Local Firm Facilitates Deal Between Univ of California, San Diego and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Avantiya Health, LLC, a San Diego based advisory company has successfully orchestrated a deal between the University of California, San Diego Health Sciences and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. The deal to create the International Medical Center in Kharagpur will include a 350 bed tertiary care hospital, a medical school and a research and development center. This agreement – marked by a signing ceremony in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India on Aug 18, 2009 – is the beginning of a strong educational, research and clinical partnership between UC San Diego Health Sciences and IIT, Kharagpur. IIT, Kharagpur is the first and largest of the IIT chain of higher education institutes in India that focuses on engineering and technology. The goal is to jointly establish a state-of-the-art medical center at IIT Kharagpur, which will be the first of its kind between a U.S. University and an Indian Institution.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) November 8, 2009 -- Avantiya Health, LLC, a San Diego based advisory company has successfully orchestrated a deal between the University of California, San Diego Health Sciences and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. The deal to create the International Medical Center in Kharagpur will include a 350 bed tertiary care hospital, a medical school and a research and development center. This agreement – marked by a signing ceremony in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India on Aug 18, 2009 – is the beginning of a strong educational, research and clinical partnership between UC San Diego Health Sciences and IIT, Kharagpur. IIT, Kharagpur is the first and largest of the IIT chain of higher education institutes in India that focuses on engineering and technology. The goal is to jointly establish a state-of-the-art medical center at IIT Kharagpur, which will be the first of its kind between a U.S. University and an Indian Institution.

“We are delighted to have been such an integral part of this historic deal. This will allow a path to be paved towards creating a healthcare system that is world class and second to none in quality and outcomes,” said Deven Parlikar, President & CEO of Avantiya Health, LLC. “This will allow both institutions to exploit their individual strengths to create an even stronger health center in India,” Parlikar pointed out.

“This is the kind of lightening rod that the Indian healthcare system needs to come into its own,” said Milan Patel, Avantiya’s Chairman and COO. “We continue to be humbled at what Indian healthcare institutions are able to achieve, with little or no resources. This unique partnership will result in the creation of a leading edge facility and be a tremendous learning experience not only for UCSD and IIT, but also for the global healthcare community.”

“This exciting partnership is an extension of UC San Diego Health Sciences’ traditional core mission – to provide excellent and compassionate patient care, advance medical discoveries and educate future health care providers,” said Mounir Soliman, MD, MBA, executive director of UC San Diego Health Sciences International. “The establishment of an academic medical center to include the best in clinical care, as well as undergraduate and post-graduate programs in medical education, will be a perfect partnership – bringing together the strengths of both institutions.”

“In addition to IIT’s strong education and research focus in engineering and the sciences, we also are keenly interested in medical science and technology, including biotechnology, imaging, drug development and other important areas of medical research,” said Professor Damodar Acharya, director of IIT, Kharagpur. “The collaboration is believed to be among the first between an IIT and a public U.S. university in the field of medical education and research.” Acharya also pointed out, “The aim is to initiate technology leveraged medical education and research to provide holistic health care for the entire life cycle at affordable cost to underprivileged, poor and tribal population of the region.”

“As a well recognized, world-renowned institution, UC San Diego has earned a highly respected, branded name in the areas of clinical service, management, education and research. It is the only academic medical center in San Diego with an array of training and educational programs which will be useful to train international-based medical and administrative personnel who have access to clinical trials, the latest treatments and technology,” said Tom McAfee, MD, dean of Clinical Affairs at UC San Diego Health Sciences.

In addition to this project, Avantiya Health, LLC also provides advisory services for local US based companies to go to India and seek a new market for their offerings; services include an introduction to the India market, pre feasibility studies to enter the Indian market, exploratory visits to India and then the development and execution of a full fledged business strategy to enter the Indian market. “We consider ourselves to be the “go to” guys for healthcare strategy for entering the Indian market. It can be overwhelming and a difficult landscape to navigate and we provide the necessary buffer to ease that transition,” said Parlikar.

Founded in 2006, Avantiya Health, LLC is a San Diego based healthcare advisory and consulting company with field offices in Delhi, India and Hong Kong. More information can be found on www.avantiya.com.

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