The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing is the only Ivy League institution to offer Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees in nursing. The mission of the School, as part of a major research university, is to develop, disseminate, and utilize nursing knowledge through research, education, and clinical practice. Research guides education and shapes practice that emphasizes identification of, response to, and leadership for the healthcare needs of a multicultural world. The School of Nursing is one of 12 Schools at the University of Pennsylvania, a nationally-ranked research university founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1740. Penn Nursing is a mentor to the Human Capacity vertical at ICTPH, and jointly we aim to explore the feasibility of the Nurse Practitioner concept for the Indian subcontinent. Penn is also working closely with ICTPH for its CHW-Karambayam Program.
www.nursing.upenn.edu



With a mission to create a world class centre for leading-edge business-driven research in India, the IKP Knowledge Park (a Section 25 not-for-profit company) nestles in a 200-acre pollution free zone in Genome Valley, Hyderabad. The masterplan of the Park mirrors its objective of nurturing an environment for innovation and the expected growth in life sciences and related fields. It has a mix of ready-to-use multi - tenanted modular wet laboratory blocks (Innovation Corridors) with in- built flexibility around some common, shared facilities and support services, as well as developed land for customized R&D facilities. ICTPH and IKP Knowledge Park jointly aim to promote the shared vision of IKP Trust of connecting research to masses..
www.iciciknowledgepark.com



IFMR Trust is a private trust whose mission is to ensure that every individual and every enterprise has complete access to financial services. Their strategy for achieving this mission entails high-quality and sustainable channels for origination (credit) and distribution (non-credit financial services) that reach out to under-served locations of rural India, well-functioning rural supply chains, funding structures that use capital judiciously and an aggressive learning environment that informs regulation and innovation. ICTPH has partnered with IFMR Trust to co-develop rural health-care delivery platforms.
www.ifmrtrust.co.in




ICICI Centre for Child Health and Nutrition (ICCHN) is an interdisciplinary funding and research centre focused on the health and nutrition of vulnerable women, infants and young children in India. Working in partnership with civil society organizations, governments, research institutions and the private sector, ICCHN concentrates its efforts on developing, evaluating and mainstreaming a range of community-based and health systems strategies to achieve scaled and sustainable improvements in one of the most vital dimensions of human development. ICCHN is a thought partner for our ICTPH-CHW Karambayam Program.
www.icchn.org




Swasth India seeks to address the health requirements of the low income households and realise their objective of 'Health for All' by helping provide access to affordable and quality healthcare services and implementing disease prevention and health-promotion techniques. They partner with community-based organisations (such as NGOs, micro-finance institutions and employers) to design self-sustaining health systems based on the community's local requirements and provide a range of specialised services (like training, risk management, quality control, data management) to these institutions during the implementation process. ICTPH has partnered with Swasth India to develop a EHR platform for the TN Kiosk network.
www.swasthindia.in



SughaVazhvu is a fully owned subsidiary of IFMR Trust and the field implementation partner of ICTPH for their integrated rural healthcare pilot. Located in Tanjore District, Tamil Nadu, SughaVazhvu comprises a team of doctors, nurses and field coordinators who are all dedicated to a common cause and work as a team in trying to make access to healthcare a reality for rural populations.