Nachiket Daval

In a country where 37 per cent of patients on mechanical ventilators get pneumonia and where 50 per cent of babies are born away from well-equipped hospitals, these medical marvels are proven life-savers.

Research indicates that almost 160,000 premature babies die every year in India, mostly in rural areas, from Respiratory Distress Syndrome. An enterprising duo has developed a low cost portable device to save these lives.