New Delhi: Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute (SGPGI) of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IIT-Kanpur for advancing innovation in accessible healthcare through indigenous solutions.
The MoU signing ceremony, which was held on June 29, was graced by key members from both institutes. IIT-Kanpur director, Abhay Karandikar and SGPGI director Professor RK Dhiman were also present.
“Through this initiative, two leading institutions of India will join hands to uphold their vision of a robust, indigenous healthcare system, focused on promoting interdisciplinary innovation. The MoU is a timely step in the right direction to enable an exchange of ideas across engineering and medicine, as professionals from IIT Kanpur will receive the opportunity to collaborate with specialized doctors at SGPGI, Lucknow,” Professor Abhay Karandikar said while addressing the gathering.
SGPGI director Prof RK Dhiman has also lauded the initiative. “We will jointly launch courses in various fields of Digital Health which is not available in any engineering and medical educational institutions in the country at the moment. Current Corona pandemic has made telemedicine technology very popular and useful tool to bridge the gap between care providers and citizen so there is a need to develop indigenous technology platform and systems in large scale which can be affordable and made available widely. This will promote entrepreneurship and develop a rural health system which can be deployed far and wide to strengthen the health system,” Professor Dhiman said.
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