CIP – Clinical Immersion Program

CIP is the route in for people who are not yet a company. It is a hot-desking service designed for individuals rather than teams, and it exists to let someone explore the healthcare system by talking to the doctors, scientists, researchers, bio-medical staff, manufacturers and start-ups already working in it. You register and pay; there is no selection step.

What you get

• A privilege card giving access to the clinical areas of Narayana Health City
• Up to two hours a week of desk space at the foundation
• Up to two hours a month with a clinician matched to what you are working on
• Regulatory liaisoning towards FDA, ISO, CE and Indian device certification
• Help designing a research proposal for ethics committee clearance, and matching to apply as a co-principal investigator on research grants
• Pay-per-use access to wet labs, cell culture, flow cytometry, microscopy and biomaterial characterisation
• 100 Mbps internet, a conference room, video conferencing and an amphitheatre for events
• Multi-disciplinary physician lectures and round-tables, observation of procedures in small groups, internal broadcasting from clinical areas to start-up teams, and hands-on simulation
• Interaction with the foundation's research programmes in cancer biology, immunology, informatics and biomaterials

Who can apply

• Anyone thinking about a healthcare start-up, whatever their background: researcher, technologist, doctor, engineer or business professional
• People still at the ideation stage, and teams looking for validation
• Designed for individuals, so the entitlements are per person rather than per team

How to apply: Register for the programme and pay the fee by bank transfer to the foundation, quoting the programme name, then send proof of payment. You are given a time-sheet to track the services you use. Queries go to tbi@ms-mf.org.