Neurosynaptics Communications Pvt. Ltd’s team developed a portable diagnostics kit that helped connect rural patients with doctors in cities; it is a model involving pharmaceutical companies and health-care service providers. The Bangalore-based firm has finally received some recognition with the World Economic Forum (WEF) choosing it as one of the 39 technology pioneers from a list of 273 nominees. Neurosynaptics, the only company from India in a list dominated by 23 US firms, has been picked for its ReMeDi (Remote Medical Diagnostics) range of products. Neurosynaptic’s product is sophisticated and hugely ambitious. The company’s bold aim is to transform, through technology, the cost and delivery of health care to India’s villages. It’s done through a portable medical diagnostic kit the size of a boom box. Priced at an estimated $300 the kit performs five key tests, including blood pressure, temperature, and even an electrocardiogram, and relays the information from rural settings to top city hospitals via computer. The cost per exam: anywhere from 38

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