Ministry of Education Launches AI CoE for Healthcare at IISc

The center seeks to develop and deploy AI-driven tools focused on early detection, risk prediction, monitoring, and personalized care for high-burden conditions.

The Ministry of Education has established a new Center of Excellence (COE) in Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare named the Translational AI for Networked Universal Healthcare (TANUH) Foundation at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru.

The initiative aims to advance AI-driven healthcare innovation at scale in the country.

As part of the initiative, the center seeks to develop and deploy AI-driven tools focused on early detection, risk prediction, monitoring, and personalized care for high-burden conditions, including oral cancer, breast cancer, retinal diseases, diabetes, and mental health.

Further, the center is designed to function as a multidisciplinary hub, bringing together clinicians, data scientists, and AI researchers.

As per reports, nine faculty members from IISc, spanning areas of digital health, machine learning, and public health, anchor the centre’s research programmes.

Additionally, TANUH’s core team comprises executives, engineers, programme managers, and research staff, with significant industry experience, which is expected to support the translation of health-AI technologies from the lab to the population scale.

The solutions are designed for real-world clinical use, adhere to responsible AI principles, and are co-created and validated alongside clinicians and researchers from leading institutions, including AIIMS, New Delhi.

Speaking on the new initiative, Prof G Rangarajan, Director, IISc and Chair, Board of Directors, TANUH said, “We are excited to establish TANUH, an AI Centre of Excellence in Healthcare. This multidisciplinary centre will deliver scalable AI solutions for NCDs like oral and breast cancer, exemplified by our award-winning Aarogya Aarohan app. TANUH aligns well with the ‘Make AI in India, Make AI Work for India’ vision, and seeks to enable accessible healthcare across the country.”

Reportedly, the center has already launched Aarogya Aarohan, a mobile phone-based AI tool designed for early detection of oral potentially malignant disorders and oral cancers.

The tool was developed with clinical input and collaboration from institutions including AIIMS (New Delhi), ARTPARK, Biocon Foundation, BITS Pilani (Goa), and other partners.

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