Niranjan Khambete

Dr Niranjan D. Khambete, an Instrumentation Engineer, received his Masters from IIT, Bombay and PhD from The University of Sheffield, UK, both in Biomedical Engineering. Over 30 years, he has focused on Research and Development in Medical Devices, Health Technology Management, Quality Assurance and Patient Safety, and Capacity building.

As a Clinical Engineer in a 1000 bed tertiary care hospital, his innovative approach to assessing quality and safety of medical equipment complements the conventional HTM activities. He has contributed to setting up specialized clinical seNices namely Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and lntraoperative Neuromonitoring. 

He is associated with the Biomedical Engineering Society of India and Global Clinical Engineering Alliance. He received WHO's Patient Safety Award (2010) and the American College of Clinical Engineering's Antonio Hernandez International Clinical Engineering Award (2011 ). He has seNed on WHO's Expert Committee on Technical Specifications Database for Medical Devices. 

Currently, as a member of Professional Council for Biomedical Engineers and Medical Equipment Technologists, he is involved in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India's initiative on drafting regulations for Allied and Healthcare Professionals of India. He is deeply committed to ensuring increased access to safe, effective and affordable health technologies to patients around the world.