The Centre for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) at IIT Hyderabad has partnered with Silicon Labs to accelerate the development of next-generation smart medical devices designed and manufactured in India.
This collaboration is aimed at supporting Indian medtech start-ups and innovators by giving them access to advanced embedded systems, edge computing, low-power wireless technologies, secure IoT platforms, and AI-driven diagnostic and remote healthcare solutions, all powered by Silicon Labs’ semiconductor technologies.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed to formalize the partnership, with a shared goal of fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare.
Driving Technology for Social Impact
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, Silicon Labs will provide both financial and technical support to help roll out pilot projects in hospitals and healthcare centers.
These pilots will allow start-ups to test and deploy early-stage devices built on the company’s chipsets in real-world settings.
The initiative is designed to deliver solutions that are:
- Affordable and accessible, especially for underserved populations
- Reliable in resource-constrained environments
- Secure and compliant with global regulatory standards
- Scalable for both domestic and international markets
By integrating Silicon Labs’ chips into emerging health technologies, the partnership aims to strengthen India’s deep-tech medical device ecosystem and speed up the journey from research to real-world healthcare applications.
Building Globally Competitive Medical Devices
Medical Devices
The collaboration will focus on developing:
- Advanced embedded medical systems
- Low-power wireless patient monitoring solutions
- Edge-enabled remote diagnostic tools
- Secure IoT-connected clinical devices
- AI-powered decision support systems
Through joint efforts in development, prototyping, validation, and deployment, CfHE and Silicon Labs plan to create regulatory-compliant devices that are globally competitive while remaining cost-effective for India.
Strengthening the Innovation Ecosystem
CfHE has already established a strong foundation in supporting medical device start-ups, driving IP creation, and enabling commercialization.
With its involvement, start-ups will gain access to cutting-edge semiconductor platforms, technical expertise, and ecosystem support to accelerate development cycles and improve product reliability.
Enabling Scalable Healthcare Solutions
Beyond device innovation, the partnership will also focus on deployment strategies across primary healthcare centers, rural health systems, and urban hospitals.
The goal is to bridge the gap between innovation and last-mile delivery by combining semiconductor technology with healthcare-focused engineering and entrepreneurship.
Overall, the initiative represents a meaningful step toward building a more resilient, technology-driven healthcare ecosystem and positioning India as a global hub for smart, secure, and scalable medical devices.
Manish Kothari, SVP at Silicon Labs, expressed strong interest in working closely with start-ups incubated at CfHE. He emphasized that early-stage collaboration is key to bringing advanced technologies into the medical device space.
He also noted that this initiative is unique in India, as it gives start-ups direct access to Silicon Labs’ energy-efficient wireless MCU chips with edge machine learning capabilities. As part of the program, Silicon Labs and CfHE will jointly host workshops where entrepreneurs can gain hands-on experience with advanced chipsets and IoT-enabled microprocessor platforms.
Professor Renu John, Founding Director and Chair of CfHE, noted that the partnership aligns with national priorities around indigenous innovation, deep-tech entrepreneurship, and self-reliance in critical healthcare technologies. She also highlighted that CfHE fellows and start-ups will benefit from direct collaboration with industry experts on joint technology development.
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