Overseas firms evince interest in EMRI tech

Satyam Global Life Network, a wing of Satyam Computer Services, which provides technology support to the Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), is now looking at offering its services offshore.

Speaking to Business Standard, EMRI chief executive officer Venkat Changavalli, said there had been requests from Egyptian and African countries for replication of the EMRI services. Though there are no plans at present to extend its footprint to other countries, Satyam Global is actively considering to tie up with some local partners there for technology transfer.

A few European agencies too have shown interest in the technology to upgrade their emergency management services. “The talks are on and it will take two months to forge an alliance with the partners,” Venkat said. The company will also assist in benchmarking the ambulances for standardisation of services and care extended to the patients.

EMRI operates about 1,200 ambulances in six states and plans to ramp up presence in five more states by February 2009. It would add over 5,000 ambulances in the next phase.

An international conference — Transforming emergency management through leadership and technology — focusing on leardership, technology research and learning, is to be conducted by the institute in February.