Belagavi, 1st December, 2021: The ICU unit at Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences has been renovated by bringing in new medical equipment with the support of Cigniti Technologies. Inauguration of the ICU happened in the virtual presence of Mr. Paul Trotter, Dy. CTO at Atom, Mr. Srikanth Chakkilam, CEO at Cigniti Technologies and Mr. Krishnan Venkatachary, CFO at Cigniti. Dr. Viveki, Director, BIMS, and Mr. Mayur Patnala, Founder and CEO, Nirmaan Organization have graced the occasion at the Hospital.
Cigniti Technologies, the world’s leading independent Quality Engineering and Software Testing services company, partnered with the Nirmaan Organization to provide medical equipment to the ICU ward of Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS) in the Belagavi district of Karnataka. Cigniti donated ECG machines, oxygen cylinders, X-ray machines, air conditioners for the ICU ward, computers for the hospital staff, crash carts, ICU medical trolleys, surgical trolleys, suction apparatus, NIV masks, and other medical equipment to the hospital to support India's fight against COVID-19.
"As a socially responsible organization, we’re committed to supporting India's recovery from the COVID-19 second wave. We are happy to be a part of this project to improve Karnataka's medical infrastructure, which will help rural residents get better healthcare during and after the pandemic." Srikanth Chakkilam, Chief Executive Officer of Cigniti Technologies, stated on the occasion.
"We thank Cigniti and Nirmaan for supporting BIMS Belagavi with crucial ICU medical equipment. The much-needed oxygen cylinders and NIV masks will help the hospital supplement their oxygen supplies and prepare for future emergencies." Dr. Viveki, Director, BIMS.
Shri. Mayur Patnala, Founder and CEO of the implementation partner, Nirmaan Organization, thanked Srikanth Chakkilam, Dr. Viveki, and the District Collector for supporting the program.
About Cigniti: Cigniti Technologies Limited (NSE: CIGNITITEC, BSE: 534758), global leader in providing IP-led, strategic digital assurance, software quality engineering, testing and consulting services, is headquartered in Hyderabad, India, with offices in USA, U.K., UAE, Australia, Czech Republic and Singapore. Leading global enterprises including Fortune 500 & Global 2000, trust us to accelerate their digital transformation, continuously expand their digital horizons and assure their digital next. We bring the power of AI into Agile and DevOps and offer digital services encompassing intelligent automation, big data analytics, cloud migration assurance, 5G Assurance, Customer experience assurance and much more. Our IP, next-gen quality engineering platform, BlueSwan helps assure digital next by predicting and preventing unanticipated application failures, thereby assisting our clients in accelerating their adoption of digital.
About Nirmaan: Nirmaan is an NGO founded in 2005 by a group of BITS Pilani students with the goal of creating a knowledge-driven and economically empowered society. Nirmaan works in the areas of education, livelihood, and social leadership. In the last 16 years of their journey, Nirmaan has impacted 16 lakh lives of children, youth, women, and farmers across 15 states of India by partnering with 75+ corporate and government institutions.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nirmaan has supported many government hospitals and frontline health workers by donating ICU beds, isolation beds, ventilators, PPE kits, masks, sanitizers, ration, and livelihood kits, etc. So far, Nirmaan has helped 44 government hospitals in Telangana set up and upgrade ICU wards, as well as 20 government hospitals in Karnataka and 34 government hospitals in Andhra Pradesh with the help of corporate partners.
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