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Redcliffe appoints Ishaan Khanna as new director – reproductive medicine & genetics
New Delhi: Redcliffe Lifetech US and India unit Redcliffe Labs, on 26 May 2022 announced Ishaan Khanna as director – reproductive medicine and genetics.
Ishaan is a techno-commercial leader with over 19 years of experience in institutional and commercial healthcare businesses. He has effectively built organizations from the ground up and demonstrated success in establishing successful; diagnostic business models in India and abroad.
He started his career as a scientist with assignments spanning across Australia and the UK. After coming back to India he worked in business development leadership roles in Biotech and pharma companies such as Avesthagen and Krishna Antioxidants.
His last assignment was at Lifecell where he was the CEO, Biobank and Diagnostics where he spent over a decade.
He also brought some of the key diagnostic platforms to India for the first time such as QFPCR and rapid genetic testing to support the need of sick infants and pregnant women and building leadership in domains such as newborn screening. In his previous roles, he has built a pan India network of labs and efficient networks, something which he wishes to do at a much larger scale at Redcliffe.
It is also noteworthy to mention that Ishaan has been facilitated with various awards such as the Best Healthcare CEO, Sustainability leader and Start-up Baron.
Ishaan is a gold medalist in bachelors biotechnology, Manipal University, Kasturba Medical College/ Manipal Lifescience School India; and holds masters in biotechnology and masters in enterprise, University of Manchester.
Redcliffe Labs founder Dheeraj Jain said, “Ishaan comes with a rich experience and his work reflects his interest in taking healthcare to the masses, which is exactly in sync with Redcliffe’s philosophy. We are confident that he will perfectly lead this role. This appointment is also important as the Reproductive Medicine and Genetics market continues to grow and evolve, offering great opportunities for players like us in this space. As we continue to experience strong growth momentum, we feel having the right team is key.”
Newly appointed Redcliffe Labs director – reproductive medicine and genetics Ishaan Khanna said, “I am honoured to be associated with Redcliffe Labs at a time when the healthcare and genetics industry in India is witnessing upward growth. I am looking forward to being a part of the Redcliffe team and its growth story.”
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IICT partners with Gativedhi to bring studio production tools to students
New MoU lets students explore AI-driven production pipelines for AVGC-XR
MUMBAI: The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) has teamed up with Gativedhi Technologies to give students a front-row seat to modern studio production. The collaboration will integrate Gativedhi’s AI-powered production intelligence platform, Shotrack, into academic programmes, letting students experience the workflow systems used by animation, VFX and gaming studios.
Under the MoU, faculty, students and researchers will get hands-on access to Shotrack through beta programmes, pilot deployments and academic evaluations. This will allow them to explore simulated production pipelines, understand asset management, track tasks and monitor schedules, essentially seeing how complex projects come together behind the scenes.
Shotrack is designed to tackle a key industry challenge: when multiple studios work on the same project, differing internal systems often create bottlenecks, slow approvals and complicate version control. The platform provides a unified production environment, enabling smoother collaboration across distributed teams while generating operational insights and predictive analytics to optimise crew allocation, forecast schedule risks and manage costs.
The collaboration also opens doors to Gativedhi’s wider ecosystem. Upcoming tools include StudioTrack, for studio operations management covering budgeting, recruitment and IT infrastructure, and WorkTrack, which measures workflow efficiency and team productivity across industries.
IICT plans to embed these tools into programmes covering animation pipelines, VFX workflows, gaming production and media project management. Students will also benefit from guest lectures, masterclasses, workshops, internships and research projects that connect academic learning with real-world studio practices.
IICT CEO Vishwas Deoskar, said the partnership provides “An environment where production pipeline tools can be explored, tested and refined while students gain insight into how large-scale productions are organised.”
Gativedhi Technologies founder & CEO Senthil Kumar added, “This collaboration introduces students to real-world studio management tools and helps us improve our platform with academic feedback.”
With Shotrack in classrooms, India’s future animators, VFX artists and gaming producers will get a taste of studio life long before they step into one.
