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covid-19 crisis in india

Meet the iit alumni who are

behind the fourth-generation

covid-19 vaccine

ture funding (PanIIT Fund), CSR Platform lab diagnostics space in 2015 and started
(PanIIT Foundation), a Thinktank (PanIIT the covid testing in midMay 2020.
Forum) a Biomolecule Mega Incubator It quickly became one of the leaders in
(PanIIT Incubator). the covid 19 space by extending the services
The IIT Alumni Council is now actively to regions like J&K, Tamilnadu, Assam,
engaged in solving the corona crisis and has Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and remote ar-
formed the C19 Task Force which has the eas of Maharashtra. Unlike most corporate
participation of over 20,000 alumni and in- CXOs, Pallavi has a background in Home
cludes Mumbai University and ICT Mum- Science something she has used to her ad-
bai as institutional partners. vantage to build a well-managed, highly ac-
C19 Task Force initiatives include the 10 curate, mega capacity RTPCR testing infra-
million tests per month MegaLab, the 50K structure which is the largest in the private
litres harvested blood per month MegaTx sector in India.
and Rs 21,000 crore MegaFund.
pallavi is a quintessential entrepreneur
starting off in the gifts and retail sector

around twenty years ago. she then moved

in the events management space and fi-
nally helped found Krsnaa diagnostics in

2010 as a diagnostic company.

ravi sharMa Krsnaa started its journey with two
centers in rural Maharashtra. These have
distinguished Alumnus of IIT Roor- grown to 2000+ centers making Krsnaa
kee, former Corporate leader and Diagnostics one of the biggest PPP or-
A now full-time Philanthropist - Ravi ganizations in India with a presence in 15
Sharma plays an active role in global revital- states. She is often invited to be a panelist,
ization and unification of IIT alumni across a speaker in various webinars and forums.
countries, across IITs and across age groups. She has been featured in various magazines
He is the President and Chief Volunteer of and is rated amongst India’s 20 top most in-
the IIT Alumni Council and also leads the fluential women.
Institute Outreach & Branding initiatives. Krsnaa was awarded as Asia’s Best and
The main deliverables of the Council Fastest Growing Healthcare & Wellness
are facilitating alumni networking, fortify- Brand by WCRC in 2014-15 and the Star of
ing Brand IIT and Brand India, catalyzing Asia Award for Health Excellence in 2016,
alumni participation in nation building and pallavi jain India Excellence Award 2020 Best Diag-
accelerating technological developments in nostics Service Company & Outstanding
key areas of our economy including start- allavi Jain is the Managing Director Achievement Award in Social Sector. She was
ups, manufacturing and digital transforma- and founding shareholder of Krsnaa recently conferred with the award of Doctor
tion. The Council has six operating missions PDiagnostics which is expected to be of Business Administration (Honoris Cau-
-- Alumni Networking (PanIIT Alumni), India’s first and fastest-grown covid uni- sa) by the National American University.
Mentorship (PanIIT Institute), Social Ven- corn. The company entered the pathology Continued on next page... >>

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