A new national initiative is taking shape to strengthen the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare delivery and early disease detection.
The Ministry of Education has established an Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence for Healthcare at the Indian Institute of Science. The move aims to accelerate the application of AI in disease detection and primary care services across the country.
The centre, named Translational AI for Networked Universal Healthcare Foundation, is part of a broader plan to set up 4 AI Centres of Excellence at leading academic institutions nationwide. The institute said the foundation has been created as a Section 8 not for profit company with a clear mandate to design and deploy AI tools for the early detection and management of non communicable diseases.
The initiative brings together clinicians, AI researchers, and data scientists to build solutions focused on real world healthcare challenges. A total of 9 faculty members from the institute are anchoring the core research efforts, covering areas such as digital health, machine learning, and public health.
Supporting frontline health workers is a key focus area for the centre. The foundation plans to develop point of care tools that can identify health risks, support clinical decision making, and enable personalised monitoring for patients. These tools are intended to improve early intervention and strengthen primary healthcare outcomes.
Early projects under the centre are focused on high burden conditions, including oral cancer, breast cancer, retinal diseases, diabetes, and mental health. All AI solutions are being designed in line with responsible AI standards. Testing and validation are being carried out in collaboration with clinicians at partner institutions, including a national medical institute in New Delhi.
“We are excited to establish TANUH. This multidisciplinary centre will deliver scalable AI solutions for non-communicable diseases exemplified by our award-winning Aarogya Aarohan app,” said Prof G Rangarajan, Director of the institute and Chair of the foundation’s board of directors.
Aarogya Aarohan is a mobile based application developed for the early detection of oral potentially malignant disorders and oral cancer. The app reflects the type of practical and scalable solutions the new centre aims to expand through its research and deployment efforts.
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