The Ministry of Ayush has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the IndiaAI Mission under the Ministry
of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on July 31 to facilitate the
adoption of artificial intelligence across the Ayush sector.
The partnership aims to strengthen
AI-driven research, digital health, medicinal plant management, drug
administration and capacity building by combining traditional knowledge systems
with advanced AI technologies.
As part of the agreement, the Ministry of
Ayush will onboard AIKosh, IndiaAI’s repository for AI datasets and
models, enabling the sharing of eligible health research artefacts, including
datasets, metadata, AI models, toolkits and use cases. The move is expected to
promote collaboration and support the responsible development of AI
applications in traditional medicine.
The collaboration will also provide the
Ayush ecosystem access to GPU-based high-performance computing infrastructure
under the IndiaAI initiative at subsidised rates, helping researchers scale
AI-based healthcare innovations.
The MoU was signed by Dr. Kavita Jain,
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ayush, and Sudeep Srivastava, Chief Operating
Officer of the IndiaAI Mission and Joint Secretary, MeitY, in the presence of
senior officials from both ministries.
Officials said the initiative marks a
significant step towards creating a technology-enabled, evidence-based and
future-ready Ayush ecosystem by integrating India’s traditional healthcare
systems with modern AI capabilities.
