New Delhi: iHub Anubhuti-IIITD Foundation (Technology Innovation Hub of IIIT-Delhi) and iHub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC, Technology Innovation Hub of IIT-Delhi) have inaugurated their joint medical facility, ‘MCC-Medical Cobotics Centre’ at the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi campus .
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has funded this joint facility to be operated by iHub Anubhuti and IHFC under the NMICPS mission.
The Centre is aimed at being India’s first technology-enabled medical simulation and training facility for doctors, paramedics, technicians, engineers, biomedical researchers, and entrepreneurs. It is also equipped to offer hands-on simulation training to the medical fraternity across the country.
The training programs, ranging from basics to advanced, will be designed in consultation with leading doctors and experts, mainly drawn from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
The Centre is aimed at having cutting-edge technologies that will enable advanced medical research and development R&D in the areas of healthcare robotics and digital healthcare.
It will also act as a test bed for many young start-ups in the medical field. These startups are now developing innovations in medical technology in digital medical healthcare and healthcare using AR/VR, AI, cobotics, robotoics, cognitive sciences among others.
The MCC launched its first call for proposals for young start-ups, with funding up to Rs 1 crore available in digital healthcare and medical healthcare.
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