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IIT alumni Council to home deliver first Home-Grown Fourth Generation Vaccine

background in home science. bled a formidable force across partner fund.
I saw first-hand how the IIT the continents and disciplines Clearly the MegaLab format iit alumni council is the
Alumni Council team mem- for Covid 19 prevention. Their has huge potential at a global largest global body of
bers worked 24/7 to turn every Covid initiative has won both level for multiple diseases. As
single healthcare paradigm on my admiration and allegiance. a born digital initiative led by alumni across all the twen-
its head in internet time to vis- One that particularly appeals the fabled IIT alumni commu- ty-three iits and partnering
ible and tangible results. Based to me is their take on devel- nity, the 360-degree approach institutes of the india in-
on my own experience, I can oping an entire prophylactic taken by the IIT Alumni Coun-
now understand why IITians stack that is upgradeable and cil from prevention to wellness novation network (i2net).
can create unicorns like no one not just a single onetime rem- is unprecedented. Converting
else in the world can, adds Ms edy. Prophylactics, therapeu- social ventures with zero reve- The C19 Task Force was
Pallavi Jain Managing Director tics and tonics are all essential nue to serve as the foundation set up by the Global Board
and founding shareholder of to prevent, heal and regener- to create listed unicorns with- of the IIT Alumni Council in
Krsnaa Diagnostics, a MegaL- ate from this affliction. Here in months is disruptive. This March 2020 to supplement and
ab partner organization funded is a remarkable convergence approach can radically trans- complement the efforts of the
by a MegaFund partner Fund. of neoteric technologies and form the start-up ecosystem central and state governments
All the four MegaLab part- data science complementing in India, added Ms Mrinalini in the fight against C19. Its
ner organizations are expected modern and traditional sys- Gupta, Executive Director of term ended on August 15th,
to trace a similar path as Krs- tems of health and medicine! the Ashmolean Fund, a Mega- 2020. Initiatives catalyzed by
naa for creation of listed uni- I have always believed that the Fund partner. Mrinalini is one the Task Force successfully in-
corns in keeping with the vision whole is greater than the sum of India’s best known branding clude the NSCI Dome, Covid
MoU signed between BSE and of its parts, added Ms Christina experts and was among the first Test Bus, MegaLab, MegaTx
the IIT Alumni Council. Watson, Founder of Wellness set of volunteers to join the C19 and MegaIncubator. The India
At almost warp speed the Lifestyle and Board Member Task Force. She led the brand- Vaccine Stack initiative is being
IIT Alumni Council has assem- of Digital India, a MegaFund ing team that created the brand. launched on June 1, 2021.

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