Vitalis Technologies

We, at Vitalis Technologies LLP, have a focus on design and manufacture of niche oncology and neonatology devices. We work in close coordination with cancer hospitals, oncologists and educational institutes of repute. PERMEOS, our TUMOUR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, is India’s first indeginously designed and developed electro-chemotherapy device.

Core Team


Jaydip Deshpande

CEO, Vitalis Technologies

Jaydip leads the company through his untiring endeavours in every direction from product development to company and sales management. His efforts have been responsible for introducing electro -chemotherapy to India, as also for developing India’s first electro-chemotherapy device ‘PERMEOS’.

Jaydip has a 30 plus years of industry experience across the verticals of electricals, IT and meditech. He has been a theatre enthusiast and worked in theatre back stage management as a student. A Statistics and Law graduate, he has lived and worked in India and Europe as an entrepreneur and as a marketing professional.

Jaydip enjoys a good rapport with doctors and the ecosystem for meditech product development in India. He works on socially relevant solutions for meditech problems.For the last five years he has worked extensively and relentlessly in design and development of innovative niche meditech products for India.

Varun Deshmukh

COO, Vitalis Technologies

Varun is a seasoned entrepreneur and currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Vitalis. He is also the founder of Convenio, an Indo-Swedish software entity with global operations and gets with him his strong leadership and business acumen.

An engineer in Computer Science and a gold medalist MBA in Marketing, Varun combines deep technical knowledge with market-driven business leadership. With over 20 years of experience in software development, design, sales, and delivery, he brings a rare blend of expertise across the technology and business spectrum.

His career spans building high-performing teams and delivering customer-centric solutions globally, driven by a passion for innovation and operational excellence.

Manjiri Deshpande

Partner, Vitalis Technologies

Manjiri is responsible for marketing communication, team management & HR. She is a part of the core product development and research team. She also handles product design aesthetics and development of product features, UI etc. She has worked in Meditech product evolution for the past ten years. Prior to Vitalis, she worked as a consultant with Onmed-Sweden a Meditech company.

Manjiri is a post graduate in humanities from the University of Mumbai and has a diploma in Advertising & Marketing. Her core competence has been in marketing communication, more specifically in content writing and conceptualisation.She has 25+ years of work experience in India and Sweden. Her communication projects have been with Coca-Cola India, Scandinavian Care, Onmed -Sweden & India, MIT Group, India and Camlin India among others. Her work has spanned different verticals from meditech and real estate to education and IT.

Dr. Anup Kulkarni

Cell Biologist

Dr. Anup Kulkarni has done his BE (Biotech) from India followed by PhD in Molecular Biology from Glasgow (UK) . He has over 6 years of experience as a molecular biologist and research scientist. Further to that, he worked as a molecular oncologist and a teacher for UG students in the areas of molecular oncology, cell biology and tissue-culture techniques.

Prior to Vitalis, Dr. Anup has worked as Team Leader and Research Scientist in NCORD Biotech Ltd. and as Head of Research Department in APT Research Foundation, Pune. His experience covers several areas from cell-line studies to academic training, laboratory management, working on stem cell therapy and industrial consultancy for GLP, GMP certified laboratories.

In Vitalis he heads the biology division with a responsibility for biology based innovations, efficacy testing through in-vivo and in-vitro examination and technical support and technical collaborations with research universities.

Mentor


Dr. Charudutt Apte

Chairman, Sahyadri Group of Hospitals, Pune

Dr. Charudutt Apte is a neuro-surgeon of repute and leads the Sahyadri Group of Hospitals, the largest chain of hospitals in the Western Indian State of Maharashtra.

After completing M.B.B.S. from Pune, Dr. Apte joined the Christian Medical College Vellore, from where he post-graduated with a gold medal. Very well-known as a neuro surgeon, Dr. Apte has always been keenly interested in the development of medical devices. He has been active in evolving new ideas for neuro-surgery devices.

Dr. Apte has been an inspiration and a mentor in the development of PERMEOS tumour management system.

Medical Advisors


Dr. Devendra Chaukar

Advisor - Oncology & Oncology Innovations

Dr. Devendra Chaukar is Professor & Head, Division of Head & Neck Cancer,Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India. He has done his M.B.B.S. and M.S. (General Surgery) from University of Mumbai. Dr. Chaukar, is proactively involved in understanding the application of electro-chemotherapy treatment to head and neck cancer patients in collaboration with Vitalis Technologies. He is also the Medical Advisor to Vitalis for new research for India oriented innovations in oncology devices.

Dr. Chaukar is an active teacher in post-graduate programmes and also co-ordinates the Devran outreach programme to enable technology to reach rural India. He and his team give surgical support and administrative assistance to the rural outreach programme. He is a member of Ethics Committee. He is the academic co-ordinator for various activities conducted by the Department of Surgery.

Dr. Chaukar has been a Visiting Professor at Ramathibodi Hospital, Thailand, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul and the N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Centre, Moscow. He has been awarded the Honorary Membership to attend The Israel Society of Head & Neck Surgery and Oncology.

Dr. Ranjit Deshmukh

Advisor - Medical

Dr. Ranjit Deshmukh is a neurosurgeon with 20 plus years of experience. Dr. Deshmukh is also well known for his research capabilities. His role as an advisor with Vitalis Technologies focuses on studying and guiding device application in real life medical scenarios.

After finishing BHMS from University of Pune, India, Dr. Ranjit completed M.B.B.S. from Moscow, Russia and DNB (Neurosurgery) from Pune, India. He works as a Consultant Neurosurgeon in Sahyadri Group of Hospitals, Pune, India. He is specialised in cranial and spinal neurosurgeries.

Dr. Deshmukh is actively involved in new research in electro-chemotherapy and other oncology products. He is a part of the Vitalis team working with BETIC, IIT-Bombay.

Dr. Ashutosh Tondare

Advisor - Medical

Dr. Ashutosh Tondare is a breast cancer surgeon with a mission to dedicate his life to breast cancer awareness and treatment. After completing his training in surgery in 2014 from St Stephens Hospital, Delhi, Dr. Tondare did a fellowship in breast surgery under Maharashtra University of Health Sciences. He has worked as a breast surgeon in Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai for three plus years and as an assistant professor at the Government Cancer Hospital, Aurangabad. He has successfully completed an international fellowship in oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgery at Guy's Hospital, London.

Dr. Tondare has exhaustive experience in performing all types of breast biopsies and surgeries for definitive and palliative management of cancer. He has presented various scientific posters at national and international conferences, one of which got him a second prize for best presentation. He is a fellow of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) - Breast. He also runs a small forum under the name of PinkBodhi for spreading breast cancer awareness.