To carry out joint research on applications of advanced engineering in medicine, The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) signed an MoU with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday.
The tie-up in education, research and technology is with an an overall objective of building a more robust healthcare system by engineering and technology interventions through “cross institutional interactions” between the two premier institutes, the IITD said.
In a statement, the IITD said that it has been decided to initiate 20 joint projects in the areas of application of nanotechnology, robotics, artificial intelligence, precision engineering, advanced materials and polymers for drug delivery, surgical methods and medicine.
Areas of collaboration
The six broad areas of collaboration under the MoU include regular joint colloquiums, faculty interdisciplinary research, providing a platform for interaction among the undergraduate students of both institutes, a joint PhD/supervision programme and building a Biomedical Research Park in Jhajjar, Haryana.
Calling it a historic day, IIT-Delhi director V. Ramgopal Rao said the MoU will open a plethora of opportunities to work together on a larger scale.
“We must strive to create an environ wherein the new faculty and the new student, who comes from the partner institute, feels equally comfortable as in the parent institute,” he said.
Maintaining that technology has penetrated rapidly in healthcare, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria said, “Technology has become an integral part of healthcare. There is a need to see how this technology can be used. While collaboration between the two institutes have been going on for a long time, now is the time to take all the products to the next level.”
