India sets up first-of-its-kind centre for digital health education

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has set up the ‘Koita Centre for Digital Health’ (KCDH) with a generous contribution received from its alumni Rekha and Rizwan Koita, under the aegis of the Koita Foundation. KCDH will be the first of its kind in India, focused on driving academic programs, research and industry collaboration in Digital Health. KCDH’s academic and research focus areas include clinical applications (including electronic patient records and medical imaging), healthcare data management (including healthcare data privacy and security), healthcare analytics, healthcare AI/ML, consumer health, public health and public policy. It will offer minor, dual degree, Masters and PhD programmes in Healthcare Informatics. KCDH will conduct industry / outreach programmes for healthcare and industry professionals in digital health and enable them to act as force-multipliers. KCDH is establishing a worldclass advisory board consisting of experienced healthcare professionals, academics, healthcare technology and industry veterans. The advisory board will provide overall vision and guidance to KCDH.