Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu on Monday said the State wanted to make health innovation in Telangana a major area of growth. He said healthcare would be linked with IT, new technology, pharma, life sciences and start-ups.
He spoke at the opening of the national conference HOMA CME 2026 at T-Hub. The theme was “Beyond Numbers – Precision Phenotyping in Diabetes and Metabolic Care”. Sridhar Babu said Telangana already had strong sectors that could support better healthcare. In particular, he cited IT, new technology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences and start-ups.
He said these strengths could be brought together with doctors and hospitals. As a result, the State aimed to build useful health tools. It also wanted to take them to more people. The minister said technology could help improve the way healthcare was delivered. In addition, he said it could help the State deal with new public health problems.
Meanwhile, the government was working to bring several groups onto one platform. They included doctors, researchers, tech firms, life sciences bodies and start-ups. The goal was to create and expand health solutions.
Health innovation in Telangana linked to diabetes care
Sridhar Babu spoke about the growing burden of diabetes and other metabolic disorders. He said changing lifestyles were adding to the problem. Therefore, he stressed the need to spot health risks early. He also said data and technology could support standard medical care for long-term diseases.
The minister said health innovation in Telangana would need doctors and tech experts to work more closely. In addition, researchers, institutions and start-ups had a role, he said. He said the government would support new ideas aimed at emerging health problems. Such ideas, he said, could help address challenges that were becoming more common.
Therefore, he asked doctors, researchers and technology companies to work with the State. Such work could help strengthen public healthcare, he said. It could also help take new tools and methods to a much larger group of people. Sridhar Babu said the State wanted ideas to lead to practical results. In turn, he said research should help create tools that doctors and patients could use.
Health innovation in Telangana gets tech support
At the event, Sridhar Babu released The New Paradigm, written by physician Dr. Muddu Surendra Nehru. He also launched Metric Explorer, a free metabolic calculator app. The app was designed to help users check metabolic health parameters. Its launch also matched the conference focus on diabetes and metabolic care.
A free protocol was also planned under a Proof of Concept initiative. It was to be offered to 50 selected patients from government hospitals. The initiative was meant to study how a precision-based method could be used in metabolic care. During the PoC stage, it would focus on the selected patients.
Sridhar Babu said data and tech tools could work alongside standard medical methods. He also linked them with early checks and better care for long-term illness. The rise in diabetes, he said, needed fresh ways to study the disease. It also needed better ways to manage the condition.
Similarly, the conference theme focused on more precise ways to understand each patient. The minister said health innovation in Telangana could build on the State’s strong tech base. He also cited its pharma, life sciences and start-up sectors.
Wider teamwork sought for health innovation in Telangana
Sridhar Babu asked doctors, researchers, institutions and tech companies to work with the government. He said closer teamwork could turn new ideas into tools used in real care. He also called for work that could strengthen public healthcare. As a result, the State hoped to create solutions that could reach more people.
The minister said the government would back ideas that dealt with new health challenges. He also stressed the need for work across medicine, research, technology and life sciences. At the same time, he said health innovation in Telangana would grow when these fields worked together. Therefore, the State wanted an ecosystem where that kind of joint work could happen.
Sridhar Babu said Telangana’s IT and new technology base could support healthcare. In addition, he pointed to the State’s pharma and life sciences strength. Start-ups, he said, could help turn new ideas into tools and services. Meanwhile, researchers and medical experts could help test whether those ideas worked in care.
The minister said better teamwork could help move useful ideas into practice. It could also improve the State’s ability to develop health solutions at a larger scale. HOMA CME 2026 focused on diabetes and metabolic care. In addition, the event brought medical, research and technology groups together around precision phenotyping.
Finally, Sridhar Babu used the conference to set out the State’s plan for health innovation in Telangana. He said the goal was to bring healthcare, research and technology closer together.