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Developing System Optimisation Solutions for Procurement of Medical
Supplies for the Government Health Care System in Karnataka

Time period Funder
April, 2019 to December, 2022 Department of Health & Family Welfare, Govern-
ment of Karnataka

Key Activities:
• Developed Essential Drug list for Karnataka State Medical Supplies Corporation Limited (KSMSCL) based on
ABC (Always Better Control) and VED (Vital Essential Desirable) classification

• Developed data pipeline to forecast the drug requirement at each public health unit for essential drugs
• Developed Stochastic Optimisation data pipeline to determine the reorder points at each public health unit for
essential drugs.

“ A forecasting data pipeline is built to prevent stockout and expiry of drugs at the public

health units using data science technologies involving Airflow, AWS and Kubernetes.”
- Vinay R Srihari
Team Lead

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