India, April 15 -- TheIndian Institute of Technology Madras(IIT-M) has launched India's first 'medical devices calibration facility on wheels'. This has been developed by IIT-M under its 'Anaivarukkum IITM' (IIT-M for all) Initiatives.

Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT-M launched this facility at the campus in the presence of Prof. R. Sarathi, Dean (Planning), Prof. M. Anbarasu (Head, CEC), Prof. S. Ramakrishnan, faculty and students.

Highlighting the importance of this initiative, Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras,"Proper Diagnosis and treatment are extremely important and for that the medical devices need to be calibrated accurately and frequently. With escalating cost for calibration this effort not only reduces the cost of cali...