IIT Madras to collaborate with AIIMS Mangalagiri on patient safety, quality healthcare delivery

Indian Institute of Technology Madras is going to collaborate with AIIMS Mangalagiri on affordable future technological solutions in various areas including patient safety and quality healthcare. Through on-going interactions between Ravikumar and Manivannan, two virtual reality products have already developed in the Touch Lab of IIT Madras and its spin-off company Merkel Haptic Systems were showcased last month at the first foundation day of AIIMS Mangalagiri celebrated on January 24, 2020. Highlighting the areas of collaboration, TS Ravikumar, President, AIIMS Mangalagiri, said, "The strengths that IIT Madras brings with depth in many technological fields such as Virtual Reality, Haptics, AI, Robotics, and health economics, among others, align well and is synergistic with AIIMS Mangalagiri goals of creating happy communities through healthcare transformations." Several other collaborations discussed include: Healthcare robotics, Predictive models using Artificial Intelligence/ Deep Learning, and Remote presence point-of-care solutions to improve hospital and community health outcomes About IIT Madras Indian Institute of Technology Madras was established in 1959 by the Government of India as an institute of national importance.