhila (18 January 2016). "Saving Lives: How Rahul Panicker Developed a Low-cost Incubator for Newborns". Man's World India. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ IANS. "National innovation council to build an ecosystem for healthcare products and services". health.india.com. Retrieved 28 May 2013.