IIT-I To Develop Tech Translation Research Park - ET HealthWorld

Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (IIT-I) to Develop Technology Translation Research Park

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Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (IIT-I) is developing a Technology Translation Research Park (TTRP) to enhance digital health solutions and create a seamless digital health ecosystem in the country.

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The advanced facility at IIT-I in digital healthcare will work to bridge the gap between urban and rural healthcare services, leveraging telemedicine, electronic health records (EHRs), artificial intelligence-driven diagnostics, and personalized medicine and care.

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The institute received a nod from the Department of Science and Technology and the governing body of NM-ICPS led by Kris Gopalakrishnan, founder of Infosys, to upgrade IIT-I’s technology innovation hub Drishti CPS Foundation into a TTRP with an outlay of Rs 250 crore for the next three years in tranches. Of the total proposed amount, Rs 52 crore has been received by the foundation.

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"The new TTRP comes as a great validation of the initiatives on digital healthcare that has been incubated in IIT-I. We look forward to extending the mandate of IIT-I Drishti CPS Foundation into the digital healthcare through this new TTRP," said IIT-I director professor Suhas S Joshi.

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IIT-Indore established the Drishti CPS Foundation in 2020, which has so far supported over 150 technology projects and startups with funds and mentoring.

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"The research park will cater to the growing need of the nation in creating a robust digital health infrastructure. Drishti CPS is developing a flagship unified human digital twin platform – CharakDT," said Drishti CPS Foundation CEO Aditya Vyas.

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The novel, systematic, and scalable architecture of CharakDT allows a unique way of creating individual health models (twins) for each patient by aggregating contextual data from multifarious sources and implementing large-scale AI models across dimensions of organ physics, demography, diagnostic tools, and environment.

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Published on Apr 30, 2025 at 04:33 PM IST

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