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The Society for Biomedical Technology (SBMT) is an interministerial initiative of the Government of India established to promote healthcare by providing indigenous solutions in the field of equipment and devices.
The Society for Biomedical Technology was established under the Department of Defence Research and Development in collaboration with Department of Science and Technology, Department of Rural Development and Ministry of Welfare. The Ministry of Health has also joined this effort. The Society is supported by the Laboratories of Defence Research and Development Organisation, the Technology Information & Forecasting Assessment Council and a few other well known Medical Centres.
The Society was officially launched on 27 June 1993 at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad by Dr. P Rama Rao, the then Secretary, DST in the presence of His Excellency Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India, the then Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri and Chairman, SBMT. The Society was registered at Bangalore under the Registrar of Societies, Karnataka on 1st October 1993 and the registered office of SBMT is located at Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory (DEBEL), Bangalore. The Director, DEBEL functions as the Chief Executive of the Society.
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
Chairman
- Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri
Co-chairman
- Secretary, Department of Science and Technology
Members
- Secretary, Health, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi
- Chief Controller Res & Dev (LS & HR), DRDO
- Additional FA, DRDO
- Director, NIRD
- Director, AIIMS, New Delhi
- Director, Shri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum
- Director, NIMHANS, Bangalore
- Chief Executive, SBMT & Director, DEBEL
- Programme Manager, SBMT
PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT BOARD
Chairman
- Chief Controller Res & Dev (LS & HR), DRDO
Members
- Rep. ICMR
- Rep. DST
- Director, DLS
- Director, DIPAS
- Director, INMAS
- Director, NSTL
- Director, DMSRDE
- Chief Executive, SBMT & Director, DEBEL Member Secy.
- Programme Manager, SBMT
ADVISORY COUNCIL
- Dr. VK Aatre, Ex-SA to RM, DRDO
- Dr, W Selvamurthy, Chief Controller Res & Dev (LS & HR), DRDO
- Dr. T Lazar Mathew, Dean, School of Bioengg & Biomedical Sciences, VIT, Vellore
- Lt. Gen. T Ravindranath (Retd.), Secunderabad
- Prof. Mayil Vahanan Natarajan, Chennai
- Dr. M Ramesh, AV Hospital, Bangalore
- Prof. GN Mathur, IIT, Kanpur
- Shri AB Deshpande, L&T Limited, Mysore
- Dr. VC Padaki, Director, DEBEL &Chief Executive, SBMT
Member Secretary
- Shri GP Agrawal, Programme Manager, SBMT
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