Three Hyderabad operating companies got selected by NASA for Covid VITAL ventilator manufacture

Telangana's Minister for Industries K.T. Rama Rao on Thursday said that he is pleased to know that all the three Indian companies selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to manufacture VITAL ventilators to treat Covid-19 patients are operating from Hyderabad.

Alpha Design Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bharat Forge Ltd and Medha Servo Drives Pvt Ltd, which are among 21 companies picked up worldwide by NASA to manufacture Ventilator



Intervention Technology Accessible Locally (VITAL) ventilators to treat critically-ill Covid-19 patients.

"Absolutely a pleasure to see all three entities having operations in Hyderabad #USIndia collaboration is vital to both nations' strategic interest and growth," tweeted Rama Rao, son of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao.

KTR, as the minister is popularly known, re-tweeted the earlier tweet by Joel Reifman, US Consu General in Hyderabad.