kanpur iitkanpur alumnus ajay dubey and his wife rooma dubey have contributed usd 250000 rs 2 crore for seeding health technology innovations an mou was signed between iitk director prof abhay karandikar and dubey on december 6dubey and his wife generously contributed towards instituting the rooma ajay dubey healthcare innovation ideation programme hii programme with an aim to fund and nurture innovations in health technology and build an ecosystem to nurture startups founded by students in the healthtech domain the programme will expose students to various problems and motivate them to come up with technology solutions and develop ideas for the betterment of the healthcare system under the umbrella of startup incubation innovation centre siic iit kanpur students will get funding and networking opportunities to fasttrack their growth and build a culture of entrepreneurship on this occasion karandikar said healthtech innovations under the rd ecosystem of iit kanpur have grown manifold in the last few years we also have a growing number of incubated startups working in healthcare on behalf of the institute i gratefully acknowledge ajay dubey and rooma dubeys contribution towards supporting more robust technological advancements in healthcare to make india selfreliant this generous endeavour would surely encourage more young people to develop affordable technologies for indias healthtech sectordubey said the aim of instituting hii program is to find solutions that have been designed developed and manufactured in india affordable healthcare is already a huge challenge the only way forward is for india to create its own solutions designing developing and innovating here to come out with equipment processes that work in india and at a scale that we need it dean of resources alumni relations prof kantesh balani said iit kanpur extends sincere gratitude to ajay dubey and rooma dubey for their generous contribution this will encourage young innovators to make an impact in the domain of healthtech ajay dubey a 1980 graduate of the chemical engineering department at iit kanpur has over 30 years of industry experience he has served as the vice president at infosys and head of infosys pune development center he has also served as coo of persistent systems and as an angel investor at uniken he has also contributed towards instituting scholarships for under and post graduate students at iit kanpur