IIT Mandi and AIIMS Bilaspur sign great MoU

IIT Mandi and AIIMS Bilaspur signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at conducting joint research activities and academic exchange activities. Both the organisations will collaborate with each other.

IIT Mandi and AIIMS Bilaspur

IIT Mandi and AIIMS Bilaspur have fostered a collaboration on research and academic activities.
Under this MoU, IIT Mandi and AIIMS Bilaspur plan to work on joint research projects and involve in short-term joint academic programmes in future providing the researchersand students an opportunity to visit and work collaboratively with other institution.

MoU
Professor Ajit K. Chaturvedi, Dr. Vir Singh Negi and Dr. Venkata Krishnan signed MoU in a meeting that was held recently on behalf of IIT Mandi and AIIMS Bilaspur.

Professor Ajit K. Chaturvedi is the director of IIT Mandi, Dr. Vir Singh Negi is the director of AIIMS Bilaspur and Dr. Venkata Krishnan is the dean (SRIC) at IIT Mandi.

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Professor Ajit K. Chaturvedi
Professor spoke about the collaboration between IIT Mandi and AIIMS Bilaspur. ‘The collaboration between IIT Mandi and AIIMS Bilaspur has been fostered and we are looking forward to jointly work and excel in the field of medical sciences for the betterment of society at large.’

Key points
The main initiatives of the MoU between IIT Mandi and AIIMS Bilaspur are:

● Joint international conference, workshop and seminar of medical and public health

● Exchange of information on teaching and other literature relevant to educational and research programs

● To link both sides of medical industry, device and equipment, based on mutual agreements, and as per existing laws

Domains
The joint research and academic collaboration activities under this MoU between IIT Mandi and AIIMS Bilaspur will cater to various domains related to medical science and technology including Medical imaging, Digital Pathology, Point-of-care testing devices, Bioinformatics, Endocrinology, Biomaterials, Telemedicine among others.

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Discussion
During the MoU signing event at IIT Mandi, IIT Mandi and AIIMS Bilaspur also discussed the future scope of translation of technology in collaboration with industry partners to ensure that the benefits of the research reach the society at large.

About IIT Mandi
IIT Mandi has four Academic Schools and three major Research Centers. The Schools are: School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, School of Basic Sciences, School of Engineering, and School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The Centers are: Advanced Materials Research Centre (AMRC; set up with an investment of Rs. 60 crores), Centre for Design and Fabrication of Electrical Devices (C4DFED; has Rs. 50 crores worth of fabrication tools), and BioX Centre (has acquired research equipment worth Rs. 15 crores).

The unique, project-oriented B.Tech. curriculum is centred around its 4-year long Design and Innovation stream. From August 2019, IIT Mandi started 3 new and unique B. Tech. programmes in Data Science and Engineering, Engineering Physics, and Dual Degree in Bioengineering.

Since the inception of the Institute, IIT Mandi faculty have been involved in over 275 Research and Development (R&D) projects worth more than Rs. 120 crore.

IIT Mandi set up the IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation (iHub; a section-8 company) on its campus at Kamand with significant funding of INR 110 crores from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.

The iHub is planned to fuel research and technology development, skill development, startup and innovation, and collaborations in the HCI and allied AI/ML areas in India.

IIT Mandi is the only second-generation IIT to be featured at rank no. 7 in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements of the Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education, Government of India.

AIIMS Bilaspur

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh), an Institute of National Importance was officially approved, under Phase-V of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), by Union Cabinet on December 4, 2019.

It intends to develop patterns of teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in all its branches so as to demonstrate a high standard of medical education to all medical colleges and other allied institutions in India.