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Talk by Prof. Michael O'Sullivan, University of Auckland
Date: 23-Feb-2023
Venue: 109,New CC Bldg,IITB
Koita Center for Digital Health, IIT Bombay hosted Prof Michael O’Sullivan for a talk on "How modelling and digital transformation can improve healthcare”.
Prof Michael O’Sullivan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Auckland. More details about him can be found at: https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/michael-osullivan
This talk envisioned a healthcare system after digital transformation and explained how existing research provides the precursors for the next generation of digital health.
Prof Ganesh Ramakrishnan as a panelists at Johns Hopkins University, USA
Date: 09-Feb-2023
Venue: Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, USA
Prof Ganesh Ramakrishnan was a panelist for the discussion on “Empowering Health for All – Exploring Digital Innovations for Health Equity” at Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, USA on February 9, 2023.
Other panellists were Drs Ritu Agarwal, William Polk Carey Distinguished Professor, Rama Chellappa, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Kunal Parikh, Research Associate, and Sridevi Sarma, Associate Professor, Vice Dean for Graduate Education. Dr. Brian Hasselfeld, Senior Medical Director of Digital Health and Innovation acted as Moderator for the panel.
This event was followed by formal exchange of MoU recently signed between IIT Bombay and Johns Hopkins University for joint Breakthrough Research Grants program. The program enables catalytic funding for up to 3 collaborative research projects involving IIT Bombay and JHU faculty. The projects will be jointly funded by Koita Center for Digital Health - IIT Bombay and John Hopkins University.
Fireside Chat by Rizwan Koita on "Career Opportunities in Digital Health"
Date: 08-Feb-2023
Venue: IITB
Koita Center for Digital Health - IIT Bombay is thankful to Mr Rizwan Koita for an engaging session on “Career Opportunities in Digital Health”. The fireside chat was held on February 8, 2023 and was moderated by Srishti Badaya, a second-year student at IIT Bombay
In this captivating session, Mr Rizwan highlighted current and future potential in securing jobs, pursuing higher studies, conducting research and becoming entrepreneur in the domain of Digital Health.
Talk by Prof. Chris Bain, Monash University
Date: 06-Feb-2023
Venue: IITB
Koita Center for Digital Health - IIT Bombay, hosted an interactive session by Prof Chris Bain, on "Cyber Security in Digital Health" on Monday, February 6th, 2023. He spoke about digitization, digitalization and the digital transformation of healthcare. He elaborated on the potential threats and ways to combat them for creating a robust digital health ecosystem.
Signing of MoU with Maharastra University of Health
Date: Feb-2023
Venue: IITB
In a one of a kind collaboration, IIT Bombay (IITB) and Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards promoting interaction between the technology institute and the health sciences university on February 2023. The MoU enables both institutions to share resources for academics and R&D in diverse areas of mutual interest.
Prof Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director – IITB and Lt Gen Dr Madhuri Kanitkar, Vice Chancellor – MUHS signed the MoU. Other dignitaries who graced the occasion included Dr Milind Nikumbh, Pro-Vice Chancellor – MUHS, Prof Milind Atrey, Dean-R&D - IITB, Prof Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Professor-in-charge, Koita Centre for Digital Health – IITB, Prof Samir Maji, Professor-in-charge, Sunita Sanghi Center for Ageing and Neurodegenerative Diseases – IITB, Dr Rajendra Shivaji Bangal, Registrar – MUHS, Ms Surabhi Goel, COO – Koita Foundation and several others. Speaking on the occasion, Prof Chaudhuri encouraged exchange of faculty and students between the two institutes and Dr Kanitkar said that out of the box thinking was the need of the hour and the MoU was a symbol of such an innovative approach.
Guest Lecture by Dr. N R Jagannathan
Date: 10-Jan-2023
Venue: IITB
Koita Centre for Digital Health, IIT Bombay hosted an interactive session by Dr N R Jagannathan on Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 on the role of MRI and MR Spectroscopy in clinical medicine.
Dr N R Jagannathan is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at @Koita Centre for Digital Health and was former Head of the Department of NMR & MRI Facility at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He has over 300 publications and edited 5 volumes. He is recipient of numerous prestigious awards and fellowships.
A panel discussion on digital health infrastructure in India
Date: 15-Oct-2022
SJMSON main Audotorium
Koita Centre for Digital Health (KCDH) organized a panel discussion on the topic “Digital Health Infrastructure in India”. Ms. Gunjan Jain, Chief Executive Officer at Tatvacare, Dr. Barnali Das, Lead Consultant at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and KCDH associated faculty Prof. Amit Sethi participated in it.
Seminar by Dr. Meghana Kshirsagar, scientist at Microsoft
Date: 08-Sep-2022
Source: YouTube
Koita Centre for Digital Health (KCDH) invited Meghana Kshirsagar for a seminar, who is a research scientist in the AI for Good lab at Microsoft where she works on AI for health problems in proteomics, genomics and public health. She talked about “Structured models for biological data”. Many faculties and students attended the event.
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Interaction with Rizwan Koita & Rekha Koita on possibilities of digital healthcare in India
Date: 22-Aug-2022
Venue: Mumbai
Koita Centre for Digital Health (KCDH) conducted an interactive session and career guidance with Mr. Rizwan Koita and Mrs. Rekha Koita with KCDH students on “ Advancements possibilities and adoption of digital healthcare in India”. Rizwan is the founder and CEO of CitiusTech, IITB startup, one of India's UNICORN's and leading healthcare technology company. Rekha is the co-Founder at Koita Foundation.
Orientation Workshop for Joint Directors / Directors of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
Date: 08-Jun-2022 to 10-Jun-2022
Venue: Mumbai
Koita Centre for Digital Health (KCDH), IIT Bombay takes immense pleasure in partnering with NHA (National Health Authority) for hosting and conducting the workshop for the state-level joint directors in Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) framework and ABDM national rollout.
The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) is the flagship program of the Government of India, launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. NHA is the apex body responsible for the implementation of ABDM. ABDM aims to develop the backbone necessary to support the integrated digital health infrastructure of the country.
The second batch of ABDM workshops for State Joint Directors was held on the IIT Bombay campus from 8th June 2022 to 10th June 2022.
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Webinar: Live from MIT: Digital health, Path to a Global Career
Date: 22-May-2022
Source: YouTube
Prof. Devrat Shah is the Professor at the Statistics and Data Science Centre, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Founder & Chief Scientist of Celect. As a part of the launchpad for IDDDP in Digital Health, Prof. Devrat Shah along with KCDH Professor In Charge Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan shares their insight on digital health careers from the global lens.
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Webinar: Exciting research projects offered in Healthcare Informatics at KCDH
Date: 15-May-2022
Source: YouTube
Koita Centre for Digital Health (KCDH) organized a session in collaboration with the Undergraduate Academic Council (UGAC), IITB on the Inter-Disciplinary Dual Degree Program (IDDDP) program in Healthcare Informatics and immersive learning opportunities through 1-year long research projects. KCDH core faculty members Prof. Pramod Wangikar and Prof. Amit Sethi shared the results of the exciting research projects on "Mass Spectroscopy and Data Science for Healthcare" and "Precision Oncology using Machine Learning".
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Webinar: Opportunities at KCDH and life ahead in Digital Healthcare
Date: 14-May-2022
Source: YouTube
Koita Centre for Digital Health (KCDH) conducted a panel discussion with COO Dr. Bhagwati Prasad (KCDH) and Prof. Abir De (Dept. of CSE) in collaboration with Undergraduate Academic Council (UGAC), IITB. Panel members provided an overview of activities happening at KCDH and the emerging scope in the digital health sector.
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RB Memorial Conference on Translational Research in Medicine (TRIM)
Date: 19-Apr-2022
Virtual Conference
Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering (BSBE) conducted the RB Memorial conference on Translational Research in Medicine (TRIM) on 19th April 2022; in the memory of our beloved Late Prof. Rinti Banerjee, a pioneer scientist in the field of Nanomedicine, drug delivery and biomaterials. In the conference, Track 5 was dedicated to Digital Health which was organized by Koita Centre for Digital Health (KCDH).
This conference aligns with the vision of Prof. Banerjee to improve innovative research in healthcare and medicine. The conference had multiple events like a proof of concept/product pitch competition, poster competition and talks on various tracks like Nanomedicine, Drug Delivery, Biomaterials I and II, Proteomics and Digital Health by eminent speakers from different backgrounds.
Workshop: Hands-on analysis of healthcare data by Prof. Amit Sethi
Date: 09-Apr-2022
Microsoft Teams platform
Koita Centre for Digital Health in collaboration with the Undergraduate Academic Council - UGAC, IIT Bombay conducted a workshop for students of IIT Bombay on "Hands on analysis of healthcare data". The workshop was conducted by our core faculty member Prof. Amit Sethi with the intention to expose students to data analysis related to Healthcare. During the workshop, students got guided hands-on challenges for using healthcare datasets.
KCDH launches Ph.D. in Digital Health at IIT Bombay !!
Ph.D. Program in Digital Health is a program that provides an opportunity for students to fine-tune their informatics and data analytics skills as well as gain a firm grounding in the area of healthcare and its related domains. It gives students an opportunity to learn about biomedical ethics, to apply domain skills such as AI/ML in the hospital system as well as at the community level for public health informatics and in a broader sense for global health.
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Orientation Workshop for Joint Directors/ Directors of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
Date: 10 Mar-2022 and 11-Mar-2022
Venue: IIT, Bombay
Koita Centre for Digital Health (KCDH), IIT Bombay takes immense privilege in partnering with NHA (National Health Authority) for hosting and conducting the induction training program for building the capacity of the state-level joint directors in Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) framework and helping for ABDM national rollout.
The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) is the flagship program of the Government of India, by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. NHA is the apex body responsible for the implementation of ABDM. ABDM aims to develop the backbone necessary to support the integrated digital health infrastructure of the country.
The first ABDM Training Program for State Joint Directors took place at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay on 10th and 11th March 2022.
Webinar: "Reducing inequities in cancer care" by Dr. CS Pramesh, Director Tata Memorial Hospital
Date: 09-Mar-2022
Source: Youtube
KCDH hosted a talk on “Reducing inequities in cancer care” by our advisory board member, Dr. CS Pramesh. Dr. Pramesh is the Director of Tata Memorial Hospital and the Professor and Head of Thoracic Surgery at the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai.
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Webinar - Technology Driving Futuristic Healthcare
Date: 27-Feb-2022
Source: YouTube
KCDH Professor-In-Charge, Prof. Ganesh was a speaker at the 3rd Elets Healthcare Transformation Summit organized by Elets eHealth to bring alive a series of discussions around various facets of 'Technology Driving Futuristic Healthcare'.
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Webinar: Talk by Dr. M. Vidyasagar on Lessons Learnt from Modelling the Delta and Omicron Waves in India and Elsewhere
Date: 02-Feb-2022
Source: YouTube
KCDH hosted a talk on “Lessons Learnt from Modelling the Delta and Omicron Waves in India and Elsewhere” by Dr. M. Vidyasagar, SERB National Science Chair & Distinguished Professor Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. Dr. Vidyasagar is the Head of teh National Covid-19 Supermodel Committee formed by the Indian Government to make projections on the likely spread of Covid-19 pandemic.
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Koita Centre for Digital Health partnered with Telemedicon 2021 for the 17th International Conference in the Telemedicine Society of India.
Date: 14-Nov-2021
Source: Telemedicon 2021
Telemedicon 2021 focus on newer emerging digital technologies which are influencing telehealth, strategy and global policy besides showcasing the start-up initiatives. A group of faculty members associated with KCDH conducted a workshop on the "Future Healthcare Technology and Systems".
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KCDH professor- in-charge, Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan will be speaking at HealthCare 2030 summit organized by the IITB alumni association.
Date: 11-Sep-2021
Source: HealthCare 2030
The event will bring together prominent HealthCare stakeholders from Industry, Academia, Government, Investors, Insurance with an aim to provide a direction and a new way of working in HealthCare to provide better outcomes and decision making in the future.
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KCDH faculty Prof. Amit Sethi (IITB) and Dr. Swapnil Rane (TMC) co-published a paper on their work to on highly accurate detection of BRAF mutation in thyroid cancer by using AI on scans of inexpensive H&E staining of pathology samples in The Journal of Pathology in August 2021.
Date: 04-Aug-2021
Source: Wiley Online Library
Webinar: Fire side Chat with Rizwan Koita on Healthcare Informatics Careers
Date: 14-Jun-2021
Source: YouTube
Mr. Rizwan Koita is the founder and CEO of CitiusTech, IITB startup, one of India's UNICORN's and leading healthcare technology company. Mr. Rizwan has shared his thoughts on the career opportunities in Healthcare Informatics for students in IDDDP / Minors program at Koita Centre for Digital Health and how the centre will facilitate them.
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Media: IIT-Bombay alumni donate Rs. 25 crore for digital healthcare
Date: 11-Jun-2021
Source: Times of India
Two distinct paths emerge after high school. Those wanting to pursue engineering take the PCM (physics, chemistry, math) route and the ones moving towards healthcare follow the PCB (physics, chemistry, biology) road, and never do the twain meet.
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Press Release: Launch of Centre for Digital Health, IIT-B
Date: 11-Jun-2021
Source: IIT Bombay
Koita Centre for Digital Health' (KCDH) set up with a generous contribution received from its alumni Rekha and Rizwan Koita, under the aegis of the Koita Foundation.
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Webinar: Career Opportunity in Healthcare Informatics
Date: 23-May-2021
Source: YouTube
Panel discussion with IIT Alums Mr. Sandeep Gupta, Mr. Vipin Gopal and Mr. Rahul Panicker on exciting career opportunities in Healthcare Informatics. They shared their insights, ideas, and experience in the digital healthcare space to make students aware of the role of technology in healthcare and opportunities available in the domain.
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