In 2014, long before “healthcare innovation” became a buzzword and years before 3D printing entered mainstream clinical practice in India, a small group of clinicians and engineers began working after hours in clinics, hostels, and makeshift labs. Their goal wasn’t glamorous—they simply wanted to solve the problems they saw every day. A cleft-palate infant who couldn’t feed. A cancer patient who winced at every attempt to swallow. A maxillofacial defect that demanded a prosth