On the occasion of Independence Day, RSSDI and RSSDI-KCDD announced the launch of two digital & AI initiatives aimed at improving access to diabetes care and education in underserved communities across India: the RSSDI Rural Outreach Program (RROP) Digital Platform and RSSDI VISHWAS (Videos to Support Health, Wellness, Awareness & Self-care).

The initiatives were launched by Chief Guest Dr (Shri) Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, and Minister of State for Atomic Energy. The event was also graced by Dr (Shri) Banshi Saboo, Chair, IDF South-East Asia, and Mr Rizwan Koita, Chairperson, NABH and Director, Koita Foundation.

The RROP Digital Platform has been developed to strengthen diabetes screening and management in rural and underserved areas by connecting rural health workers, RSSDI doctors, and programme teams through a unified digital ecosystem. The platform supports field-level screening and real-time programme monitoring, enabling a more structured and technology-enabled approach to last-mile diabetes care.

Complementing this effort, RSSDI VISHWAS, a scalable AI-supported platform helps patients and the public with easy-to-understand educational videos on diabetes self-care, healthy nutrition, and prevention of diabetes-related complications. The content is currently available in English, Hindi, Marathi, and Tamil, with plans to expand to 10 Indian languages, making reliable diabetes education accessible to a wider audience. Learn more - https://www.youtube.com/@rssdi-kcdd 

RSSDI-KCDD continues to advance its mission of strengthening the continuum of diabetes care and improving access to quality care for underserved populations. Learn more about RSSDI-KCDD and its digital & AI initiatives - https://www.rssdi-kcdd.in/

We are delighted to share that Koita Foundation has signed an MoU with TANUH (Translational AI for Networked Universal Healthcare), an AI Centre of Excellence under the Ministry of Education, Government of India, New Delhi, hosted at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). The partnership will focus on research, development, deployment, and testing of AI-driven solutions. 

As part of the collaboration, Koita Foundation, together with the Gates Foundation, will support TANUH in developing evaluation framework for Voice-to-Discrete Data (V2DD) solutions (voice scribing solutions) in India. Most existing voice scribing solutions has been designed around English-speaking settings and hasn't accounted for how healthcare conversations actually happen in India, which is usually multilingual with regional variations. Just as important, there's no standardised way today to measure how these systems perform once you bring them into an Indian setting.

The initiative will focus on building benchmark datasets, clinically relevant evaluation metrics and a testing platform to help assess V2DD solutions across various Indian languages and care settings. We look forward to advancing this work with our partners!

We are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University (ABVMU), Uttar Pradesh, and Koita Foundation to advance Digital Health & AI capacity building for medical and nursing students. ABVMU is affiliated with 68 medical and 300+ nursing and allied health institutions across the state, making it the largest medical university in the country.

As part of the MoU, ABVMU will introduce the Digital Health Foundation Course (DHFC) for medical students and the Digital Health Foundation Course for Nursing (DHFC-N) for nursing students, strengthening Digital Health & AI competencies among future doctors and nurses so they're equipped to leverage digital technologies in clinical practice and healthcare delivery.

Rizwan Koita, co-founder of Koita Foundation, sat down with The Indian Express to talk about why digital and AI adoption in healthcare has been so much harder than in sectors like banking or e-commerce — and what it will actually take to implement and take advantage of digital and AI tools in healthcare. 
 
Mr Koita spoke about the four dimensions India needs to get right: building digital and AI tools designed for Indian realities, supporting hospitals in evaluating and purchasing digital and AI solutions, incorporating digital health & AI in medical education, and developing robust digital and AI standards and regulation for India. The conversation also covered KF's Centres of Excellence in partnership with IIT Bombay, Ashoka University, National Cancer Grid (Cancer), RSSDI (Diabetes) and FOGSI (Maternal healthcare) - and how they align with the four dimensions. 

Koita Foundation is proud to support "What does it take to embed AI in government systems?", the first article in an 8-part series with India Development Review (IDR) exploring how AI is being built and deployed for social impact in India.

This piece features Adalat AI, VOPA, and Civis, three nonprofits working with India's judiciary, education, and policy system, respectively and sharing on-ground lessons on data trust, human oversight, and what it really takes to embed AI within public institutions rather than just build a product. The series will continue to explore the partnerships, funding, and systems needed to make AI work for the social sector.

The first half of 2026 has been a period of momentum across all our Centres & programmes, and we are excited to share some of the highlights with you. In Digital Health, we contributed to SAHI, India's first national AI-in-healthcare strategy, while NCG-KCDO's CATCH Grant, RSSDI-KCDD's new IIT Bombay centre, and FOGSI-KCDM's Digital Health Champions awards deepened our impact on the ground. In the social sector, at the Koita Foundation Tech Awards event, we awarded 7 NGOs for their AI solutions which were creating impact on the ground, with some of them working closely within government systems. We were delighted that the Maharashtra Chief Minister launched Paani Foundation's Smart Sheti App, reaching 3.5 lakh farmers part of the Satyamev Jayate Farmer Cup 2026 across 351 talukas of Maharashtra.

The FOGSI–KCDM Digital Health Awards 2026 brought together leading clinicians and innovators from across the country, showcasing impactful digital solutions transforming maternal and child healthcare.

From a highly competitive pool of over 80 entries, the Top 10 finalists were shortlisted, representing some of the most promising work in the field. Solutions were assessed on scalability, real-world impact, and relevance to maternal health challenges. The winners were felicitated at the FOGSI National Vice Presidential Conference 2026.

The initiative reflects FOGSI–KCDM’s continued commitment to building a strong ecosystem that supports the adoption of effective and scalable digital solutions.

Learn more about the Top 10 finalists and their digital solutions

Rizwan Koita has been awarded the Inaugural Social Impact Award at PanIIT Global Conference 2026 in Long Beach, California. The award recognises IIT alumni who have made meaningful contributions to communities and society.

Koita Foundation extends its gratitude to the PAN IIT Alumni Foundation and the IIT2026 organisation for this recognition. This award reflects the collective efforts of our partners and our team. 

India is at the early stages of transforming healthcare through Digital Health and AI. This award is a strong reminder that the opportunity is large, and the real impact will come only through sustained partnerships and collective execution.

We are pleased to announce the signing of an MoU between Koita Foundation and CHAKRA, a Section 8 company established under the Medical Education and Drugs Department of Government of Maharashtra. The MoU with CHAKRA extends KF’s successful partnership with the Digital Health Department of CHAKRA. Over the past 3 years, in collaboration with Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik, CHAKRA has successfully developed and rolled out the Digital Health Foundation Course (DHFC), Digital Health Foundation Course for Nursing professionals (DHFC-N) and the Certificate Course in Digital Health (CCDH) for healthcare professionals. Each of these initiatives has been a first-of-its-kind initiative, and has been very successful in driving capacity building in Digital Health & AI, not just within the 500+ colleges of MUHS but also across many states and national organisations in India. 

Through the MoU, Koita Foundation and CHAKRA will accelerate the collaboration in other Digital Health and AI initiatives. The collaboration will focus on innovation pilots, applied research, capacity-building programs, and the deployment of scalable digital health solutions within the MUHS and CHAKRA network.

The Capacity Building Commission (iGOT Karmayogi Platform) launched the Digital Health Foundation Course for Nurses (DHFC-N) to support over 3+ lakh nurses across India in building Digital Health & AI skills. 

Developed by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, and Trained Nurses' Association of India (TNAI), and supported by national-level experts, the course is also live on the MUHS LMS (ePrabodhini) and the TNAI e-learning portal. It is open to nursing students, faculty, CHOs, GNM, ANM, and in-service nurses.