ZS announces the second edition of ZS PRIZE

1 November 2022: ZS, a global management consulting and technology firm has launched the second edition of ZS PRIZE - a healthcare innovation award that aims to recognize and celebrate innovative solutions and help them reach their full potential through funding and world-class mentorship.

The inaugural edition in India was launched during 2020-21 which saw several Indian healthcare startups benefit from the program. Aimed at building robust, scalable, and affordable healthcare solutions for all, ZS PRIZE is one of the biggest healthcare innovation awards (non-Government) run by a corporate.

The programme aims to invite thousands of seed stage startups as well as non-profits, students, young entrepreneurs, and any other registered entities to strengthen their offerings for the global healthcare stage. The maiden edition of ZS PRIZE received 2000+ ideas, 33,000+ registrations that were narrowed down to the top three startups enabling affordable and accessible innovation.

ZS PRIZE will be moderated by an independent, distinguished jury comprised of:

Ravi Venkatesan, ex-Microsoft Chairman India, Jury Chair, Business Leader, Author and Social Entrepreneur
G.V. Prasad, Co-Chairman and Managing Director, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.
Aarti Shah, Board Member at NVIDIA and Northwestern Mutual, retired SVP and Chief Information and DO, Eli Lilly & Co
Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
Vijay Chandru Reddy, Co-Founder, Strand Life Sciences
Sandeep Singhal, Senior Advisor at Avaana Capital
Dr. Ferzaan Engineer, Co-founder and Chairman, Cytecare Hospitals

Speaking about technology innovation transforming healthcare, Mr. Ravi Venkatesan, Jury Chair for ZS PRIZE said, “Technology simply can enable various sectors, but the real question is implementation of available technology and the right talent that can do so. Innovation on the other hand must be combined with an entrepreneurial mindset to ensure it is best utilized for the development of any sector. For healthcare, there is a lack of skilled professionals, at the same time there are talented minds with ideas that can change the way healthcare is moving. ZS PRIZE gives that platform to ideators to come together, collaborate and solve carefully framed challenges in the healthcare ecosystem. First, we solve for India, then we extend this opportunity to innovators across the world.”

Encouraging the innovators and speaking about the ZS PRIZE, Sanjay Joshi, ZS Managing Principal and Member of the Board said, “ZS PRIZE was introduced amidst the pandemic as a catalyst to help advance healthcare for all. The forum invites innovators to disrupt the status quo in healthcare. We are delighted to be part of the innovation journey of India’s entrepreneurs through ZS PRIZE. He further added, “Today healthcare is on the global agenda for countries and companies. Technology is disrupting the discovery and delivery of care; data and analytics are revolutionizing the personalization of diagnosis and treatment. Through ZS PRIZE, our goal is to help accelerate the diffusion of these innovations in the marketplace to benefit millions in India and across the globe.”