IIT Delhi, AIIMS join hands to establish centre of excellence for AI in healthcare

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi signed an agreement to set up a Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AI-CoE). The AI-CoE will work on developing AI-based tools to support national health programmes in the country.

The agreement was signed by the director of AIIMS Delhi, M Srinivas, and the director of IIT Delhi, Rangan Banerjee, at a ceremony held at IIT Delhi. As per the official press release, the education ministry awarded both institutes a grant of Rs 330 crore last year under the "Make AI in India, Make AI Work for India" initiative. The centre will serve as the implementing agency for this grant.

While speaking about the agreement, M Srinivas expressed his excitement and confidence in this initiative. He said, “This MoU marks the beginning of far-reaching collaborative research that has the potential to change the face of healthcare in the country.”

Rangan Banerjee said the partnership between the two institutions aims to make AI tools that are accessible and useful for healthcare in the country. “A partnership between AIIMS and IIT Delhi has the potential to transform Artificial Intelligence for 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 said.

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AIIMS, IIT Delhi faculty to lead AI-CoE

The AI-CoE will be jointly led by Krithika Rangarajan from AIIMS Delhi and Chetan Arora from IIT Delhi, both serving as chief project managers for the initiative. Krithika Rangarajan said the initiative will focus on bringing healthcare and technology together. “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,” he said.

Chetan Arora said, “We are excited to be part of this AI-CoE. The CoE will serve as a key research and resource centre at the national and international level and aims to revolutionise the national public health system using indigenously developed AI systems and solutions. Our aim is to develop cutting-edge AI solutions to upscale health services, upskill our healthcare providers, and improve the accessibility of quality healthcare to remote and marginalised sections of our population.”