Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) and ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth (ICICI Foundation), the CSR arm of ICICI Bank, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on a Digital Health Stack project towards advancing and strengthening healthcare. The Stack will be available for use in the public healthcare system, starting with the State of Uttar Pradesh. ICICI Foundation will support this initiative with significant fund requirement over multiple years.
The MoU was signed by Prof. J Ramkumar, Acting Dean of Resources and Alumni, IIT Kanpur, and Sanjay Datta, President, ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth, in the presence of senior officials of ICICI Foundation and senior professors from IIT Kanpur. Awanish Kumar Awasthi, Advisor to Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, graced the MoU ceremony virtually.
The Stack aims at bringing a paradigm transformation in the space of public healthcare by combining technology, medical research and innovation. The project involves development of MedTech devices, improving point-of-care (POC) services and strengthening the public healthcare capacity. Further, it will help in detection of chronic diseases through AI integrated devices. The project will be housed in the IIT Kanpur campus.
Prof Manindra Agrawal, Director of IIT Kanpur, said, “With the core expertise in Artificial Intelligence & Machine learning and thriving MedTech ecosystem, the Institute is well poised to provide necessary technological support to the mission of developing the Digital Health Stack. We are grateful to ICICI Foundation for their generous contribution towards this initiative and look forward to a successful endeavor.”
Sanjay Datta, President, ICICI Foundation , said, “ICICI Foundation has been working for capacity building in the healthcare space. In line with this, we are pleased to collaborate with IIT Kanpur for creating Digital Health Stack that will contribute towards digitising and enhancing the public healthcare system.”
