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Centre to develop orthotic devices launched at IIT Madras - 20-Jan-2015
Chennai: Shri T T Jagannathan, Chairman, TTK Prestige, inaugurated the “TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research & Device Development (R2D2)” at IIT Madras.
Shri Jagannathan is a Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Madras, having graduated in 1970 with a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering.
The TTK Group has committed Rs. 3.68 crores of funding for the Center over a 5 year period. This funding will facilitate the sustained efforts of Dr. Sujatha Srinivasan and her students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras to enable individuals with physical impairments to lead independent lives via the use of orthotic, prosthetic, and other assistive devices.
Developing assistive devices for people affected by locomotor impairments is a key focus area of Dr. Sujatha Srinivasan and her students in the Rehabilitation Research and Device Development (R2D2) group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras.
The group has developed working prototypes for various devices such as a standing wheelchair, a prosthetic knee, a swimming pool lift and a body-motion-controlled wheelchair and few more projects are in developmental stages.
The new “TTK Centre for R2D2”will leverage the engineering strengths of IIT-Madras to improve clinical outcomes and fill a huge existing void in the availability of functional, affordable assistive devices for people with locomotor impairments in India.
The purpose of the center will be to engineer and develop affordable products for our country's rehabilitation needs, work with clinical specialists, NGOs, hospitals, etc., to field-test the designs, and foster a research environment to evaluate assistive device designs and improve upon them from biomechanical and functional standpoints.
The Centre intends to work with like-minded industrial partners so that high quality designs reach the mass market at affordable prices.
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