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Chennai hosted the India Valves 2026 national conference, where Vice President Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan officially launched the India Valve Registry on September 5, 2026. The registry is a collaborative multicentre initiative designed to securely collect de-identified real-world data on transcatheter valve interventions. Its primary goal is to generate India-specific clinical evidence that can support better medical decision-making for valvular and structural heart diseases. The initiative also supports the broader national vision of achieving a Viksit Bharat and Swasth Bharat by 2047 through the development of a self-reliant healthcare ecosystem based on indigenous medical data.