IIT Kharagpur Collaborates with TCS to Establish Center for Digital Health and Robotics Innovation

IIT Kharagpur and TCS Partner to Drive Research in Digital Health, Robotics, and Intelligent Systems, Leveraging Edge Computing, Embedded Systems, and AI.

IIT Kharagpur Collaborates with TCS

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has partnered with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to establish an advanced research centre focused on pioneering work in digital health, robotics, and intelligent systems. Located at the institute's research park in New Town, Kolkata, the centre will leverage edge computing, embedded systems, and AI to produce high-quality research. Featuring three state-of-the-art laboratories, the TCS Research Center will be home to over 150 TCS scientists dedicated to exploring groundbreaking technologies and driving innovation forward.

The center will host TCS-funded research programs, launched in collaboration with academic partners, including IIT KGP. It will also feature a customer experience centre, where TCS clients from sectors such as mining, agriculture, mobility, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail can explore groundbreaking research concepts developed by TCS. Workshops at the centre will be open to external participants, fostering collaboration between TCS scientists, industry experts, and IIT KGP faculty to address real-world industry challenges.

The laboratories will focus on three key domains: Sensing and Communications, Edge Computing and Analytics, and Robotics and Visual Computing. Researchers will have access to cutting-edge equipment, empowering them to accelerate innovations in technologies such as edge computing, embedded systems, and artificial intelligence. This new centre underscores TCS’s long-standing commitment to collaborating with academia to drive impactful advancements for both business and society.

Dr Harrick Vin, Chief Technology Officer, TCS, said: “One of our focus areas is to co-locate our research and innovation labs in academic institutions to enable a more efficient exchange of knowledge and talent. We initiated this journey with our move into the IIT Madras Research Park in Chennai a few years back. The establishment of our research and innovation lab at the IIT Kharagpur Research Park is the next step of this strategic journey. At IIT KGP, we are funding several research programs; co-innovating with them will lead to vastly improved outcomes for both parties.”

Professor Virendra Kumar Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur, said: “The Advanced Research Center will strengthen our strategic collaboration with TCS, underscored by their presence in the newly established IIT KGP Research Park, Kolkata. This partnership represents a significant leap forward in harnessing cutting-edge technologies to address some of the most pressing challenges in healthcare and automation. By combining IIT Kharagpur’s world-class research capabilities with TCS’s industry-leading expertise, we aim to drive transformative innovations that can enhance quality of life, improve healthcare delivery, and contribute to the growing field of intelligent systems.”

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