⦁ Announces the winners of the first edition of SHIFT |The healthcare hackathon
⦁ The Rs. 14 lakhs in prize money will be shared by the winning teams – Phoenix with students from Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, Team BEES with students from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, and AI Hacks for fun with students from The Northcap University, Gurgaon
⦁ The 24-hour hackathon focused on three themes, Access to Care, Digitally Enabled Services, and Smart Fluoroscopic Imaging
Team Phoenix with students from Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore were the winners of first Siemens Healthineers SHIFT healthcare hackathon. Team BEES with students from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, and AI Hacks for fun with students from The Northcap University, Gurgaon won the second and third place.
The hackathon was held exclusively for students and budding start-ups to advance healthcare with innovation and technology. Over 300 teams participated in the hackathon, which focused on three themes – Access to Care, Digitally Enabled Services, and Smart Fluoroscopic Imaging. After rigorous evaluation, 12 teams were shortlisted for the in-person event at the Siemens Healthineers Technology Center in Bengaluru. 10 student teams and two start-ups worked around the clock for 24 hours to develop and demonstrate working prototypes of their novel ideas.
#1 Phoenix from Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore won Rs. 5 lakhs for their prototype on Indigenous Noninvasive glucometer
#2 Team BEES from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore won Rs. 3 lakhs for their Affordable Neonatal Deafness Screener
#3 AI Hacks for Fun from The Northcap University, Gurgaon won Rs. 1 lakh for their product idea Assessment of Human Skin Burn using Deep Learning and Transfer Learning Techniques
The shortlisted teams got opportunities to interact with senior business leaders, subject matter experts, and clinical professionals from the organization to take their ideas forward. The participants were also able to explore internship and collaboration opportunities.
Sharing his thoughts on the hackathon, Dileep Mangsuli, Head of the Development Center, Siemens Healthineers, said “It was exciting and refreshing to see students and start-ups experimenting with new thinking and racing against the clock to realize their novel ideas. The hackathon captures the essence of SHIFT (Siemens Healthineers Innovation Ecosystem) by accelerating innovation through collaboration beyond borders. Harnessing the potential of young talent is a key to constantly bringing breakthrough innovations to market – for the benefit of patients, medical professionals, and society.”
The Siemens Healthineers SHIFT hackathon is an annual event that aims to build bridges and open new creative forums, in addition to their existing research and development initiatives. Siemens Healthineers SHIFT, the companies’ innovation ecosystem, is driven by the New Ambition phase of the Siemens Healthineers Strategy 2025 that addresses the greatest opportunities in healthcare: fighting the most threatening diseases, enabling efficient operations, and expanding access to care. Siemens Healthineers SHIFT connects people, resources, and tools in one comprehensive ecosystem, enabling collaboration beyond borders and accelerating innovation globally. Through Siemens Healthineers SHIFT, the organization seeks to harness the collective expertise both inside and outside of Siemens Healthineers.For everyone. Everywhere. As a leading medical technology company headquartered in Erlangen, Germany, Siemens Healthineers and its regional companies is continuously developing its product and service portfolio, with AI-supported applications and digital offerings that play an increasingly important role in the next generation of medical technology. These new applications will enhance the company’s foundation in in-vitro diagnostics, image-guided therapy, in-vivo diagnostics, and innovative cancer care. Siemens Healthineers also provides a range of services and solutions to enhance healthcare providers’ ability to provide high-quality, efficient care. In fiscal 2021, which ended on September 30, 2021, Siemens Healthineers, which has approximately 66,000 employees worldwide, generated revenue of €18.0 billion and adjusted EBIT of €3.1 billion. Further information is available at www.siemens-healthineers.com.
Siemens Healthineers in India is Great Place to Work® certified, with over 3,900 employees across the nation. With a countrywide sales network and round-the-clock service set-up, two manufacturing facilities at Vadodara for Diagnostics and at Bengaluru for Medical Imaging Products, backed by a state-of-the-art R&D center as well as a global software development center at Bengaluru; we are playing a significant role in transforming care delivery in India and supporting healthcare providers across the entire range of patient care – from prevention and early detection to diagnosis and on to treatment and aftercare.
