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New Indian Express
2 days ago
- Health
- New Indian Express
IIT-D, AIIMS join forces to usher AI in healthcare
NEW DELHI: In a landmark collaboration that aims to reshape the future of medicine in India, IIT Delhi and AIIMS, Delhi have announced the creation of a Center of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AI-CoE). This initiative, backed by a substantial Rs 330 crore grant from the Ministry of Education's 'Make AI in India, Make AI Work for India' programme, aims to harness cutting-edge AI technology to tackle some of the nation's most pressing health challenges. The formal agreement was signed at IIT Delhi by Prof M Srinivas, Director of AIIMS Delhi, and Prof Rangan Banerjee, Director of IIT Delhi. The new center will serve as a hub for developing indigenous AI solutions, supporting national health programmes, and making advanced healthcare accessible to even the most remote communities. Prof Srinivas of AIIMS described the partnership as a 'far-reaching collaborative research' effort with the potential to transform healthcare delivery across India. Prof Banerjee echoed this optimism, emphasising the center's role in making AI-powered healthcare both affordable and impactful for millions. The AI-CoE will focus on upskilling healthcare providers, improving public health systems, and pioneering new models of collaboration between technology and medicine.
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Business Standard
3 days ago
- Health
- Business Standard
IIT Delhi, AIIMS sign MoU to establish centre to research AI in healthcare
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on Wednesday announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) to research artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in healthcare. This comes a year after the two institutes were awarded a grant of ₹330 crore by the Ministry of Education under its Make AI in India, Make AI Work for India initiative. People in the know said the proposed CoE will be the executing vehicle for the grant. Commenting on the collaboration, AIIMS director M Srinivas said the MoU marks the beginning of far-reaching collaborative research that has the potential to change the face of healthcare in the country. Terming the partnership as having the potential to transform AI for affordable healthcare, Rangan Banerjee, director, IIT Delhi, added the institutes are delighted to be shaping this national Centre of Excellence and hope the output will impact the lives of Indians. The institutes added that the AI-CoE will primarily focus on developing AI-based solutions to support key national health programmes. Chetan Arora, chief project manager, who will lead the AI-CoE from IIT Delhi, told Business Standard the CoE would be taken up as a Section 8 company (non-profit organisation). He added that according to the initial proposal, the CoE will look at at least five national health programmes, including those for cancer, maternity and child care, blindness, and tuberculosis (TB). 'The CoE will be dynamic and adjust to the demands of our national health programmes and the pace of AI technology,' Arora said. According to people in the know, the company is proposed to be run by a board of directors, which may include secretaries from the Ministries of Education, Health, and Electronics and Information Technology. 'The NPO can be led by a chief executive officer (CEO), who will be selected at a later stage,' an AIIMS official said on condition of anonymity. The CoE is expected to become a national resource, open to seeking further funding from private sources and alumni networks. 'While the initial funding from the government grant is for a period of four years, the CoE would also be open to collaborate with other partners to develop AI solutions,' the official quoted above said.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
IIT Delhi and AIIMS Delhi to establish AI centre for healthcare with Rs 330 crore grant
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel New Delhi: With a focus on developing AI-based solutions that support key national health programmes in the country, IIT Delhi and AIIMS Delhi signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday to establish a Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AI-CoE).The two premier institutions were awarded a ₹330 crore grant last year under the ministry of education's 'Make AI in India, Make AI Work for India' initiative, following a competitive selection AI-CoE will serve as the implementation arm for this grant.'This MoU marks the beginning of far-reaching collaborative research that has the potential to change the face of healthcare in the country,' said M Srinivas, director of AIIMS Banerjee, director of IIT Delhi, noted that the partnership aims to harness AI for accessible and affordable healthcare. 'We are delighted to be shaping this national centre of excellence and hope that our output will impact the lives of Indians,' he Centre will be jointly led by Krithika Rangarajan, chief project manager at AIIMS Delhi, and Chetan Arora, chief project manager at IIT Delhi.'We look forward to guiding the marriage of healthcare with technology. We remain focused on keeping patients at the centre of this effort and hope to build mechanisms that would benefit every citizen of the country,' Rangarajan added that the AI-CoE will serve as a key research and resource centre at the national and international level. 'Our aim is to develop cutting-edge AI solutions, upskill our healthcare providers and improve the accessibility of quality healthcare to remote and marginalised sections of our population,' he said.
