Hyderabad, India, June 30: The Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad has announced a strategic collaboration with Silicon Labs to accelerate the development and deployment of next–generation smart medical devices designed and manufactured in India.

This partnership aims to empower Indian medical device start-ups and innovators by integrating advanced embedded systems, edge computing architectures, low-power wireless health monitoring technologies, secure IoT-enabled medical platforms, and AI-driven diagnostic and remote healthcare solutions — powered by Silicon Labs’ semiconductor technologies. 

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed on this Occasion between Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) and Silicon Labs to work together in nurturing Entrepreneurship in Healthcare. 

Manish Kothari, SVP, Silicon Labs on this occasion expressed the keen interest of the company in working with the start-ups incubated at CfHE. This initiative will be first of its kind in India where the start-ups will have support and access to the range of energy efficient wireless MCU chips with edge-ML capability from Silicon to power their hardware. He emphasized the need for working with innovators as early as their design stage to enable latest technologies to be introduced into medical device market. With this plan in mind, Silicon Labs with the CfHE team will be jointly conducting workshops where medical device entrepreneurs will be working with the experts in familiarizing themselves with the advanced chipsets and IoT enabled microprocessor boards from Silicon Labs. 

Driving Technology for Social Impact

Silicon Labs will also support CfHE in this engagement through their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative by financially and technically supporting the roll-out of pilot projects in hospitals and healthcare centres, where the startups would be able to carry out early-stage deployment of their devices with Silicon Labs chipsets. This CSR-led engagement is envisaged to be impactful in many ways, creating solutions that are:

• Affordable and accessible for underserved populations

• Designed for reliability in resource-constrained settings

• Secure and compliant with global regulatory standards

• Scalable for both Indian and international markets

By incorporating Silicon Labs’ chips into next–generation health-tech solutions, the collaboration will strengthen India’s deep-tech medical device ecosystem and accelerate the translation of research innovations into real-world healthcare impact.

Building Globally Competitive, Made-in-India Medical Devices

The collaboration focuses on advancing:

• Advanced embedded medical systems

• Low-power wireless patient monitoring platforms

• Edge-enabled remote diagnostics

• Secure IoT-integrated clinical devices

• AI-enabled decision-support technologies

Through joint development, prototyping, validation, and deployment efforts, CfHE and Silicon Labs will work toward creating regulatory-compliant medical devices capable of global competitiveness while maintaining affordability for Indian healthcare systems.

Strengthening the Innovation Ecosystem

CfHE has built a strong track record in nurturing medical device start-ups, fostering IP creation, and supporting commercialization pathways. With this CSR partnership, Silicon Labs will contribute technical expertise, semiconductor platforms, and ecosystem support to accelerate product development cycles and enhance device reliability and performance. Professor Renu John, the Founding Director and Chair for CfHE mentioned that this collaboration aligns with national missions promoting indigenous innovation, deep-tech entrepreneurship, and self-reliance in critical healthcare technologies. CfHE fellows and start-ups will get the unique experience of working directly with companies in developing joint technologies. 

Enabling Scalable Healthcare Solutions

The joint initiative will not only focus on device innovation but also on deployment strategies targeting primary healthcare centers, rural health systems, and urban hospitals. By combining advanced semiconductor technologies with healthcare-focused engineering and entrepreneurship, the partnership seeks to bridge the gap between innovation and last-mile delivery.

This collaboration marks a significant step toward building a resilient, technology-enabled healthcare ecosystem — positioning India as a global hub for smart, secure, and scalable medical devices.