Mr Sameer Sawarkar (CEO), Neurosynaptic, Interview with Mckinsey  
  In this video interview, he discusses ReMeDi—his low-cost telemedicine solution that aims to connect rural patients to urban doctors via the Internet. McKinsey’s Clay Chandler interviewed Mr. Sawarkar at Neurosynaptic’s Bangalore office in April.  
   
 
 
 
 
 
CNBC News About Neurosynaptic Communications Pvt. Ltd.
  
   
 
 
   
 
While urban India boasts world-class hospitals, a majority of the 741 million Indians living in villages do not have access to even basic medical facilities. This paradox gave birth to Sameer Sawarkar's Neurosynaptic, which seeks to bridge the gap through telemedicine.
  
   
 
 
   
 
MARK TWAIN’S famous saying, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it,” applies very much for agriculture.
 
   
 
 
   
 
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, more than 16,000 farmers committed suicide in 2008. "While nothing much can be done to change catastrophic weather which destroys crops, advances in meteorology can help farmers prepare for emergencies," says Sameer Sawarkar, CEO, Neurosynaptic Communications. 
 
   
 
 
   
 
Could information and communication technology (ICT) be that great leveler that has eluded society from the beginnings of modern civilization?
 
   
 
 
An Electro Cardiogram (ECG) test for Rs. 25? What’s more, an electronic ECG
 
   
 
 
   
 
There is a huge gap between the state of the art of health care, which is available in urban areas and developed countries
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Telemedicine and medical equipment required for traditional telemedicine are unaffordable to most rural populations. Power availability, connectivity and non-availability of skilled medical practitioners pose further constraints. ReMeDi telemedicine solution overcomes these issues with the cost per consultation being less than a dollar per teleconsultation.
 
   
 
 
   
 
We are continuing our coverage of the prestigious World Economic Forum's Technology Pioneer Awards in the Biotech/Health category. Neurosynaptic Communications Pvt Ltd, a Bangalore, India firm,
 
   
 
 
   
 
Chennai: When Sameer Sawarkar and his team developed a telemedicine product that helped connect rural patients with doctors in cities, they thought their product, which they consider technologically superior to anything else available in the market, would be enough to make their business venture a success.
  
   
 
 
   
 
Like most doctors, Radha Srinivasan’s day starts early, which is hardly surprising, given the steady stream of patients waiting to meet her. Unlike other doctors though, Radha begins her workday by logging on to Yahoo Messenger. No, she isn’t a chat addict; it’s just part of her job, which also involves treating patients who live in remote locations.
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
The ReMeDi™ (Remote Medical Diagnostics) range of products developed in collaboration with the TeNeT group of the IIT Madras, allows transmission of various vital parameters about the patient to a doctor for preliminary diagnosis, either in real-time or in a store-and-forward mode.
  
   
 
 
   
 
Agriculture is influenced by several factors like climatic, physiological, biological, economic factors etc and certain risk is involved with each factor. Amongst these climatic factors are one of the major risks. Farmers can mitigate the risk of yield losses due to unfavorable climatic conditions through some risk mitigating models like weather based insurances.
  
   
 
 
   
 
A nifty medical device combined with a non-profit group powers Telemedicine in UP and MP. Winmax and 3G networks could be the Big Game Changer for Neurosynaptic.
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
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