Ministry of Education establishes AI Centre of Excellence for Healthcare, TANUH, at IISc

Translational AI for Networked Universal Healthcare (TANUH) Foundation has been established at Indian Institute of Science (IISc).

In line with Government of India’s vision of “Make AI in India and Make AI Work for India,” Ministry of Education has set up four Centres of Excellences in Artificial Intelligence (AI-CoEs) each at a leading academic institution in India.

As a part of this national initiative Translational AI for Networked Universal Healthcare (TANUH) Foundation has been established at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) as a dedicated AI Centre of Excellence in Healthcare to advance AI-driven healthcare innovation in India.

TANUH AI-CoE is a Section 8 not-for-profit company that focuses on developing and deploying scalable AI solutions for effective management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The centre operates as a multidisciplinary hub, bringing together clinicians, data scientists, and AI researchers. Nine faculty members from IISc, spanning areas of digital health, machine learning and public health.

TANUH’s core team has executives, engineers, programme managers and research staff with good industry experience that enables translation of health-AI technologies from lab to population scale.

TANUH’s goal is to design and deploy tools for early detection, risk prediction, monitoring and personalised solutions across high-burden conditions such as oral cancer, breast cancer, retinal diseases, diabetes and mental health. These tools will help frontline health workers, improve primary and hospital care and include human decision-making to make sure that the care is safe and effective.

These solutions are designed to be used directly where patients are treated, follow responsible AI standards and are created and tested together with doctors and researchers at top national institutions like AIIMS, New Delhi.

 “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,” said Prof G Rangarajan, Director, IISc and Chair, Board of Directors, TANUH.