IndiaAI and ICMR Sign MoU to Accelerate Responsible AI Adoption in Healthcare

IndiaAI, the Government of India’s flagship initiative under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), implemented through the Digital India Corporation (DIC), today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India’s apex body for biomedical and health research. The partnership marks a significant step towards advancing healthcare outcomes through the responsible and scalable application of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The MoU establishes a structured framework for collaboration, bringing together IndiaAI’s technology infrastructure and AI ecosystem capabilities with ICMR’s deep domain expertise in biomedical research and public health. The partnership aims to create a nationally coherent and interoperable AI ecosystem for healthcare in India.

Under this collaboration, both institutions will leverage their complementary strengths, IndiaAI’s compute infrastructure, dataset platforms, and AI skilling initiatives, alongside ICMR’s biomedical research expertise and its Medical Information Data for AI Solutions (MIDAS) framework to enable innovation, research, and deployment of AI-driven healthcare solutions.(updated on 7th may 2026)