‘AI and robotics will define new health,’ says Peter Schardt

Siemens Healthineers has committed Rs 1,300 crore to establish a new campus in Bengaluru, combining its existing development centre and manufacturing operations. The development centre currently has a workforce of nearly 3,500 employees. “We take pride in employing over 1,000 women in technology roles in India, making up almost 30% of our engineering team. Our goal for the current fiscal year, is to add 700-900 new roles,” said Peter Schardt, chief technology officer, Siemens Healthineers. In this interview, he speaks to Sudhir Chowdhary on how some of their healthcare innovations being developed out of India are shaping the future of medical technology. Excerpts: