The formal signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing the Consortium of Innovative Healthcare Universities took place at the Impact AI Summit 2026, marking a development in collaboration across India’s healthcare and medical education ecosystem.
The Consortium was ideated and launched during the National Medical Education Summit 2025, held on 20 September 2025 at the Jio World Convention Centre as part of the Global Digital Health Summit 2025. The Consortium was conceived as a national platform to strengthen institutional collaboration in the context of medical education, digital health transformation, artificial intelligence and healthcare delivery models.
The initiative was proposed by the Summit Co-Chairs, Dr R. K. Srivastava, Former Chairman, Medical Council of India and Former Director General of Health Services, Government of India, and Dr Rajendra Pratap Gupta, Chairman, Academy of Digital Health Sciences; Member, National Education Policy Committee, Government of India; and Former Advisor to the Union Health Minister. They proposed a mechanism to foster academic excellence, innovation and capacity building aligned with technological advancements and health system reforms.
The Consortium of Innovative Healthcare Universities is intended to function as a collaborative platform enabling knowledge sharing, interdisciplinary learning, faculty exchange and joint research across healthcare universities. It seeks to strengthen India’s healthcare and lifesciences academic ecosystem in alignment with national priorities and global practices in digital health and medical education.
The founding members include the Academy of Digital Health Sciences, Era University, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Malla Reddy Vishwavidyapeeth and Baba Farid University of Health Sciences. The Secretariat for the Consortium will be anchored by Health Parliament to facilitate coordination, strategic direction and implementation support.
The MoU signing ceremony at the Impact AI Summit 2026 was attended by senior academic leaders, including Dr Rajeev Sood, Vice-Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences; Dr Anil Kaul, Vice-Chancellor of Malla Reddy Vishwavidyapeeth; Dr B. Manjunatha, Registrar of JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research; and the Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Medicine, Era University, along with the Co-Chairs of the Consortium.
The MoU signifies a commitment by participating institutions to promote innovation-driven curricula, adoption of digital health technologies, collaborative research frameworks and development of a healthcare workforce aligned with evolving requirements. The Consortium aims to strengthen institutional collaboration and support integrated medical education and digital health advancement in India.