Kalam Institute of Health Technology or KIHT is a Government of India project supported by the

Department of Biotechnology The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is an Indian government department, under the Ministry of Science and Technology responsible for administrating development and commercialisation in the field of modern biology and biotechnology in India. It ...

. The institution established in July 2017 is named in honour of

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (; 15 October 193127 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied phy ...

and is located at Visakhapatnam within the campus of

Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone(AMTZ) is a medical technology park with Common Manufacturing Facilities & Common Scientific Facilities that include specialized laboratories, warehousing and testing centers such as the Center for Electromagnetic comp ...

. The institute was established under

Make in India Make in India is an initiative by the Government of India to create and encourage companies to develop, manufacture and assemble products made in India and incentivize dedicated investments into manufacturing. The policy approach was to creat ...

Government programme.

Institution

Kalam Institute of Health Technology is focused on

research and development Research and development (R&D or R+D), known in Europe as research and technological development (RTD), is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products, and improving existi ...

of medical devices and medical technology exports. The Institute is supported by

Ministry of Science and Technology A Science Ministry or Department of Science is a ministry or other government agency charged with science. The ministry is often headed by a Minister for Science. List of Ministries of Science Many countries have a Ministry of Science or Ministry ...

Programme and research

The institute will provide research and development of medical devices information for Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone Limited and ties up with research for The Joanna Briggs Institute and

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...

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Programme and research

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