Nadi Tarangini, an indigenously developed pulse diagnostic tool, has become India’s first ayurvedic medical device to receive approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), the national regulator for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices in the country.
- The device is the brainchild of Padma Bhushan awardee Prof. J.B. Joshi, Chancellor of the Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly UDCT) and President of Marathi Vidnyan Parishad.
- It has been developed by Dr Aniruddha Joshi following over six years of research at IIT Bombay.
- The duo shared details about the device at a press conference held in Pune on Monday.
- The price of Nadi Tarangini is Rs. 55,000 and its manufacturing company, Atreya Innovations, is based in Hinjewadi, Pune. At present, the company has the capacity to manufacture 5,000 Nadi Tarangini devices per year.