b'26 Member News July 2023CommunitiesMeet RaviIETHK @ 35 Ramaswamy The IET Hong Kong Local Networkis celebrating its 35th year in August with a carnival of engineering in the area which aims to inspire and promote STEM. Geddy Lee MIET is Ravi Ramaswamy MIET is the Chair of the Healthcarethe Chair of Session for 2023 and is Working Group of the IET Future Tech Panel and anplaying a key role in organising the established figure in the Indian Healthcare Industrycelebrations. with a career spanning over four decades. After retiring from Philips in 2020,What drives Ravi is the challenge ofWe are excited to announce the Ravi now advises global and localevangelizing affordable healthcare toIETHK@35 Engineering Carnival, which healthcare corporations on strategy,help everyone in society have accesswill take place on 19 and 20 August. growth, diversification, product, andto effective healthcare. He has been program management. He is also ona task force member of several IndianThe carnival will feature a wide range the board of several incubators, start- Government committees at the Centralof exhibits, workshops, and activities ups, and educational institutions.and State level and is a regular speakeraimed at promoting STEM to families in Indian/International conferences on healthcare. Ravi has been chairing theand the wider community. We are Healthcare Working Group of the IETconfident that these events will be a Future Tech Panel in India since 2016.great success and encourage all our The IET Indias Healthcare Working Group has been doing pathbreakingmembers to attend and participate.work, especially in epidemic prevention and prediction, harnessing the power ofAI and publicly available data.Hong Kong Science Ravi Ramaswamys dedication toand Technology Ravi Ramaswamy MIET, Chair, Healthcare Working Group, IET Future Tech Panel using health tech to make healthcarePark for a Mini accessible to everyone is anRobocon, a technical At Philips he focused on productinspiration to all young engineersvisit to the WEEE development for the developedlooking to make a mark in the health- Eco Park learning world, while solving the challengetech industry.about new recycling of making healthcare products thatprocesses, and the meet the specific clinical needs inHong Kong Young emerging markets. Women Engineer of Ravis outstandingthe year awards. Geddy Lee MIET, Chair,contribution to healthcareIET Hong Kong (Session 2023) The HK Local Network was recently recognisedis the largest outside when he was felicitatedGeddy is a drivingthe UK with over by Health 2.0 in a globalforce within the5000 members and HK Local Networkled by local volunteers tech conference in Dubai.and has overseenwho come together He was nominated by hismultiple events andto organise events peers and shortlisted forinitiatives alreadythat will provide this year includingopportunities to learn the award for his career- collaborating with theand meet new people.long dedication to making Ravi and his wife, at the Health 2.0 Award healthcare accessible to all. ceremony in Dubai Find out more about our local networks and other IET Communities Find out more about the IET Future Tech Panel on our website on our website.india.theiet.org/innovation-knowledge/iet-future-tech-panel'