A Indian Social Enterprise

Overview
Founded in 2008
Rahul Panicker & Jane Chen
Headquartered @ Bangalore

Vision
Our vision is to create innovative healthcare
technologies to help combat maternal and infant
mortality in developing countries

Mission
Embrace Innovations is working to help millions of

vulnerable babies through its revolutionary infant

warmers.

Products
Kangaroo Mother Care
Embrace Nest
Embrace Care

Kangaroo Mother Care

Low birth weight and preterm babies often need
extra support to maintain normal body temperature,
to feed, and to fight against infections.
Kangaroo
Mother
Care
(KMC)
is
the
recommended way of providing care to low birth
weight or preterm babies through
Early, continuous, and prolonged skin-to-skin
contact between the mother and
the baby
Exclusive breastfeeding (ideally)

Embrace Nest
Easy-to-use,
Portable infant warmer that
Does not need continuous power supply.
Usage in both hospitals and ambulances,
When skin-to-skin is not possible

Embrace Care
Used in homes or hospitals.
It works without electricity,
Easy to use healthcare worker or a mother.
Doctors prescribe it as a complement to skin-to-skin
care to extend reliable thermal care for vulnerable

babies

Awards and Recognitions

IN 2013
The Economist Innovation Award, Schwab Foundations Global
Social Entrepreneur of the Year award
IN 2012
Fast Companys Innovation by Design Award
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)'s International Design
Excellence Awards (IDEA) Gold Prize for Social Impact Design &
IDSA's IDEA Peoples Choice
Index Design to Improve Life Award
Emerging Company of the Year Award by Government of
Recognition by the World Health Organization (WHO), 2013, 2012
and 2010
One of the 20 organizations in India to receive a grant from the World
Bank under the Development Marketplace initiative

Special Moments
Beyonce donates $125,000
Short Meeting with Obama
Grand Challenges picks EI for Stars of
Global health
Recognized for Economists

Innovations Award 2013

Narayana Murthy deploys tech solutions

THANK YOU