This article was originally published on the NITI Frontier Tech Respository.

NemoCare Raksha is a wearable neonatal monitoring system designed to provide continuous, ICU-grade monitoring of newborns in resource-constrained healthcare settings. Developed by engineers Manoj Sanker and Pratyusha Pareddy under their medtech startup NemoCare Wellness, the technology was conceived to address critical gaps in neonatal care — particularly the lack of affordable, scalable monitoring solutions in government hospitals and small healthcare facilities. 

The founders were motivated by both personal experiences with premature births and extensive clinical exposure during their fellowship at the Centre for Healthcare Entrepreneurship, IIT Hyderabad, where they observed systemic shortages in neonatal monitoring infrastructure.

India bears a disproportionate burden of neonatal risk. According to national and global estimates, nearly 3.2 million preterm births were recorded in India in 2020, with neonatal mortality remaining a significant challenge. 

Early identification of distress through vital sign monitoring is central to improving newborn survival, yet such monitoring is often........

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