The Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ) has launched its Innovation Passport (i-Passport), a unique single-access gateway, to turn healthcare ideas into impactful market-ready solutions in the presence of Centre’s principal scientific advisor Professor Ajay Kumar Sood, who recently visited the zone, according to a release issued here on Monday (September 15, 2025).
The AMTZ already has 75 incubators onboard, linking over 1,000 start-ups across the country, and now it aims to expand to over 200 incubators, the release added.
“The i-Passport is not just about giving access to infrastructure — it’s about creating an end-to-end support system that reduces time to market, cuts costs, and helps Indian start-ups compete globally,” said Jitendra Sharma, MD and founder CEO of AMTZ.
In the release, he said that AMTZ is ensuring that innovators in med-tech, health-tech, AI, diagnostics, and allied sectors get not just infrastructure, but a complete ecosystem to scale their ideas. The i-Passport gives start-ups and individual innovators seamless entry into healthcare manufacturing and R&D facilities, eliminating the usual barriers that slow down innovation.
Through the i-Passport, start-ups gain access to AMTZ’s full ecosystem, including plug-and-play facilities at the Visakhapatnam campus for any duration, testing centres, fabrication labs, and regulatory resources. It also connects innovators to partner incubators and industry networks for mentorship, collaborations, and funding opportunities — while enabling them to fast-track validation, prototyping, and manufacturing in one location.
