Leadership
The people guiding MediValley’s mission to turn breakthrough ideas into validated, scalable MedTech and Biotech solutions.
Dr. Jitendra Sharma
Executive Chairman, MediValley Incubation Council
Dr. Jitendra Sharma is the Executive Chairman of MediValley Incubation Council (MediValley), driving its vision to strengthen India’s healthcare innovation and MedTech ecosystem.
As the Founder CEO and Managing Director of Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ), he has played a pivotal role in building an integrated ecosystem that brings together innovation, incubation, technology development, testing, manufacturing and commercialization.
Through MediValley, this ecosystem is extended to startups, researchers and innovators, providing access to advanced infrastructure, technical expertise and industry-oriented support to help transform promising ideas into market-ready healthcare technologies.
His work focuses on creating an environment where scientific innovation can move beyond the laboratory and progress towards real-world healthcare impact.
Dr. Dilip Kumar Chekuri
Chief Executive Officer, MediValley Incubation Council
A biomedical technologist specialising in the application of technology and innovation in the medical devices and manufacturing sector.
Began a career at the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), Ministry of Health, Government of India, with further experience at The World Bank on the Uttar Pradesh Health Systems Strengthening Project (UPHSSP), and with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), NUHM and the Ayushman Bharat – HWC project.
Since 2017, part of the Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ), the world’s first integrated medical device manufacturing ecosystem, and the Kalam Institute of Health Technology (KIHT), a Government of India funded technology policy institute, assisting the Bureau of Indian Standards in formulating 559 medical device standards, and specifications for the Government e-Marketplace (GeM).
A board member as Additional Director – Technical of the MediValley incubator under AIC, NITI Aayog, and the Bio-Valley incubator under the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India; and adjunct technical expert to the Chairman, Technical Committee of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Medical Devices and the four Medical Devices Parks, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Government of India.
559 medical device standards formulated with the Bureau of Indian Standards.