Private/International Collaboration
Max Healthcare
Max Healthcare Institute Limited, commonly known as Max Healthcare, stands as one of India’s most extensive healthcare organizations. With a presence in NCR Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Maharashtra, the institute manages 17 healthcare facilities comprising over 3500 beds. The majority of its bed capacity, approximately 85%, is situated in Metro/Tier 1 cities. In addition to its hospitals, Max Healthcare extends its services through a homecare business named Max@Home and a pathology business known as Max Labs. Max@Home specializes in delivering health and wellness services directly to individuals’ homes, while Max Labs provides pathology services beyond the confines of the hospital network.
Domain: KCDH-A has joint research programs in metabolic health, breast cancer, amongst others.
Website: Max Healthcare
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Founded in 1954 by Shri Dharam Vira, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is a leading healthcare institution in New Delhi. With 575 beds and 47 specialties, the hospital offers compassionate care, advanced facilities, and over 100 specialty clinics. Accredited by NABH and NABL, the institution prioritizes quality and patient safety.
The hospital features 35 well-equipped operation theaters, cutting-edge diagnostic imaging, and intensive care units. It is at the forefront of medical innovation with the Hugo™ RAS System, providing surgeons precision and patients optimal outcomes. The Endovision system, HIPEC therapy, Spiral Endoscopy, 3D C-arm, and high-end Echo machine enhance diagnostic and treatment capabilities.
Committed to medical education, the institution offers DNB courses and hosts CME programs with national and international experts. Conveniently located, it serves central and state government departments, PSUs, diplomatic missions, insurance companies, and TPAs. Embracing holistic medicine, the hospital integrates Ayurveda, Homeopathy, and Yoga into its care.
Domain: KCDH-A collaborates with Sir Ganga Ram Hospitals to get access to samples for a variety of projects, primarily the project on Antimicrobial Resistance.
Website: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
My Healthcare
MyHealthcare is a digital healthcare ecosystem that works with hospitals, clinics, its doctors, caregivers and enhances the patient care continuum processes. The core focus of MyHealthcare is to bridge the healthcare delivery gap using a data-driven care process. As a service offering MyHealthcare is designed to assist hospitals and clinics in building out and scaling their digital healthcare roadmap.
Domain: KCDH-A works with MyHealthcare founders Mr. Shyatto Raha and Mr. Anish Nair on multiple fronts.
Website: MyHealthcare
Dr. Dangs Lab
Dr. Dangs Lab is a quality-based pathology laboratory offering a wide range of testing services in Delhi NCR Dr. Dangs Lab was started in 1983 with Dr. Manju Dang, MD and Prof (Dr.) Navin Dang, MD as the 2 partners. It has received numerous national and international awards including Dr. B.C Roy national award, FICCI Healthcare Excellence award etc.
It was the first lab in the country to receive ISO-9002 certification and has been accredited by NABL since 2001 in Medical Laboratories. It offers a wide menu of tests in Biochemistry, Haematology including Flow Cytometry, Microbiology, Molecular biology, Immunology, Histopathology and Cytology.
Domain: KCDH-A directly deals with the founder of the organisation, Dr. Navin Dang through the Head of KCDH-A- Dr. Anurag Agrawal.
Website: Dr Dangs Lab
Public Health Foundation of India
The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a public private initiative that has collaboratively evolved through consultations with multiple constituencies including Indian and international academia, state and central governments, multi & bi-lateral agencies and civil society groups. PHFI is a response to redress the limited institutional capacity in India for strengthening training, research and policy development in the area of Public Health.
Structured as an independent foundation, PHFI adopts a broad, integrative approach to public health, tailoring its endeavours to Indian conditions and bearing relevance to countries facing similar challenges and concerns. The PHFI focuses on broad dimensions of public health that encompass promotive, preventive and therapeutic services, many of which are frequently lost sight of in policy planning as well as in popular understanding. The Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, launched PHFI on March 28, 2006, in New Delhi. PHFI recognizes the fact that meeting the shortfall of health professionals is imperative to a sustained and holistic response to the public health concerns in the country which in turn requires health care to be addressed not only from the scientific perspective of what works, but also from the social perspective of, who needs it the most.
Domain: KCDH-A collaborates on the “Global Burden of Disease” initiative with PHFI.
Website: Public Health Foundation of India
Centre for Chronic Disease Control
Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) is a New Delhi-based not-for-profit organization, established in December 2000. The mission of CCDC is primarily intended to address the growing challenge of chronic diseases, in varied settings of the developing countries through:
- Knowledge generation, which can inform policies and empower programmes for the prevention and control of chronic diseases
- Knowledge translation intended to operationalize research results by bridging the critical gaps between relevant research and effective implementation, through analytic work, capacity building, advocacy and development of educational resources for enhancing the empowerment of people and professionals.
CCDC has been recognized as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. It also holds registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976.
Domain: KCDH-A frequently collaborates with the Director of CCDC- Dr. Poornima Prabhakaran on multiple projects and initiatives.
Website: Centre for Chronic Disease Control
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM) is the medical school of Johns Hopkins University, a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1893, the School of Medicine shares a campus with Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, established in 1889. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine consistently ranks among the top medical schools in the United States in terms of research grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health, and other factors.
The School of Medicine shares a campus with the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, which serve as the school’s main teaching hospitals along with several other regional medical centres, including Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center on Eastern Avenue in East Baltimore, Howard County General Hospital near Ellicott City, Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. Together, they form an academic health science centre.
According to the Flexner Report, Hopkins has served as the model for American medical education. Its major teaching hospital, the Johns Hopkins Hospital, was ranked the top hospital in the United States every year from 1991 to 2011 by U.S. News & World Report. In 2023-2024, U.S. News & World Report ranked Hopkins number 2 among all medical schools in the United States.
Domain: KCDH-A has launched the Ashoka-GKII breakthrough grants between Johns Hopkins and Ashoka faculty.
Website: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Digital Tranformations for Health-Lab
Digital Transformations for Health Lab (DTH-Lab) is a multidisciplinary platform and global consortium of academia, research, public and private sectors aiming to strengthen digital and data governance to improve young people’s health and well-being and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Domain: KCDH-A hosts the Digital Transformation Lab network in India.
Website: Digital Tranformations for Health-Lab
Wadhwani AI
The Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence was formed to build and deploy AI solutions that benefit underserved populations in developing countries, which it has actively been doing since mid-2021. They partner with government bodies and global nonprofits to ensure that their innovations will improve the lives of those who need them the most.
Domain: The Head of KCDH-A, Dr. Anurag Agrawal sits on the scientific board of Wadhwani AI.
Website: Wadhwani AI
EXL Service
EXL is the trusted partner for data-driven industries like insurance, banking, healthcare, retail, and logistics. They combine data, advanced analytics, digital technology, and industry expertise to transform businesses and enhance operations. Trusted by top industry leaders, including nine of the top ten U.S. insurance companies and six of the top ten U.S. healthcare payers, EXL aligns with the goals, whether leveraging AI or embedding analytics into workflows.
Domain: A formal NDA between Ashoka and EXL has been signed. EXL is planning to come up with a course in collaboration with KCDH-A. A joint workshop on Digital Health is planned in April
Website- EXL
University of Bern
The University of Bern is a public research university in the Swiss capital of Bern. It was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the Canton of Bern. It is a comprehensive university offering a broad choice of courses and programs in eight faculties and some 150 institutes.
Domain: Antibiotic resistance is a growing challenge that affects healthcare systems worldwide, making it harder to treat infections effectively. To address this issue, Ashoka University is working alongside ANRESIS, the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance. ANRESIS is a leading organization in Switzerland that monitors antibiotic resistance and how antibiotics are used across the country. This collaboration combines Ashoka’s expertise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research with ANRESIS’s robust surveillance system to better understand and tackle this pressing global health problem.
Website: Anresis
Prashanti Cancer Care Mission (PCCM)
Prashanti Cancer Care Mission is a well-known NGO in the culturally rooted city of Pune in the state of Maharashtra, India. PCCM is a registered, public charitable trust founded by C.B. Koppiker, an internationally renowned Breast Onco-Surgeon.
Domain: Ashoka University is collaborating with PCCM to address triple-negative breast cancer, a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. Unlike other types, this cancer does not have receptors for estrogen, progesterone, or HER2, making it harder to treat with common hormonal or targeted therapies.
Through this partnership, Ashoka and PCCM aim to deepen understanding of this challenging disease and explore innovative approaches to improve outcomes for patients. By combining expertise and resources, this collaboration represents a step forward in the fight against one of the most difficult-to-treat types of cancer.
Website: PCCM
Government/Public Collaboration
CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB) is a premier Institute of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), engaged in research of national importance in the areas of genomics, molecular medicine, bioinformatics and proteomics.
Domain: KCDH-A collaborates with CSIR-IGIB in human and pathogen genomics projects.
Website: CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
National Brain Research Centre
National Brain Research Centre is a premier institute in India dedicated to Neuroscience Research and Education. Scientists and students at NBRC come from diverse academic backgrounds, including biological, computational, mathematical, physical, engineering and medical sciences, and use multidisciplinary approaches to unravel function under healthy and pathological conditions. Located in the foothills of the Aravali range in Manesar, Haryana, NBRC is an autonomous institute funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, and is also a Deemed-to-be University. NBRC has been recognised as an Institution of Excellence by Govt. of India.
Domain: KCDH-A has a collaboration planned with NBRC to research on digital aspects of behaviour.
Website: National Brain Research Centre
AIIMS Delhi
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences was established as an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament with the objects to develop patterns of teaching in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Education in all its branches so as to demonstrate a high standard of Medical Education in India; to bring together in one place educational facilities of the highest order for the training of personnel in all important branches of health activity; and to attain self-sufficiency in Post-graduate Medical Education.
The Institute has comprehensive facilities for teaching, research and patient-care. As provided in the Act, AIIMS conducts teaching programs in medical and para-medical courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and awards its own degrees. Teaching and research are conducted in 42 disciplines. In the field of medical research AIIMS is the lead, having more than 600 research publications by its faculty and researchers in a year. AIIMS also runs a College of Nursing and trains students for B.Sc.(Hons.) Nursing post-certificate) degrees.
Twenty-five clinical departments including four super specialty centers manage practically all types of disease conditions with support from pre- and Para-clinical departments. However, burn cases, dog-bite cases and patients suffering from infectious diseases are not entertained in the AIIMS Hospital. AIIMS also manages a 60-bedded hospital in the Comprehensive Rural Health Centre at Ballabgarh in Haryana and provides health cover to about 2.5 lakh population through the Centre for Community Medicine.
Website: AIIMS, Delhi
PGIMER, Chandigarh
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is a public medical university in Chandigarh, India. It is an ‘Institute of National Importance’. It has educational, medical research, and training facilities for its students including all specialties, super specialties and subspecialties. It is the leading tertiary care hospital of the northern India region and caters to patients from all over Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Apart from the clinical services, PGI also provides training in almost all disciplines of medicine including post graduate and postdoctoral degrees, diplomas, Doctor of Philosophy and fellowships. There are more than 50 such training courses in the institute. The 100-seat MBBS college is expected to start by 2025 at PGI’s satellite center in Sarangpur.
Domain: KCDH-A has a partnership with PGIMER, Chandigarh in respiratory health projects.
Website: PGIMER, Chandigarh
Delhi University
Delhi University, formally the University of Delhi, is a central university located in Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The university has 16 faculties and 86 departments distributed across its North and South campuses, and remaining colleges across the region. It has 91 constituent colleges. Delhi University is one of the largest university systems in the world with over 400,000 students on its campuses and affiliated colleges. The Vice President of India serves as the university chancellor. The university is ranked 11th by the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023.
Domain: KCDH-A has partnerships with multiple medical colleges of Delhi University on various levels.
Website: Delhi University
IIT, Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is one of the 23 IITs created to be Centers of Excellence for training, research and development in science, engineering and technology in India.
Established as College of Engineering in 1961, the Institute was later declared as an Institution of National Importance under the “Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 1963” and was renamed as “Indian Institute of Technology Delhi”. It was then accorded the status of a Deemed University with powers to decide its own academic policy, to conduct its own examinations, and to award its own degrees.
Since its inception, over 48000 have graduated from IIT Delhi in various disciplines including Engineering, Physical Sciences, Management and Humanities & Social Sciences. Of these, nearly 5070 received Ph.D. degrees. The number of students who graduated with a B.Tech. degree is over 15738. The rest obtained Master’s Degrees in Engineering, Sciences and Business Administration. These alumni today work as scientists, technologists, business managers and entrepreneurs. There are several alumni who have moved away from their original disciplines and have taken to administrative services, active politics or are with NGOs. In doing so, they have contributed significantly to the building of this nation, and to industrialization around the world.
Website: IIT, Delhi
IIIT, Hyderabad
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH) is an autonomous university, founded as a not-for-profit public private partnership (N-PPP) in 1998, and is the first IIIT in India under this model. Over the years, the institute has evolved strong research programmes in various areas, with an emphasis on technology and applied research for industry and society. The institute facilitates interdisciplinary research and a seamless flow of . Several world-renowned centers of excellence are part of IIITH’s research portfolio. It has established various joint collaboration and co-innovation models with an industry outreach spanning significant national and multinational companies. Its innovative curriculum allows students the flexibility of selecting their courses and projects. Apart from academics the institute provides students with a comprehensive environment that promotes art and culture, sports, societal contributions and self-governance. Even undergraduate students get to participate in ongoing research and technology development – an opportunity unprecedented in India. As a result, a vibrant undergraduate programme co-exists along with a strong postgraduate programme.
Domain: KCDH-A has partnered with IIIT, Hyderabad to collaborate on microbiomes and electronic health data analytics.
Website: IIIT, Hyderabad
RESEARCH SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF DIABETES IN INDIA (RSSDI)
RSSDI was founded in 1972 by Prof. M.M.S. Ahuja who conceived the idea for establishing the society for ensuring academic activity and research and holding scientific meetings and providing training facilities for research. The aim of RSSDI is to conduct and facilitate diabetes research in
India, which has a direct bearing on diabetes clinical practice and the prevention and management of the condition.
Domain: An MoU has been signed between KCDH-A/Ashoka and RSSDI. An online workshop for young medical professionals in planned in Februaury 2025
Website: RSSDI
IIT, Bombay
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay or IIT-B) is a public research university and technical institute in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. IIT Bombay is known for two- or three-year Master of Technology (M.Tech.), the four-year Bachelor of Science (B.S.), the two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) and the five-year
Inter-Disciplinary Dual-Degree Programme (IDDDP) among many others. It also has a comprehensive graduate program offering doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Domain: Ashoka is a member of the National Disease Modeling Consortium (NDMC) which is harboured at IIT, Bombay
Website: IIT, Bombay
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, is the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research. Established in 1911, it is one of the oldest medical research bodies in the world.
Domain: Ashoka collaborates with ICMR through the National Disease Modeling Consortium as a co-member.
Website: ICMR
IIT, Madras
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras or IIT-M) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the eight public Institutes of Eminence of India. As an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), IIT Madras is also recognised as an Institute of National Importance.
Domain: KCDH-A has partnered with IIT, Madras to collaborate on microbiomes and electronic health data analytics.
Website: IIT, Madras
University College of Medical Sciences
The University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) was established in 1971 as a Constituent College of University of Delhi. It imparts various medical and paramedical courses. Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital is the associated teaching hospital with 1526 beds. UCMS is known for its quality research and has a National ranking of 7th based on the number of publications in PubMed indexed journals.
Domain: UCMS is our clinical partner in the initiatives on Antimicrobial Resistance.
Website: UCMS
