The Director-General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Rajiv Bahl, on Saturday said that the Centre was keen on reducing the country’s dependence on import and provide high quality, affordable assistive technologies to every person in need.
Dr. Bahl launched the National Center for Assistive Health Technologies at the IIT Madras Research Park (NCAHT-IITM), an initiative of ICMR that aimed to boost research and development in assistive technologies. He said people with different kinds of disabilities now had to either compromise on quality or pay a huge price for such assistive technology products.
